Geopolitics of Egypt

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[@joseanl]

Am I the only one thinking that they have essentially heaven on earth in terms of solar energy?? if they partnered with the EU, for example, in order to build a giant solar park they would have basically free energy and a powerful ally to have a balance with Turkey. Funny thing is, they could strike an extremely good deal with China, Russia, the US, or even Turkey itself. That project and the Suez Channel should be all they need for prosperity

[@Champagnemikey]

Just an addition to this video, Uganda is also a threat to Egypt. Uganda wants to mine oil and there is a high risk that the oil might get into contact with the water in the Nile. Uganda is the source of the Nile River.

[@ramykair324]

a clear bias in the video against Egypt in favor of turkey is it because u r from Azerbaijan ??? ......turkey is not the dominant power in the Mediterranean we are allies with Cyprus Greece Italy and France. which guarantees the European union support. in recent years we modernized our navy and we continue to do this .we can see the economy improving unlike turkey which suffers from a crumbling economy. Even NATO members r not satisfied with turkey's behaviors (american sanctions are just around the corner) the army in Egypt is trying to tackle all these problems and they r doing their best . Good luck to Egypt and the Egyptians in 2020. long live Egypt

[@Tethloach1]

@@joseanl I guess in the past Egypt was the dominant power in the world because it has close proximity to Europe, Africa and Asia and the Nile river and the Mediterranean and deserts. Egypt was the dominant power for thousands of years, the rise of the west was the end of that #1 status. Greeks, and Romans passed Egypt, Rome expanded it's borders in order to survive. Geography decides a lot, new challenges a new nation new world. The only civilization that has had almost perfect success is China thousands of years of doing well in every era, strange, and stability and a lasting identity.

[@francesconesi7666]

Will you make a video about the geopolitics of Italy?

[@volcryndarkstar]

"Only stretch your legs as far as your blanket extends." Now that's wisdom that could've saved most empires that have existed.

[@newbiechu7024]

When did empire and wisdom ever joined in the first place.

[@jbtechcon7434]

It was "stretch your legs" dude. "Spread your legs" has a completely different connotation.

[@volcryndarkstar]

@@jbtechcon7434 Fixed it, lol.

[@jbtechcon7434]

@Niels Kloppenburg Fair point. Spreading legs a bit less is good advice for 100m crowded people who already have to import half of their food. But it's iron that such anti-leg-spreading advice would come from Russia, which is facing a population decline.

[@darkabdoman]

على قد لحافك مد رجليك

[@YuriSteiner04]

Everyone: Happy New Year! Caspian Report: Here some geopolitics of Egypt

[@Kameeho]

Advisor Shirvan does not let trivial things set him astray from his focus on more important matters.

[@terrybuchanan1]

@@Kameeho hah

[@AsG_4_]

What a treat 😀

[@Kameeho]

@New Man, Ephesians 4:22-24 the new year celebration and fireworks are trivial. Not everything that spanned the 2010's or last year for that matter.

[@jay1970]

What the hell this comment means?

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

Egypt _importing_ food? If the Pharaos were around to see this...

[@leonardodavid2842]

“The bread basket of the world” was coined by the Romans. As Egypt together with Carthage were the two regions feeding Rome. To keep in mind, the Italian peninsula was in Europe, the most productive region (industrially in sfittì on to agriculturally) however it where’s that food went to the regional cities (mediolanum, Florentia, Neapolitan... Italy was the most populated region in the western emisphere) Rome itself, bought it’s good from Egypt as it could produce even more food, and was thus cheaper (the government subsidied it to make it free for all Italians living within Latium).

[@meandmetoo8436]

@@leonardodavid2842 comparative advantages then ?

[@sepep6288]

According to archeologists calculations , there is a gold mine for each 5 Egyptian citizens but corruption......

[@leonardodavid2842]

Me AndMeToo exactly. How did Roman politicians respond to this? Well they put tariffs up, so that they could protect the inefficient Italian farmers, fuck the loss of world efficiency and consumer surplus... That never happened, I’m jk

[@Y.M...]

We export fresh produce for dollars, and buy cheap low quality staple foods to make up for the land that is otherwise simply not enough to keep up with 100+ million mouths to feed.

[@abdelrahmanibrahim9535]

Egyptian doctor here. This video is spot on. I'd like to chip in and say that if Egypt is to go anywhere, it has to resolve its problems of corruption and nepotism first and foremost. A country can only be built by its people. And if people are to build Egypt, they have to be motivated and satisfied with their government and living standard. This is obviously not the case for me, nor is it for millions of Egyptians. But it is especially not the case for STEM graduates. The situation for doctors, engineers, scientists, and educated people with degrees in general (aka the people who have the capability to build the country and bring it forward) is absolutely abysmal. The corruption and nepotism strangles the whole population who are not a part of Egypt's military oligarchy. Thus, there's no incentive for anyone to stay in Egypt to build it for the future. For example, 50 percent of Egyptian medical school graduates emigrate, whether to the Gulf states or to Europe and the US. And that's only to mention how it is for doctors. If this trend continues, it'll be a catastrophe for Egypt.

[@LnlyLonewolf]

+ military are using democracy against the country Bc this illiterate society can easily be manipulated by tv reporters. And it's very tough for a man who is trying to use his brain to live with ppl like them

[@MrSoSoBadAss]

Here by an idiot childish doctor

[@SunnyThumb]

You lost me at “Doctor”!

[@rogerwilco2]

Well, I think that reducing population growth is also important. A growth like at 13:12 is completely unsustainable. No wonder you have trouble feeding the population, if it has grown by 500% in 60 years. I have not visited Egypt, but have visited other Arab countries, and the size of the population is much larger than the land can sustain, especially in the Gulf states.

[@mikehunt4618]

@@LnlyLonewolf This is the situation for nearly all Balkan countries as well, but in Bosnia particularly because of it's over bloated administration apparatus and complicated political system. Our population has gone from 4 million in 1992 to below 2.5 million in 2019 because of emmigration. I don't even see the country surviving as one entity in the next 20 years...

[@PianistStefanBoetel]

Wishing Egypt to thrive as a country. Thrive economically, protect the country from extremism, implement slowly demcrotic elements and protect the cultural heritage of this old and precious land of mankind from any destruction. Love from Germany.

[@AchwaqKhalid]

I think they're doing better compared to others in the continent but still for 80 millions of people they definitely need to push for more

[@zizouace4890]

agree, they need to protect from extremism. unfortunately, the secular extremism (al sisi tyrant regime) that oppresses is supported by the west and some other shallow states, because the savage regime is their puppet. your country germany even invited the secular extemist mass murderer al sisi. when Egypt held its first election in history, they voted for the Muslim brotherhood party, which tried to make Egypt prosper. but the election was nullified by a bloody coup of the western backed al-sisi. now there is again a barbarian secular military dictatorship in Egypt, where a simple critique against the regime can put you into torture jail

[@bakr6405]

@@zizouace4890 We are with Secular dictatorships all the way. If religious democracy is the only other option.

[@MegaJanuary2011]

Love from Egypt to you Stefan and to dear Germany, Thanks for your nice words

[@bakr6405]

@@MegaJanuary2011 They have the memory of a fly

[@PASTRAMIKick]

Ironic how Egypt was once the largest source of grain for Rome and now it imports most of its food.

[@richdobbs6595]

That's what modern medicine and sanitation before industrialization gets you!

[@itszyad4332]

Believe it or not up until the late 1950s Egypt still was a net producer of food by a huge margin, it all went southward when Abdel Nasser modeled his land redistribution project after the Soviet idea of just randomly cutting up pieces of farmland and giving them away in equal shares to farmers and workers who didn’t know how to maintain the land or upkeep it properly

[@FolkeBernadotte2]

Modern tyrants of Egypt have no equal among its ancient ones.

[@richdobbs6595]

@@itszyad4332 I suspect that even without land redistribution disruption, demographics would have driven Egypt towards being a food importer. Egypt just has so few options, given it being so water constrained. In addition, it is not clear that given relative advantage of Egypt for cotton versus all of the temperate wheat growing areas, that it makes sense for Egypt to be a grain producing area in the modern world.

[@Jose-xh5qb]

Egypt had a lower population back then.

[@wargriffin5]

God: "I think I'll bless this land with steady agriculture, land barriers for protection, and a commercial crossroads..." Corruption: "I'm about to ruin this whole country..."

[@isaa7010]

@@xxzxzxzxx6974 yh let's forget about colonialism and focus on the religion that's been in the country for centuries

[@catguy7520]

xx zx zxzxx there are plenty of christians in Egypt, and they and the muslims all respect each other. I dont see how religion can be the cause of these problems when it has been in the country for centuries through the good and bad times.

[@catguy7520]

xx zx zxzxx as was said in the main comment, corruption and greed is what lead to the downfall.

[@joy_grgs762]

@@xxzxzxzxx6974 you are right bro where are you from

[@joy_grgs762]

@@catguy7520 nope through the good times they where christians i think in 614 muslims taked over egypt

[@iraqimapper8625]

Long live Egypt from Iraq

[@skyrue1048]

Thanks

[@hadys.6538]

❤️

[@TheMoeHamdy]

Long live Iraq and Iraqi people.

[@marhabacarpet8593]

death to Egypt, uae and ksa

[@hadys.6538]

Marhaba Carpet go to doctor u are so dangerous for the planet

[@003mohamud]

"do not live beyond your means" *Greek Screams intensify*

[@AlAnGi]

Lol from a Greek

[@dylan__dog]

Egypt is an army with a state

[@eyeofthepyramid2596]

Which state

[@joy_grgs762]

@@joeg4609 nah bro go to egypt the army does everything they have gas stations they build things ind it good but the problem is there is more place for corruption

[@arukadofahrenheit]

indeed Actually in Egypt you are a soldier untill you prove the opposite ! Peace from Egypt 🇪🇬

[@qjtvaddict]

Joe G yup especially the USA everything is spent on military nothing for the people

[@yochaiwyss3843]

@@qjtvaddict false. Majority of US Budget is on WELFARE.

[@tarekhesham6624]

As an Egyptian , you really did an good coverage of what's actually going on in Egypt

[@tarekhesham6624]

@Caravanserai of Life thanks bro... love from Egypt❤❤

[@tarekhesham6624]

Don't worry about that ....war is loss for both sides nobody will get into this

[@beshy999]

@@problem2781 that is what have bee sold to you .. the president never talked about turkey as enemy .. in opposite the turkish president kept interfering in the Egyptian matter with many statements .. Egypt warned turkey about Libya .. And what proves my talk is that turkey nowadays trying to normalise the relationship with Egypt .

[@jacobinfier9407]

I'm French, France is the best friend of Egypt We will invest in your country and will invade Turkia together, Egypt will be the next arabic power

[@eamonxl8183]

Egypt in my eyes has very interesting geopolitics

[@greasymuchacho]

In my mind it stinks and I don't care for the country in general. It means nothing to me living in Canada. Shame on Egypt.

[@tylerberks2756]

EamonXL as a Brit, I agree *sad suez noises

[@armitylekhona585]

@@greasymuchacho don't hate you're home country

[@Snp2024]

@@greasymuchacho wtf ?

[@abdullahamrsobh]

@@armitylekhona585 i do not justify hating your home countary. but the situation in egypt really give so many reasons to. espcailly after all that is happning since 2011

[@jm-je4tl]

See Caspian, click immediately.

[@mazenmady1136]

Yess we need to get rid of the corruption in Egypt

[@mazenmady1136]

Yeahweat thebuffet your saying that the current government is anti-corruption. There propaganda has really gotten into your head . This is the most corrupt government Egypt has seen . The price of food has increase 2fold since they held government. Billionaires are not paying tax with the gov knowing . Oil is being sold at a decreased price

[@eca3101]

@@mazenmady1136 The brotherhood is the worse thing to have ever happened to Egypt

[@mazenmady1136]

ECA I was young when this happens but it was what democracy chose and the aftermath of the coup was much worse. After it there were power cuts everyday for up to 16hr( countryside) . It was impossible to get into Cairo and it was a mess

[@Y.M...]

Turkey, Qattar, or the incumbent military rule, whoever wins amongst them, Egyptians lose regardless. signed by an Egyptian

[@mazenmady1136]

Yeahweat thebuffet economically Egypt has dropped down 5ranks in the world scheme. In 2017 it’s gdp decreased by nearly $70billion. It’s debt to gdp has increased from the low 30% to over 100% since 2013. The government is spending its money building a new city for the elite rather than help the poor and improve Cairo .

[@LupusTheGamer]

Can you make a video on the eastern mediterranian situation, regarding the natural gas reserve mining / Turkey's chess with its neighbors & How Libian civil war/ Turkey's and Cyprus's points of view on the situation...

[@df7205whip48]

Even during New Years Caspian Report cranks out the vids

[@dsnodgrass4843]

It's comforting that someone treats this like "just another week" sometimes, after nearly a month of holiday this and that.

[@zisanshahriar2779]

@@dsnodgrass4843 New year's overrated my dudes. Geopolitics is far more important.

[@blafoon93]

I saw this and I thought that this has to be a great episode because I too struggle to find a country where its geographical position has such an obvious impact on every aspect of politics. As always, I was not disappointed! Keep up the great work for years to come please.

[@AzureBarrage]

Your videos are just excellent, there is simply nothing else to say. I've learned more from watching your videos over the last couple years than I did in the entirety of my history, social studies, geography etc courses through grade school and even university. Your objectivity and attention to detail is so nice to see, and you discuss parts of world that are completely under reported. You're an absolute gem on youtube, and if I had the financial means I would gladly contribute to your patreon. Thank you Caspian and look forward to another year of educational content!

[@dark1810]

160 million people in a thin strip around a river in a desert that importas food and is corrupt......what could go wrong

[@tabletodestroyer8174]

My favorite comment, I always think of Egypt like this. And the rivers sources are not in their control also.

[@tabletodestroyer8174]

@@larknoone565 practicaly they can potentially be controlled and that's a fact. If Ethiopia or Sudan decides to limit the flow Egypt can do nothing about it.

[@tabletodestroyer8174]

@@larknoone565 oh I see. You are delusional at best. Even if Egypt has the potential to vage war with them and win, wich is not true. It would take years to finish that conquest . While stopping the Nile for just a month it's fatal for the country. Don't get me wrong I love Egypt I would never want that to happen but that's just how things are.

[@tabletodestroyer8174]

@@larknoone565 no hard feelings Bro, but redirecting a river is easier than conquering two countries. Although I might be wrong, I am not rooting for this to happen, but that's just how I see this problem.

[@tabletodestroyer8174]

@@larknoone565 and God bless you too :-D.

[@hefhef54321]

على قد لحافك مد رجليك I'm surprised you know this proverb. Anyway, I enjoyed watching your video. Salutations from Egypt and happy new year

[@ΑπόστολοςΚαραγκούνης-χ7κ]

Happy new year,I wish to you peace and prosperity from your neighbour Greece.Hope I will visit Egypt in this summer.

[@seifyasser2225]

All respect man from Egypt❤🇪🇬🇬🇷

[@slahlotfi]

علي قد رجليك اصنع لحافا يناسبها

[@suleimanhussien1559]

we use it a lot in palestine

[@mohamedhamdoun6599]

@@suleimanhussien1559 This means that the Egyptians and the Palestinians are one people

[@NiftyShifty1]

This channel consistently creates some of the best content on KZbin.

[@LucidFL]

*the best

[@aiwanano6507]

Idk how he does it I would really like to animate like that

[@aiwanano6507]

The best!

[@omarali262]

Best? Use your brain... Most of what he's saying here is nonsense. 3:36 for example. You really think we build two highways in Egypt for every city? No. When there's a highway it's on one side of the river and if you go to the highway you just take a bridge over the river to use it. This video is just a lot of nonsense concocted in a way to sound smart and insightful but really they know nothing.

[@aiwanano6507]

“Omar Ali”. Exactlty, and he has been able to express the needed information in the video, very profoundly. Be quiet if you would rather show some short of hate in a environment that believes the opposite.

[@jbtechcon7434]

They've really been in de-Nile about their problems.

[@perito6834]

With all due respect, please fuck off. Here's my like and here's the door.

[@KabooM1067]

Hahaaaa... Nice. 👉😏👉

[@mohammedzaid9274]

Meh

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

Bah dum tsssk

[@juliendacoolien3454]

Yeah, they have so many despite their ARAB-le land.

[@PleaseDoNotDoThis]

_"Ah yes, Egypt has seen better days.."_ *Subscribed*

[@Erik-ko6lh]

Half the world economy sails past Egypt everyday and Egypt does not engage with it. Egypt should be the other Singapore.

[@jabloko992]

Yes it does, Shirvan said it makes up for 15% of it's revenue, that is huge.

[@mohamedelshazly7920]

it will be soon after about 15 years or less

[@olliefoxx7165]

"Egypt has seen better days.." Yes, a millennia of better days, bad days and all between. An ancient land that still produces life, food, art and inspiration.

[@m2heavyindustries378]

Not much food now, and certainly no inspiration

[@agustinbenavente4830]

And not much art neither

[@Marwan-oj3lc]

F u both

[@phill2065]

Egypt has its work cut out, but I’m sure they’ll figure something out...

[@salihalash4111]

Wont happe

[@tewekdenahom485]

I'm sure they won't I just heard a video full of issues and none about Egypt's solutions

[@AA-cn6vp]

True dat 🇪🇬 As for Haters, take a chill pill 💊

[@oswaldrabbit1409]

A revolution probably.

[@guydreamr]

They always have, since the Pharaoh's....

[@joshuabenton3785]

Caspian Reports is one of the ways I update myself on the happenings in the world. I thank you and the whole team for your hard work!

[@NZ.YouTube]

One of the best channels on KZbin. Ridiculously good content.

[@nabeelahmedkhanofficial]

Love Egypt from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@enlightedenlightment1065]

Your country supports Radical Islamic Terrorists.

[@furiouschicken1]

Cities next to river: 5 Housing. Others: 3 Housing. No wonder the cities are all next to the Nile lol Plus, districts, improvements and units are immune to flooding so there's that. :D

[@angelkitty11]

Civilization reference? XD

[@KingSlayer305]

We need a video about Geopolitics of #ALGERIA 🙏 (It's important due to the current Libyan crisis)

[@KingSlayer305]

@BEHOLD!! hh the ex president resigned last April, and the military regime ruled the country for nine months after that they organized a corrupted election where a new president won but he is one of the corrupted figures in the country, he used to be minister many times. So, people here in Algeria are still demonstrating since February 22, 2019

[@KingSlayer305]

The new government will be announced tomorrow probably, the demonstrations were peaceful so there were no violence from both sides, just some arrests for demonstrators and public opinion leaders. The international systems are supporting the current regime as long as this regime guarantees their economic interests, so the international media were ignoring the situation in Algeria.

[@sepep6288]

Algeria's new turkish puppet government is going to help Turkey with occupying libya

[@emre05x]

Apep ' actually Turkey‘s in Libya to break the conspiracy against itself in the Eastern Mediterranean. By working together with the legitimate government of Libya, the supporters of Haftar have no legitimate background to rely on. Saying that Turkey breaches International Law only to break it yourself is called hipocrisy.

[@sepep6288]

@@emre05x "legitimate government"? Lmao 😂😂😂😂 the islamists puppet government that refused the fairly elected secular parliament???

[@modg2774]

Please, Geopolitics of Ukraine!!

[@AlanHernandez-jn2mp]

Stick to America or the Russians will claim you

[@SidMajors]

Alan Hernandez To be fair though, they are already losing

[@AlanHernandez-jn2mp]

@@SidMajors if America passes a Marshall plan & truly decides to help Ukraine.. They will make it & thrive ... Ask Europe & Japan after WW2

[@modg2774]

@@SidMajors You are damn right! Zelensky’s policy will lead us to Russia and no more) Which president is he, if he is a clown and a puppet of the Kremlin whose Kolomoisky’s hand periodically peeks out of the back. But I would like to see about this video.

[@zizouace4890]

@@AlanHernandez-jn2mp yeah, ask vietnam, somalia, Afghanistan Iraq. USA made them "thrive"....... freaking scumbag

[@theweirdofengland]

Geopolitics of UK? Especially relevant after Brexit.

[@theweirdofengland]

@kimi I've always been critical of how one-sided the Special Relationship can be, but at least America for all its faults has never tried to strip us of our national sovereignty as Brussels does.

[@Rettilos]

The UK will become the US biggest aircraft carrier to project power over europe.

[@Admiral_Jezza]

@kimi It makes no sense to combine those two. Airstrip One was of course socialist (as extreme socialist as you can get) while the USA is center-right politically, or maybe even left-wing considering how Trump lost the popular vote.

[@FOLIPE]

@@JW20236 But now they voted mostly nationalist, didn't they?

[@phill2065]

Dominic Crannis China is going to be far more important then Brexit will be when we look back in time...

[@Mertiy7]

As a Turkish I don't really understand why our governments and peoples aren't cooperating more. I think the two states are natural allies, both our peoples would greatly benefit from better cooperation. I've been all over Egypt and am in love with the country. Happy new years from İstanbul!

[@TKplayFR]

Sisi follows it's saudi and uae masters once the chp comes in power in Turkey Their relationship should get better

[@mtraa.942]

It's a proxy war on who will be the dominant in the middle east Turkey, Iran in one side And Israel, Egypt Saudi Arabia and UAE in the other side And their war is currently being fought in Syria, iraq, Yemen, Palestine and Libya Each by supporting their Militias and armed groups

[@osmanarslan6270]

@@mtraa.942 Turkey and Iran ate not even on the same side

[@nourelsabah748]

@@mtraa.942 Actually Turkey and Israel in the same side

[@StheMagnificant]

​@@nourelsabah748 not quite, it shifts

[@مرحبابك-ض1ن]

As an Egyptian, thank you for this balanced report. You neglected to mention an important facet of Egypt's current impasse with Turkey: the Turkish claim actually gives Egypt far more of the Eastern Mediterranean's gas than the Israeli claim. It's just that the Egyptian military is more like a mafia syndicate than a state institution.

[@mohammedzaid9274]

Long life Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤️

[@TheSunMoon]

Settra does not serve! Oh sorry, wrong universe.

[@sidereal6739]

HE RUUUULEZZZ!!!!

[@sidereal6739]

We really need a leader like him tbh

[@omerk3813]

Made my first day of the new year :)

[@jarodiking2559]

I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you

[@jabloko992]

ALL WILL BOW TO THE IMPERISHABLE!

[@Simi822]

Egypt, last time I checked the population was like 52 mil, now it is almost 100...that is not normal that the population doubled in less then 30 years and the Water they needed is also needed in Ethiopia....not good, not good

[@orlandok9m822]

Very worrying people can only advance socially and become more liberal after they get the basics of life: food, shelter, water, income. Looks like Egypts going backwards.

[@Simi822]

@@orlandok9m822 just what some Memri TV clips...its scaring where they are today, its like Nasser never lived

[@orlandok9m822]

@@Simi822 I'd never heard of memri thanks. It looks like it reports on the middle East in general not just Egypt. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIeyaWqindaClZY Antisemitism is still strong in Islam I see as well.

[@jpeg2753]

@@Simi822 MEMRI? lol what are you promoting bro

[@Simi822]

@@jpeg2753 you want to taste my shoe you watermelon seller? ;)

[@ggwp257]

HAPPY NEW YEAR I LOVE CASPIAN REPORT!!!!

[@FinDeluxe]

What a way to start a new year! Your videos are always wery high quality and interesting. Thanks for last year and looking up to the next one.

[@pika87]

Funny thing is that we use this proverb in Hungary as well :) Fantastic video as always, thanks and happy new year! :)

[@minzblatt]

"Ayağını yorganına göre uzat" same in Turkish

[@hussey4826]

We have it in Indian languages too

[@SilvanaDil]

China should be mindful of that proverb.

[@furiouschicken1]

"Kung maikli ang kumot, matutong mamaluktot." Same here in the Philippines

[@BoqPrecision]

It's Turkic That's how both Hungary (Ottomans) and India (Mughal) share the proverb...

[@averagecamelenjoyer6708]

Dude this is the best New years ever Caspian Reports made a video about my country YESSSS!!!

[@QazwerDave]

"Twice as low as" = Half of

[@Mr67Stanger]

Egypt was the breadbasket of the Roman Empire... Great report, as always. Thank you for your efforts.

[@mattfaruolo2450]

In regards to Egypt's new capital city, I've always wondered why they didn't choose to build it as a port city on the coast of the Gulf of Suez, such as using the land near Ain Sokhna or Zaafarana. Safaga would actually seem to be the perfect location. This would provide Egypt with a new gateway to the world on its eastern flank and fortify its presence in the Suez Gulf. Major port facilities, access to industry, fishing, tourism, foreign investment potential, military and navy patrols, etc. Do you know why Egypt decided to forego all of these seeming geostrategic benefits, and instead opted to build the new capital in the middle of a desert?

[@nourelsabah748]

the reason is: through time, the desert around it populate from Cairo to the canal

[@StheMagnificant]

why build it on the east, a vulnurable front why not west of the nile, somewhere south of Fayoum

[@funki4902]

I feel so sorry for Egyptians: It seems like they are always ruled by a Pharaoh. Much worse, the incumbent Pharaoh is supported by both the US and USSR.

[@Y.M...]

Egypt has always been someone's vassal or puppet state, to its ruling class or to a foreign power. For all its history.

[@mtraa.942]

@@Y.M... not in ancient Egypt tho !! But all of this happened because Egypt as a nation never intended to be an empire As an example in ancient Egypt when the Egyptians fought a battle against the hittite /assyrians they never colonised them they just made a treaty and Delineation on borders

[@badpharaoh463]

Mohamed Tarek actually ancient Egyptians used to conquer

[@mtraa.942]

@@badpharaoh463 What exactly did they conquer ?

[@lolok471]

@@mtraa.942 well ramsis conquered maybe syria and some land to the east as well as sudan and ethiopia

[@dahasolomon7314]

I'm really loving this series Shirvan! Caspian report is the only youtube channel I follow religiously.

[@winstonmaraj8029]

Nah. Kings and Generals is waaaaaaay better. But he s good tho. The best was ASEAN Geopolitics.

[@ahmedhany7035]

i’m against Sisi’s regime all the way, but there a lot of investments the government and real estate companies are putting to expand Egypt’s cities to the east and west banks of the Nile. There are some things you mention are not right, so I would recommend you do a little bit of research about Egypt’s infrastructure that the government Keep fixing and upgrading it, and new cities and settlements they’re building now: New Alamein 6th of October New Mansoura Port Said expansion Cities of Upper Egypt and Tushka,Aswan Administrative Capital

[@bakr6405]

You are the best one to ever describe Egyptian geopolitics. However, contrary to what you said, I am afraid more of Ethiopia and overpopulation than Turkey. And I believe we have a long blanket at least longer than Turkey's since we are the ones that speaks Arabic. I am surprised that you knew about this proverb.

[@fefds1558]

I'm sorry i don't understand, why speaking Arabic make you have longer blanket than Turkey?

[@bakr6405]

@@fefds1558 We are the ones who have higher potential in expressing soft power and hegemony in the region. The same way, France use French in West Africa, except that we are the Arabized.

[@bakr6405]

@@fefds1558 In fact, Egypt was the center of Arab world until Gulf Arabs got Oil money as the video illustrated

[@the-quintessenz]

As always an excellent video by Shervan. But still, he forgot to mention one very important aspect: The invaluable treasures in the grounds of the country. The pyramids are just the most known of them, but basically the entire country is sprawling of amazing archeological sites and ancient relicts given 5000+ years of continuous written and built history. It's the perfect setting for high-value tourism for all over the world. Just imagine how much money they could make by making it standard for the global top 1% of society to send their children for 6 weeks to Egypt to discover its treasures. That would be 2+ million tourists every year with each one of them spending some 10,000$ there.

[@TheMagicToyChest]

most top 1% types are obsessed with ancient Greece tho

[@the-quintessenz]

@@TheMagicToyChest True, but Greece (and also the Roman empire) used to be there, too. Hint is "Alexandria". The rest is good marketing and of course an offer you can't resist (in terms of safety, experience and educational surplus).

[@luciusjuniustavianus7540]

"Only stretch your legs as far as your blanket extends" we Turks even have the same proverb "Ayağını yorganına göre uzat" :) how poetic.

[@xrz3000]

Smh you stole everything from the Arabs, a proverb is nothing

[@luciusjuniustavianus7540]

@@xrz3000 k

[@abdelrahmansaid844]

There is not conflict between the people of Egypt and Turkey. We are one stronger Muslim Uma. Only our leaders hate each others

[@ksmnkss]

I think he's from azerbaijan and they basically speak turkish right?

[@luciusjuniustavianus7540]

@@ksmnkss Yup pretty much

[@6233791]

Egypt: The secret ingredient is crime

[@Ahreman_egy]

Happy new year from Alexanrdria Egypt to everyone, Thanks for talking about the Military oligarchy, personally i believe they are the main reason our country was held back for centuries, now they put their hand on big and small industry, media and even the beaches,cafes, malls and roads, and brainwashed common Egyptians are tough that the military regime is the only hope to survive the foreign conspiracies while the same regime is taking HUGE loans and aid from those countries.

[@bakr6405]

Centuries? man they have been in rule for only 70 years. But yeah the military robbed us from the privileges of having the Greek barber and the Italian waiter. LOL.

[@jpeg2753]

no its not the reason we are held back its colonialism, alleged corrupt monarchy, 4 wars, 2 revolutions. Each one of these can account for decades of set back and mashallah we have all of them

[@justryoku8761]

Its reminds me Iran..Army should just protect country, economy and politic not their business I hope civil administration will develop more in Egypt.

[@jpeg2753]

@@justryoku8761 me too, recently it had been announced that all military companies are to be put into the stock exchange market which I think is great because there will be transparency and at the same time civilian contribution

[@jpeg2753]

@Caravanserai of Life government or people?

[@bilalbaig8586]

This man predicted the Egypt-Turkish faceoff in Libya. Reminds me why I subscribed in the first place. God damn.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

Loved that little Egyptian proverb bit at the end. I've never heard that one before.

[@salihalash4111]

Its an arabic proverb

[@sepep6288]

@@salihalash4111 Egyptian Arabic

[@mohamedkabha6861]

@@sepep6288 no arabic

[@FolkeBernadotte2]

Egypt’s biggest problem is the military dictatorships who serves foreign interests against the interests of the Egyptian people. That’s why the US government has been supporting Egypt’s military dictatorship with 1.2 billion$ for 30 years. When the Egyptians finally had a democratically elected president, US cut off its financial aid. But after the military dictatorship regained power by a coup the US proceeded with its annual aid.

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Nobody elected a muslim extremist to rule Egypt, millions came to get rid of them, the military "dictatorship" (Not even a dictatorship because Egypt is a bribing country lmao) has brought more good to the people.

[@hiddensalami4334]

Man you could make a video about the geopolitics of sea cucumbers and id be into it. Your videos are just so chill and interesting, love the background ambiance especially, makes me think of Mass Effect 1.

[@Jocjabes]

Mizraim:"Only stretch your legs as far as your blanket extends" Egypt: Ok ok. Lets export our sand to rich countries looking to build artificial playgrounds for the rich!

[@ilililil490]

1.1.2020.. damn this feels weird

[@ilililil490]

@New Man, Ephesians 4:22-24 Indeed

[@warwickeng5491]

It's only gotten weirder my dude

[@channel_no_longer_active]

@@warwickeng5491 Yep very weird

[@metarus208]

One of your best Shirvan!

[@baklava6138]

Why are they having so many kids when they’re poor? Makes no sense. One child policy should be implemented to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.

[@ilviandante2040]

Bak Lava Look at what happened in China...

[@MrAmgadHasan]

The government has been trying to reduce population growth since mid 2000s. This year fertility rates dropped for the first time in years. If this trend continues, population growth will be contained.

[@Amghannam]

So they would work at an early age and bring in some income..

[@XSuperRedBullX]

Very well done sir, and good job with the proverb as an Egyptian I can validate this one as pure Egyptian slang and it is funny as well! The current situation with the turkish and egyptian governments is really sad to say the least between two ancient and historic civilizations..hope it resolves soon as Egyptian people love their Turkish neighbors :)

[@EarthAngel504]

Mizraim or Mitsrayim, is not a Nick Name, that's the Original Name given to the Land named After the Son of Ham, Mizraim or Mitsrayim.. It was the Greeks who Named the land Egypt, which is in fact a nickname meaning house of bondage.

[@sepep6288]

The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the ancient Egyptian name 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah' ("Mansion of the Spirit of Ptah") Mizraim is the semitic name of Egypt givin to Egypt by the semitic people like the ancient Mesopotempians and Jews. It has nothing to do with Egypt's original name

[@EarthAngel504]

@@sepep6288 Deuteronomy 5:6- I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the HOUSE OF BONDAGE That was a Hebrew's God of the Bible Calling Egypt, the House of Bondage.. now here is the Greek's metaphore to Egypt: In the strong Concordance G#125- "Aigyptos"- metaph. Jerusalem, for the Jews persecuting the Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians treating the Jews... so you see the Greek and Hebrew both reffered to Egypt, as a name referring to Persecution and a House of Bondage.

[@unfriendlyjack4223]

Here's my 2 cents. I think that a study that investigates possible positives and negatives of widening, deepening and straightening the Nile river should be conducted. Straighten the river to make it navigable, and widen and deepen it to make it accessible to cargo ships. If doing this is feasible, and economically beneficial, than digging deep water canals that shoot off this hypothetical new Nile and run to Egyptian ports in the Red Sea might also be a good idea. I also will add that, if doing all this is economically possible and beneficial, than a way to create more arable land could be to divide the country up into 2x30-2x50 blocks of land, using the Nile as the mid line, then creating deep water canals that shoot off the Nile and run between these rectangular blocks. The water that is delivered by these hypothetical canals could be used to help start a massive land reclamation project. Hypothesise that all this is possible. If all these canals worked and a land reclamation project was successful, than infrastructure could be built in these hypothetical reclaimed lands. New city's could be built and more farming and agricultural works could be done. Note: I split up my big block of sentences into smaller sentences because I know how people dislike big blocks of sentences. Also, Happy new year.

[@jakedee4117]

I doubt it's possible and it wouldn't affect the amount of water available as that is controlled by rain fall

[@MO-vj6ev]

Amazing video! what sources of information did you use? I'd love to read up on it

[@minzblatt]

He shares these sources in his patreon

[@mahino420]

as an egyptian i am impressed by your research.

I do not know the origin of that saying but also turkish people commonly use exact the same.

[@mohamedelshazly1514]

Egypt and Turkey have so much in common :))

[@jpeg2753]

@@mohamedelshazly1514 yep and we about to go to a war against each other lmao

[@mohamedelshazly1514]

@@jpeg2753 stupid and greedy politicians are ruining the Middle East. I have nothing against you or your people, in fact I admire the progress and the rich history.

[@jpeg2753]

@@mohamedelshazly1514 ana masry

[@airdoctor1251]

@@mohamedelshazly1514 no one gives a shit how u feel if a war starts.

[@MostafaSrag]

As an Egyptian, this video is really good..well done

[@leekarssen]

It's been said before...this channel is so undersubscribed. I love what you do 🙏

[@nickolasbrown3342]

you surprised me by naming turkey as the regional power. what a breath of fresh air!

[@zombieat]

egypt's gdp still grew by 30% from 2010-2019 despite the tempestuous 9 years.

[@mohamedelshazly1514]

last year Real GDP grew by 5.1% and that is meager, it should be much higher. as well, the GDP per capita is very low and you can see that with the amount of poverty and variance in income between the population.

[@m2heavyindustries378]

So did nigeria and sudan, what's your point?

[@ammarsaleh8763]

اللى عامل التقرير دا متخلف أصلاً ، معظم معلوماته غلط ، دا بيقولك مصر خايفة من تركيا تحتل الدلتا ولازم تخضع عليها مش قادرين نبنى بحرية😂😂

[@southerncross4956]

The young man who produces these reports is especially intelligent and provides centrist wisdom beyond his age.

[@nabeelahmedkhanofficial]

Next: Geopolitics of Pakistan!

[@youf4988]

The Egyptian navy war fleet is the sixth largest naval fleet in the world and it is the dominant in the Mediterranean, my friend⁦ ⚔️⁩⁦🇪🇬⁩⁦⚔️⁩

[@srikanthsarjanaa8075]

Really?

[@anirudhkumar4507]

Do a video on geopolitics of Sudan also! Great video by the way! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@jay1970]

Your videos save me a lot of reading.

[@greatcyrene]

Perfect!! It's a rich, informative & deep analytic video ! I hope to see one like this focusing on Libya's current situation under the pressure of civil & proxy wars sponsoring by foreigner states, plus the regional ruthless war on natural gas in East-Mediterranean

[@franklumanog3043]

I love this channel. Thanks guys for putting together these very educational videos. Keep it going!

[@АскарАшир-ь4х]

Thanks for the work :) Tell us about Kazakhstan, please.

[@hebabakr2490]

You made me cry about what rulers have done to us. And the not appearing part to the people is worse. 😞

[@xroyta4975]

I'm from Egypt and I agree completely with all the points in the video. For Egypt to prosper we need to end military rule, crackdown on corruption and allow privatization.

[@bakr6405]

Authoritarianism unfortunately have always been our way forward, you can't escape the bitter truth, so better make peace with it.

[@xroyta4975]

I understand that history shows Egypt as an authoritarian state, but I can't just sit down and leave my country to be destroyed from inside out. Nothing is impossible, especially in this day and age. I think the best hope for Egypt is to ally itself with countries the promote nationalization, like Turkey and ditch the Saudis

[@MrFreddiii]

My first KZbin video of the decade!!! Thank you CaspianReport!!!

[@C104-x9s]

When you can't live up to some baldies 3000 years ago

[@MojiMikato]

C104 Otaku tbh I would rather not see that rtarded times of Egyptians once more. Imagine letting yourself being ruled under incompetent and obsolete system called monarchy.

[@D2A962]

@@MojiMikato Im no expert, but the "military oligarchy" Caspian described in this video doesn't sound a whole lot better than a monarchy

[@C104-x9s]

@@MojiMikato it's a joke and yeah monarchy is shitty and so is oligarchys

[@fus132]

@@MojiMikato Imagine being ruled by people who's only concern is not the country or it's people, but a mere victory in the next elections. Or even better, imagine living in a state there people are treated like cattle, which can be sent to the isolated concentration camps, or simply shot if it misbehaves. You know shit about government systems and it shows.

[@sepep6288]

Egypt was much better when it was a monarchy

[@user-sl9lm3dy2s]

I am Egyptian and proud of our great and ancient history

[@465maltbie]

This is a great report, I never thought about the need for roads on both sides of a waterway. I guess I just took it for granted that there would be roads there already. Thank you for taking the time to explain some of these issues. Charles

[@koantao8321]

I live in Egypt and I disagree with the description of the economy. It is doing very well and the military is investing hugely in infrastructure. Inflation has dropped to one-digit numbers and there is social stability. Yes, much still needs to be done, but Egypt is moving in the right direction.

[@enthusiastisch1922]

@Abdelrahman Bakr The one where you don't, he's actually right since I visited Egypt and saw it myself, people like Sisi.

[@محمدمحمد-ك3ز5ر]

الجيش والحكومة المفروض يطلعوا خارج الاقتصاد

[@TheBreadB]

Will you do a 2020 video about every continent and their geopolitics?

[@magenta1763]

One of your best episodes so far!

[@anentiresleeveoforeos2087]

12:00 this is a weird point because the USSR was never more dominant in the East Med than the US. i would put the switch down more to domestic and Arab politics than geographical realities.

[@amrgamal8660]

Do not forget that Egypt has an excellent feature and is that the closer to death returns to life again, they are satisfied and do not die

[@VasteriaOfficial]

Happy new year!

[@negan_lq9499]

I love Egypt from Iraq our brothers it's just bad days for you and us we will overcome this

[@MrTopsecretagent]

imho both egypt and iraq should implement two children policy. with that way; they can ease the results of the ongoing poverty of the people and economic struggle that public sector has been facing.

[@4chukwuebuka]

Ancient Egypt was black african.

[@cyb3r1]

It's a little rushed to imply that the dominant force in Eastern Mediterranean is Turkey. First of all Turkey has limited access to the Eastern Mediterranean and its outrageous territorial claims are dismissed by all other nations. Its very aggressive and illegal tactics have brought together almost all other nations in the region as well as big global forces in order to keep Turkey in check. Egypt allying with Turkey and joining it in its illegal practices would be a risky move the least.

[@marwanelmeligy8235]

As an Egyptian, this is sad but true. I wish to live long to see Egypt after the reign of the military, but i think this is way beyond my lifespan.

[@marhabacarpet8593]

death to Egypt

[@KDH-br6hy]

@@marhabacarpet8593 chill

[@Luigiticano]

Geopolitics of Somalia 🇸🇴 needed

[@Luigiticano]

Republic of Somaliland i am from the north we need peace and stability throughout the region to enable economic growth.

[@Luigiticano]

Republic of Somaliland we are all one nation my friend stay safe my brother

[@TheEgyptianOne]

Turkey you say? Not anymore. Egypt has the strongest military in the region as of 2020. Egypt is taking back its rightful throne again as the political, cultural and military hub if the region. The Hollywood of the Middle East is coming back!! top 5 military powers in the Mideast - Globalfirepower 1-Egypt 2-Turkey 3- Iran 4- Saudi 5- Israel

[@TheEgyptianOne]

@Sam Aden Egypt gets from many other countries like Russia, China, France, Germany, etc, not just the US. Hell they even get from North Korea lol, so they are very diversified in that department and that is why the rank reflects that. Egypt also builds its own tanks and other types of vehicles and armaments. Turkey is a NATO state, a puppet for the west in the region along with Israel. I think this Year, Turkey came on top but again, Turkey is a NATO state. This fact is considered into the rankings, specially the global firepower rankings. The only thing that is not considered in those rankings are the Nuclear capabilities. But again, we are comparing military power in a traditional warfare, not basing it off "what if the other side Nukes?"

[@IllusiveDude]

Some opinions I'd like to share: iraq has a higher GDP per capita is because they have a much smaller population versus Egypt 100 million people and Iraq is a petroleum-only exporter vs egypt more industrialized economy. As for defense in the Mediterranean Egypt has a fairly large Navy I think the biggest in the region so it won't be easy to.invade Egypt from the north

[@fadl999]

Very well done video. I think the habitable zone have increased in the past half century though, for the first time in Egypt's history, from 3% to 7.8% of the total land. This was due to a housing reform that have started in the 70s and is still going on. You have covered a similar aspect in the new administrative capital video. I also admire the wisdom of the quote at the end of the video "Only extend your legs.. ".

[@sean_connors]

Excellent video and happy new year! I am surprised you stated that EVERY campaign through the Sinai came with “high cost” to the invading power. The six-day war begs to differ. In fact, Israel took the Sinai in a day, then held the Sinai for 15 years. Israel gave it back in the interests of peace in 1982. Israel’s cost was a fraction of what Egyptian forces lost trying to defend. Simply put, Egypt was routed within 36 hours in the Sinai.