Opinion

Dr Ammar Abkar Abdallah On 30 June 2026, Policy Paper No. 72 was published in Egypt as part of the IDSC Policy Perspective series under the title, “The Water Situation in Egypt, the Challenges of Climate Change, and Efforts to Enhance…

Dr Al-Haitham Al-Kindi Yousif Al-Hajla is a traditional children’s game. Our generation watched our sisters and their friends play it: one girl would jump, eyes closed, inside squares drawn on the ground, moving a small stone with her foot…

Dr Ahmed Abdelbagi Advantages of Solar Photovoltaic Power Purchase Agreements under the Malaysian Model Some of the principal advantages of solar photovoltaic Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) under the Malaysian model include the…

Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan If the previous article examined how the state can turn adversity into opportunity through the conscious and intelligent management of the consequences of war, this article moves from managing outcomes to…

Mahjoub Fadl Badri Brazil offers an experience worth emulating in building a strong economy capable of providing a decent standard of living for a society made up of diverse cultures. Within a relatively short period, Brazil’s economy…

By Hisham Yousif Abdelrahman I found myself reflecting on the thesis published by Dr Mohamed Jalal Ahmed Hashim on his Facebook page on 3 July 2026, not because it provides definitive answers, but because it opens the door to a…

By Ramadan Ahmed While the world's attention is focused on the American-Israeli war against Iran, Israel's continuing military operations in Lebanon and Syria, the Russia–Ukraine war, and a succession of other international crises, the…

By Eng. Muhannad Awad Mahmoud I have written extensively—almost to the point of exhausting the ink—about the importance of coordination among state institutions. Many of our economic problems have not stemmed from a lack of…

By Rashid Abdelrahim This government has come to be defined by one characteristic above all others: it is a government of retreat. It issues decisions only to reverse them shortly afterwards. Some decisions are withdrawn after a matter…

By Dr. Abdel Azim Awad The curtain has quietly fallen on the crisis involving South Sudanese nationals who, through a twist of fate, found themselves among the passengers of a voluntary repatriation convoy aboard the vessel Sinai,…