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What We Are Reading

International News Coverage Al-Qaida, ISIL, Egypt Analysts: Al-Qaida still offers olive branch to IS Deb Riechmann & Bassem Mroue | AP Al-Qaida is using U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Syria as a reason to extend olive branches to the renegade Islamic State...

The US and EU Strategy to Defeat ISIL

ASP Director of Strategy and Communications Paul Hamill and ASP Senior Adjunct Fellow Fadi Elsalameen recently addressed the ways in which the US and EU should partner in order to combat the threat of ISIL and like-minded militant movements. We know from past...

Carbon Holdings to make massive investment in Egypt

The Egyptian economy has recently received some positive investment news. Egypt’s Carbon Holdings has announced it plans to begin construction on a $7 billion petrochemical complex in late 2015. With a so-called “Friends of Egypt” investment conference planned for...

Egypt: A Work In Progress But Open For Business

While Egypt still grapples with the ongoing security and political challenges that have developed since the uprisings of January 2011, one area that requires immediate attention and substantial transformation is the Egyptian economy. A lack of economic progress...

What We Are Reading

American Security Project Special Reports Climate Change and the Threats to the American Midwest American Security Project The climate is changing – the shift in global temperatures and their impacts on weather patterns is scientifically proven, though the extent of...