As an alternate strategy, Japan is trying to strengthen defence and security ties with India, Australia and some Southeast Asian countries. India-Japan defence cooperation is already on the upswing. The current visit of Japan’s Defence Minister General Natakani to India to discuss on bilateral and regional defence and security issues is a case in
The decision also strengthens the cause of South African organisations like the Legal Resources Centre, Foundation for Human Rights, Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Centre for Applied Legal Studies, which continue to advocate on behalf of families of victims of apartheid-era crimes. On 30 April, following a lawsuit by survivors and victims’
No matter how extensive, economic reforms will introduce little unless accompanied by meaningful political reforms. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2023 Democracy Index classified the Egyptian regime as “authoritarian” (the Index’s lowest category), ranking it 127th out of 167 countries.28 Authoritarianism stifles economic growth in vario
Egyptian officials have told me directly in conversations that they see this economic aid as an entitlement. They use that word. They see that they’re entitled to it because of their peace with Israel. Many senior Egyptian officials and decisionmakers see this as a rent that the United States pays because of Egypt’s strategic cooperation with t
in the 2023-2024 financial year, owing to repeated Houthi attacks on ships navigating the Red Sea.2 Tourist flows to Egypt were also affected, though only moderately and for a short period. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimated that, due to the war, Egypt’s combined revenues from the Suez Canal and tourism could shrink by up t