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This week on Babel, Jon Alterman\xa0speaks with Ambassador Karim\xa0Haggag. After an Egyptian diplomatic career that spanned more than 25 years, Amb. Haggag is now a professor of practice at the American University in Cairo's School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the director of the university\u2019s Middle East Studies Center, and a non-resident visiting scholar with Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School of\xa0Government. Together, they compare the war in Gaza to other crises in Egypt\u2019s history, discuss Egypt's complicated relationships with Israel and Hamas, and\xa0anticipate Egypt's role in the "day after" in Gaza. Then, Jon continues the conversation with Natasha Hall and Leah\xa0Hickert to discuss U.S. diplomatic leverage in the Middle East.\xa0\nTranscript, "Karim Haggag: Egypt's Balancing Act," CSIS, July 9, 2024.