Noopolitik

Tensions are high between Rome and Cairo after the death of Giulio Regeni, but a desire for Egypt’s cooperation over Libya means diplomacy is needed Italy’s attempts to put pressure on Egypt over the brutal killing of researcher Giulio Regeni are being hampered by a competing national security concern: getting Cairo’s cooperation on Libya. [Read more].

• Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome, Chris Stephen in Tunis, and Ruth Michaelson in Cairo, Realpolitik hinders hunt for killer of Italian researcher in Egypt, The Guardian, May 16, 2016

Egypt has insisted it was not involved in Giulio Regeni’s death. Photograph: الينارجية | The Januarians‎ (Facebook).