Egypt

The United States has an opportunity to put human rights at the center of its foreign policy on Africa.

Substantive progress must be made at COP27 to keep climate momentum alive.

"[T]he ultimate goal of international climate negotiations is to provide current and future generations with the opportunity to live safe, healthy, prosperous, and dignified lives.…

The Biden administration should reconsider withholding military aid to Egypt in light of its continuing human rights abuses.

A robust anti-coup strategy must place the same pressures on civilian collaborators that military coup leaders face.

As President Biden travels to the Middle East, the future of important bilateral relationships and multilateral initiatives hang in the balance.

With partners, Washington can affect the calculus of local players and set an example of standing with local pro-democracy actors.

How to break six common and unhelpful patterns in US engagement with security partners that abuse rights or democratic standards.

After mass nonviolent protests, look out for arrests of opponents, prison releases of Islamists, and actions by a key paramilitary unit.

Successive US administrations have waived conditions on Egypt aid, seemingly forgetting in each case the dismal results of past waivers.

With Egypt, President Joe Biden has inherited a worrying human rights situation in a country that’s strategically important to the United States and its allies.

A suit between a US citizen and the former PM of Egypt raises sticky questions of diplomatic immunity - and tees up a potential constitutional clash between the executive and judiciary.…