Are we looking at a new era of Egyptian regional activism?

Are we looking at a new era of Egyptian regional activism?

The flow of US weaponry to India to ‘rebalance’ Asia – at a price, of course.
![The US-India relationship is being built on something more solid than the sand of shifting world events [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201493072937468734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Can western governments persuade their people that after years of war, Afghanistan must stay on financial life-support?
![An Afghan National Army soldier keeps watch in Paktika province [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141221326466734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
If diplomacy fails and Iran’s nuclear programme resumes, the prospect of an Israeli or US war returns to the picture.
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Modi’s challenge is the same as it always was; to improve India’s ability to detect and disrupt terr
![Kashmiri Muslims shout anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a protest on the outskirts of Srinagar [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149276505488734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
We are used to so-called terrorist states; but state-like terrorists have been rarer.
![Obama delivers a primetime address from the White House, vowing to target the Islamic State with air strikes [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149117328518734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Even if ISIL is halted before it reaches Baghdad, it has left virtually every regional actor scrambling for a response.
![Iraqi city of Mosul fell to ISIL forces within hours of their attack [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201461213105962580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Hectoring speeches and an acrimonious mood mark opening sessions of Syrian peace talks in Switzerland.
![Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has reiterated that he has no intention of stepping down, his opponents remain bitterly divided [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141238045223734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Betrayed by the West’s deal with Tehran, Saudi Arabia is weighing its options.
![The US is the Saudis' best guarantee for security [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131118701892734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)