Egypt’s Last Chance

Cairo’s window to influence Ethiopia’s dam project is closing fast.

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What options does a nation have when its future depends on another country’s decisions about a resource the other country controls? That’s what Egypt has to figure out. Ethiopia’s decision to build a dam on the Blue Nile threatens Egypt’s freshwater supplies. To stop the project, Cairo has tried rattling sabers at Addis Ababa, or […]

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