Newsletter: FutureVerse LEAP’s comeback The fifth edition of the gathering offers a temperature check for the Gulf’s AI ambitions amid fallout from the US-Israel-Iran war. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Xi makes first Egypt visit in decade as Cairo gets caught in US-China AI row China's Huawei last month submitted a bid to build advanced AI data centers and supply more than 2,000 AI chips for Egyptian government systems. Egypt
Analysis How Ethiopia’s new dams test Egypt’s ability to defend its Nile red lines Ethiopia’s water minister has emphasized the country’s plans to move forward with new Blue Nile dam construction, leaving Egypt to contend with the potential fallout. By Eli Siegel-Bernstein
Newsletter: Business & Tech Iran keeps Hormuz reopening on hold Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remained low, with only five commodity vessels transiting the waterway on Tuesday, according to data from maritime tracking firm Kpler. By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Egypt’s Justice System on Trial The trials of both former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the deposed Muslim Brotherhood leaders reveal the flaws in Egypt’s court system. Egypt
Erdogan, Egypt’s Coup And the Israeli Connection While Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan was wrong if he meant to imply that Israel engineered the coup in Egypt, Tel Aviv is certainly glad the coup happened. Egypt
Israel and the Democracy Paradox In the Middle East The coup in Egypt stirs rethinking about elections and democracy throughout the region. Egypt
Can Egypt Win the WarFor Public Opinion? While Western media persist in calling the Egyptian crisis a military coup, there are ways that Egypt can restore its public image in the world's eyes. Egypt
Erdogan Shows His Softer Side Some Turks question why Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cries over the death of an Egyptian protester but not a Turkish one. Egypt
Turkey's Foreign Policy: Slip-Up or Success? While Turkey boasts foreign policy successes in the Middle East, these measures could be more accurately described as blunders. Egypt
22 Key Points in Egypt's New Draft Constitution Newly released amendments to Egypt's suspended 2012 constitution adjust several articles of this Islamist-penned document. Egypt
Strict Curfew in Cairo Imposes Harsh Living Conditions Egypt's new rulers are not planning to end the curfew anytime soon, despite the difficult conditions it has imposed on Egyptians. Egypt
Egyptian Twitter Post Pushes Turkey's Buttons A Twitter message that suggested the interim government in Cairo might recognize the Armenian genocide exposed a raw nerve in Turkey. Egypt
Is Hypernationalism The New Islamism? Islamism in the Middle East may have met a match in the hypernationalism taking hold in Egypt and Syria. Egypt
Erdogan’s Blaming of Israel Might be Funny If It Weren’t So Sad Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of being behind the Egyptian military coup only to be met with strong criticism from Egypt, Israel and the United States. Egypt
Is This the End of an Era For the Muslim Brotherhood? Egypt's interim government is threatening to dissolve the group and place it on the terrorist list. Egypt
