As part of its progress towards a more integrated regional organisation, and in reaction to events and opportunities, European Union (EU) policy towards the Mediterranean has evolved through several phases, from the Barcelona Process in 1995 to the (...)
As US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Egypt last weekend to re-launch the strategic dialogue between Washington and Cairo he may well have reflected on the wider historical and geo-political significance of his trip. Symbolically, the visit (...)
Whether, and in what form, Egypt pursues civil nuclear energy, there is a need to change decision-making processes for such projects, writes Mohamed Anis Salem*
Over the last five years, Egypt's decision to resort to civil nuclear energy had been (...)
Post-revolution, Egypt has the chance to realign its foreign relations, if the right people with the right vision take the lead, writes Mohamed Anis Salem*
Sooner or later, the question of reviewing Egypt's foreign policy was going to crop up. In (...)
Have Arab uprisings changed the regional order of states irreversibly, asks Mohamed Anis Salem*
The current wave of change in the Arab world, unequalled in geographic scope and intensity since the first Arab revolt in the early 20th century, has led (...)
The West has waded neck-high into Libya's civil war, and what happens next is anyone's guess, writes Mohamed Anis Salem*
On the face of it, Gaddafi is finished; he has violated too many of the new rules of democratic change in the Arab region. (...)
If the Egyptian revolution has taught us anything it is that traditional assumptions can be reversed, writes Mohamed Anis Salem*
Everybody has a pet theory. Iranian officials hailed Egypt's January uprising as a step towards an Islamic Middle East. (...)
The remarkable mass uprising in Egypt is a harbinger of a renewed pioneering role for Egypt in the region, if the revolution ends in true democracy, writes Mohamed Anis Salem*
In the past, waves of change across the Arab region reflected various (...)
The management of the demonstrations by the Mubarak regime was a textbook example of how not to behave in a crisis, says Mohamed Anis Salem*
Looking back at the events over the 18 days of protests in Tahrir Square in Cairo, the actions by the (...)
Many are the structural factors that led the Arabs to neglect Sudan. The question now is whether the Arabs have anything to contribute on the issue at all, writes Mohamed Anis Salem*
Some 20 years ago, while working for the United Nations in Sudan, (...)