“Cairo, meanwhile, has an interest in preserving its contracts with the United States. Military cooperation with China can therefore serve several purposes at once. As with other US partners, it cannot be excluded that Egypt is also using its opening towards Beijing to send a signal to Washington”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is interviewed in the article “China’s J-16 deployment to Egypt is about more than six fighter jets” on Decode39.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
“Cairo, meanwhile, has an interest in preserving its contracts with the United States. Military cooperation with China can therefore serve several purposes at once.... Read More

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