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Fall 2022/Winter 2023
Cairo Review Fall 2022/Winter 2023
The Ukraine Effect
Tahrir Forum
Regulating Change in Historic Cairo
Renovation and conservation projects in Historic Cairo fall within a complex legal framework, which sometimes does more to hinder development than to promote it.
Global Forum
COVID Vaccines for All?
Healthcare workers are still the best bet for increasing vaccine uptake, say behavioral economists.
Q & A
Climate Change: A Global Health Emergency
COP27 Youth Envoy Omnia El Omrani discussed the importance of approaching the climate crisis with human health in mind and co-creating effective policy alongside those most impacted
Ukraine’s Economic Shocks in Egypt
Political economist Amr Adly discusses the state of the Egyptian economy and others around the world, describing current vulnerabilities and emphasizing the need for climate justice
Essays
What Losing the Iran Deal Could Mean for the Region
If President Joe Biden is seeking to restore sustainable peace and security in the region, he has to start with reviving the JCPOA
Navigating R2P Between Norm and Practice
The idea that states are responsible for the protection of their own people is a powerful normative and transformative one, but is far from complete or conclusive
Democratizing International Relations
Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali deserves to be remembered for his defense of the application of democratic principles to the international order. Today, the multipolarity of the contemporary world can help further Botrous-Ghali’s vision
Strategic Survival in Syria
How Russia and Iran maintain their grip in Syria under the shadows of the Ukraine war
Fortune and Hazard for Algeria
War in Ukraine has brought new cash flow to Algiers, but the state must walk an ever-narrowing path to maintain its non-alignment
The West’s Stigma, and Why it Loses Global Support By its Own Actions
The Ukraine war has exposed, yet again, the deep skepticism of Western intentions across the Global South, undermining efforts to strengthen the rules-based liberal global order. But this is not inevitable as it is a result of policies the West has been pursuing for a long time, which it now must change if it wants to fix its credibility
OPEC+ versus the United States and World Democracies
The OPEC+ decision to cut oil production opens the door to further politicization of the global oil industry, particularly between the United States and Saudi Arabia
Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has influenced U.S. policy in the Middle East, the future of which depends on the outcome of the war, as well as Washington’s commitment to the region
The Ukraine War: The View from Iran
Why has Iran chosen to clandestinely have closer ties with Russia in the Ukraine War?
Book Reviews
The Hundred Years’ War
Rashid Khalidi’s First-Row Seat at the Decades-Old War on Palestine