There is and will continue to be an edge of rivalry in Egypt’s relations with the dominant Gulf Arab powers. This paper will focus primarily on the Egypt–Gulf relationship during the Sisi era.
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank the team at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme, particularly Sanam Vakil and Reni Zhelyazkova for their review of earlier drafts of this paper. The author would also like to Jake Statham for his diligent editing and the UK and Dutch governments for their support of the research project of which this paper forms part, Future Dynamics in the Gulf.