Sisi woos Trump and manoeuvres around the Gulf

Egyptian-American relations are going through a period of coldness, marked by tension, against the backdrop of differing positions on the war in Gaza; Washington’s plan to relocate residents of the Strip to Egypt and Jordan; the situation in the Red Sea and the Suez Canal; as well as other regional issues. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi may now feel cornered after betting heavily on the return of his American counterpart, Donald Trump, to the White House for a second term ending in January 2029. But things did not go as El-Sisi had hoped. He may now be forced to offer sensitive concessions or resort to tactical manoeuvring and a strategy of geopolitical repositioning in an attempt to ease tensions with Washington or at […]