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Fattah el-Sisi's foreign policies in the short term. The first is his fight against the Muslim Brotherhood as well as extremist groups based in the Sinai, and the second is an unprecedented economic dependence on Saudi Arabia. The two factors are linked, due to a convergence of interests between the

iliation and courageous political and economic decisions that would allow Egypt to move beyond such dependence. Michele Dunne, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA00705814

n comes as Hamas finds itself increasingly squeezed between Israel and Egypt, both of which have been hit hard by terrorist groups operating in the Sinai peninsula and in recent months have improved military cooperation to tackle the mutual threat. As both countries crack down on terrorist links betw

ear-armed Iran. Should this be a hard choice? Astonishingly, too many members of Congress seem to think so. Jessica Tuchman Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA00651277

urplus for export. A short-term hiccup in Israel's plans is the increasing vulnerability of gas imports from Egypt due to recurring sabotage of the Sinai pipeline. Its current domestic supplies -- obtained from the Mari-B field off Ashkelon -- will be depleted before the Tamar field starts productio

e Islamic Republic's rise, he is more likely to be remembered by historians as the man who hastened its decay. Karim Sadjadpour is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA_R1_02033710 EFTA02691537 24 Article 6. Foreign Policy Research Institute Russia's Anxieties About The Arab Rev

— against terrorists because they fear terrorists, a mutual concern that has only become more acute with the alarming rise of extremist attacks in Sinai. "It's not as if aid gets cut off and Egypt says, `We're going to war with Israel,' " said Nathan Brown, a Middle East scholar at George Washingto

f aid gets cut off and Egypt says, `We're going to war with Israel,' " said Nathan Brown, a Middle East scholar at George Washington University and the Carnegie Endowment. "Egypt's attitude toward Islamic terrorism — right now, they're on the same page as Fox News." Sure, if aid is suspended gulf states will send mo

ll seek assurances from Egypt not only about llamas stopping all fire out of Gaza but also about Egypt preventing the smuggling of arms through the Sinai into Gaza. Is Egypt up to or even willing to play this role? Much will depend on what matters most to Egypt's new leaders: their ideology or the c

s. Nathan J. Brown is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington Univeristy and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EFTA_R1_00464344 EFTA01977728 Article 2. Foreign Policy How Hamas Won the War Aaron David Miller November 19, 2012

t Worse in Syria? It Just Did Jeffrey White Article 2. Newsweek The Plagues of Egypt Sarah A. Topol Article 3. The Washington Post In Egypt's Sinai desert, Islamic militants gaining new foothold Ernesto Londono Article 4. Asia Times The murder of Yasser Arafat Sami Moubayed Article 5. ilh

between the SCAF and the Muslim Brotherhood that for the foreseeable future they have to share power," says Marina Ottaway, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for EFTA_R1_02209747 EFTA02723619 International Peace. "They have to rule together because there is no other way to do it. They cannot start add