As a result, Sisi is pushing long overdue overhauls of Egypt’s military doctrine, its weapons procurement, and its interoperability with allied forces. This reflects several considerations: intensified domestic and regional security threats pressure from Washington to redirect and improve the military’s performance additional external support for the Egyptian military, provided especially by Russia and France and the president’s greater confidence in his abilities to stave off coups than all his predecessors (save one, Gamal Abdel Nasser).
After nearly half a century of stagnating operational capacities, the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) appear to be undergoing significant capacity upgrades under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
