Egypt’s economy has stagnated in recent years due to a currency crisis, record-high inflation, and increasing foreign debt, contributing to rising poverty rates and the weakening of already fragile social safety nets.
At the same time, the military state under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has limited freedom of speech through a heavy-handed approach to civil society activists and persecution of political rivals, while security around its borders including the Red Sea is deteriorating.
Chatham House’s analysis aims to shed light on Egypt’s relations with neighbouring states and global powers, and the implications of the country’s precarious economic standing for both its population and for regime survival.
