Egypt and Turkey’s Geopolitical Relations in a Troubled Middle East. What Can Be Improved and How

Historical rivals in different regional geopolitical crises, Turkey and Egypt could today have the chance to open a new chapter in their bilateral relations, as part of a broader normalization process underway in the Middle East. However, different crucial disputes between these two countries remain unsettled. This paper aims first to explore the conflicting geopolitical projections and national interests of both Egypt and Turkey regarding three current main regional disputes, namely the Libyan crisis, the geoenergetic and geopolitical dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Second, this paper investigates areas of concern as well as strategies to envisage possible convergences or points of mediation. Third and last, this paper aims to underline how Italy, in the frameworks of the US alliance and the European Union, could help defuse tensions and support a repprochement between these two countries.