Motaz Zahran, Egypt’s ambassador to the United States, discusses why US and international mediation is required to break the stalemate in Renaissance Dam talks; why the US-Egyptian relationship "transcends local politics"; Turkey’s "destructive role" in Libya; the Egyptian economy’s resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic; Egypt’s role in Libya and in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts; and more.

• Post-COVID Mideast economies look to the Gulf and Egypt (al-monitor.com)
• Blinken warns Nile Dam talks could ‘boil over’ (al-monitor.com)
• Sudan’s fragile transition boosted by turnaround in ties with US, Israel (al-monitor.com)