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A handout picture released by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, as he addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Cairo on January 31, 2015. (AFP Photo/MENA/HO)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), shakes hands with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on February 13, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)
Debate: Sisi will prioritize foreign policy
The new Egyptian president, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, has no choice but to place foreign policy among his top priorities. He is stepping into power in a time when growing complexity is enveloping Egypt’s foreign relations. These complexities were a result of the 2011...Caption:
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) arrives with his bodyguards at a polling station to cast his vote during the presidential election in Cairo May 26, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdullah Dalsh)
Debate: Sisi will balance foreign and domestic policies
Security issues affect the economy, and the build-up of interrelated problems means President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi must work on a variety of issues simultaneously. All issues are equally critical and pressing, especially in the minds of the Egyptian people. In past...Opinion: In Egypt, politics is tougher than fighting terrorists
The Egyptian people are confident that the Egyptian military is capable of defeating those who threaten the country’s security—operations in Sinai and other places as well as the pursuit of activated sleeper cells in various Egyptian cities prove this. The real...Caption:
A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi attempts to speak to Republican Guard soldiers as he reaches through a barb wire barricade as Muslim Brotherhood supporters gather to protest in support of Mursi in front of the Qubba Palace in Cairo, November 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)