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
Tunisian Ruling Party Feels Heat After Egyptian Coup The vote of confidence by French President François Hollande is drowned out by the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and the rise of a Tunisian “Tamarod movement.” Egypt
Four Reasons Why Iran Wins From Morsi’s Fall Iran stands to gain regionally from the coup in Egypt. Qatar
Israel Should Make Peace With Egyptian People The changes in the Arab world now offer the Israeli people the opportunity to establish human relations with the Arab people, starting with the Egyptians. Palestine
Egyptian Revolution: Three Myths Egypt has another shot at completing the revolution that was stillborn in 2011. Egypt
Turkish Leadership Demoralized By Coup in Egypt The Turkey-Egypt axis is a thing of the past, at least for now. Egypt
Fuel Crisis Threatens Gaza After Egypt Border Closure Egypt's decision to close the Rafah crossing amid the recent unrest risks plunging Gaza into a crisis of its own. Palestine
Who Will Stand With Egyptian Democracy? It appears that not enough attention is being paid to the rights of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose inclusion is necessary for Egypt to move forward democratically. Egypt
Egypt Loses Leadership Role Potential As Well as President The Morsi presidency could have helped resolve the region’s myriad conflicts if it had achieved reconciliation at home. Egypt
Egypt’s North Sinai Under Curfew Following Deadly Clashes Sinai is divided by the coup which overthrew Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Egypt
Egyptian Coup Shakes Turkey Turkey struggles to find the right response to the military coup in Egypt. Egypt
Coup in Egypt Strategic Loss For Erdogan The Egyptian military coup that overthrew Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is a blow to Turkey’s regional strategy under the AKP government. Egypt
