Richard Solomon is a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studies political economy and Middle East politics.

March 14, 2024

Analysis

Egyptian Leverage

The IMF invests in the Egyptian dictatorship’s structural payments imbalance

Cairo’s role in a US-backed regional security architecture makes the military dictatorship a regional giant too big to fail. The Sisi regime, like its predecessors, is keenly aware of this status and leverages it to secure the acquiescence of creditors…