One
day after announcing that Chuck Hagel is being dismissed as defense secretary,
his greatest foreign-policy legacy — relations with Egyptian President Abdel
Fattah al-Sisi’s government — seems to be evaporating. Egypt’s interior
minister warned on Tuesday, Nov. 25, that police will not hesitate to use deadly force
against Islamist protesters during a planned demonstration on Friday, which
represents the first serious challenge to Sisi’s government since elections in
June.

Source: blog.foreignpolicy.com

"Despite its ultimate unwinding, Hagel and Sisi’s relationship, forged during one of the worst spells of violence in Egypt’s modern history, provides a fascinating — and albeit unsettling — window into the strategic drift of U.S. policy in Egypt. Come Friday, that window may well close, and any traces of Hagel’s legacy with it."

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