Ahmed H. Megahed's Articles

​The two-year Israeli war on Gaza ended not with triumph or reconciliation but with a choreographed ceasefire and hostage exchange that fused American spectacle with Egyptian diplomacy.

If the US wants to be a credible partner in regional diplomacy, it must abandon post-truth performances such as that delivered at the UN last week by Trump.

Israel’s unexpected, unprovoked, and illegal military strike on a residential neighbourhood in Doha on 9 September was not just another act of aggression in a long and bloody war.

As entire neighbourhoods are erased and tens of thousands of people are killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in Israel’s war on Gaza, the logic of force is increasingly eclipsing diplomacy in the region.

Deterrent Peace and the Reshaping of the Regional Order, or the Collapse of Deterrence, Reputation, and Narrative?

Had the ruling elite in Iran watched the Israeli-American TV series Tehran, they might have been more prepared for the Israeli war on Iran, writes

The ongoing shifts in the global economy are not remote power plays for Egypt but instead carry significant implications for its economic strategy.

Egypt’s digital transformation has been proceeding by leaps and bounds in recent years, opening the way to full digital sovereignty, writes Ahmed H. Megahed

Without joint investment, shared planning, and a broader conception of sovereignty that includes defence, the EU risks becoming a bystander in its own security arena.

The defining characteristic of Trump’s second term in office is not just his rejection of global norms, but also his active reshaping of them to align with his wider agenda.

Data released by Interpol and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime offer an alarming picture of the size and impact of the global illicit drugs market, writes Eman Ragab