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Egypt Reconsiders its Nile Strategy

Egypt’s Nile strategy underpins Red Sea Security and Horn of Africa stability, so the change has global, as well as regional, ramifications

Defense & Foreign Affairs staff

Defense & Foreign Affairs staff

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Egypt Reconsiders its Nile Strategy
Egypt’s effective head-of-state, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi in 1999, with then US Defense Secretary William Cohen. Like his predecessor as Defense Minister, Field Marshal Mohammed Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala, Field Marshal Tantawi had a career demonstrating patience and consistency. His calmness during the Egyptian “revolution” of February 2011 paved the way for Egypt’s new approach to its strategic context

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