Today, the Egyptian state faces no shortage of strategic threats, ranging from instability emanating from the ongoing crisis next door in Libya to an escalating conflict with nearby Ethiopia over access to the Nile. Yet its biggest long-term challenge is a distinctly domestic one: the quickening pace of its own population.
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Harvard Beijing Academy moves to Taipei;
U of HK orders removal of statue commemorating Tiananmen protests;
Tight funding, facility shortages top list of education challenges;
Xi pushes property tax legislation;
China provides economic and political support to the Taliban
After September's vote, fissures in the Russian opposition;
Russia freezes diplomatic ties to NATO;
Moscow heads toward partial lockdown;
The Kremlin holds Afghan stability talks;
Communist Party's first electoral lawsuit shot down;
Russia fears a strong Ukraine