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H.A. Hellyer

Dr. H.A. Hellyer, a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focuses on geopolitics, security studies, and international affairs. With expertise in MENA, the West, and Southeast Asia, he is also a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies and Cambridge University. On Twitter: @hahellyer

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a bi-lateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTSOIF0

Will Trump be open to dialogue with Islamists?

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Pro-Islamist demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Coup leaders can't trial Mursi" during a protest in support former President Mohamed Mursi at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2015. An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. Mursi and his fellow defendants, including top Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, were convicted for killing and kidnapp

Why Sisi, Erdogan won't be making up anytime soon

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An Egyptian emergency personnel arrives at the site following a bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Cairo, Egypt, July 11, 2015. A bomb exploded in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday, killing one person, the health ministry and security officials said, raising the possibility that Islamist militants could open a new front against foreigners. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX1JYUC

Italian Consulate bombing hits home for Cairo, Rome

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Pro-Islamist demonstrators shout slogans in favour of former President Mohamed Mursi during a protest in support of him at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2015. An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. Mursi and his fellow defendants, including top Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, were convicted for killing and kidnapping policemen, attacking

Is Egypt's Brotherhood choosing escalation over peace?

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Egyptian army soldiers on a tank are positioned outside Cairo's Tora prison, where the trial of Al Jazeera journalists and other foreign media is due to take place, February 20, 2014. Egypt put three Al Jazeera journalists on trial on Thursday on charges of aiding Egyptians belonging to a "terrorist organisation", in a case criticised by human rights groups who say the authorities are stamping out freedom of expression. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTX196JB

US relations with Egypt: one problem at a time

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Saudi Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz (R) arrives for the opening of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, about 550 km (342 miles) south of Cairo, March 13, 2015. Egypt expects to sign agreements worth up to $20 billion at the weekend investment summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, its investment minister said on Friday. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ROYALS) - RTR4T975

The new Saudi king, Egypt and the MB

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A student supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi waves the yellow flag bearing the four-fingered Rabaa sign during a demonstration outside Cairo University May 14, 2014. The demonstration was held by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and the pro-Mursi Anti-Coup National Alliance against the military, interior ministry and presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who deposed the Brotherhood's Mursi. The "Rabaa" sign is a reference to the poli

Egypt should engage global community on Rabia

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Israeli soldiers stand on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) outside the central Gaza Strip as they fire mortar shell towards Gaza before a ceasefire was due, early August 1, 2014. Israeli shelling near the southern Gaza town of Rafah killed at least 40 people on Friday, the local hospital said, as a ceasefire that went into effect only hours earlier crumbled. Israel accused Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups of violating the U.S.- and U.N.-mediated truce, but did not elaborate, amid Israeli media

Regional integration only way for Israel to achieve security

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United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attends an Arab League Foreign Ministers emergency meeting at the League's headquarters in Cairo, December 21, 2013. Deadly violence in the West Bank has increased in recent months and at least 19 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed since U.S.-backed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in July after a three-year break. REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX16QIT

UAE likely to support Egypt for long haul

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Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives in a military helicopter before swearing in as Egypt's new president in a ceremony at the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo June 8, 2014. Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Sabaa Newspaper (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3SQIU

What's new in Egypt's new Cabinet

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People walk near banners of Egypt's army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C), with Coptic and Islamic leaders Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb (R) and Pope Tawadros II (L) of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo February 19, 2014. Sisi, won vast popularity by crushing the Muslim Brotherhood, but even a man seen by his followers as invincible may be unable to fix the mess in the politically sensitive energy sector. Sisi, who toppled Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi in July and promised to bring

EU, Egypt agree to elections observation mission

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Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi demonstrate as they slow drive through central London August 17, 2013. Supporters of Mursi fought a gunbattle with security forces in a Cairo mosque on Saturday, while Egypt's army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning his Muslim Brotherhood group. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION) - RTX12OXK

Will UK list Muslim Brotherhood as terror group?

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