The Daily Beast quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne on the growing rift between the United States and Epypt in the fight against ISIS:
“After more $40 billion why is it we are not on a better page?” asks Amy Hawthorne, Rafik Hariri Center senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, who specializes on the Arab world, before answering her own question. “Simply because we have a close military relationship doesn’t mean we are going to be aligned on critical issues. [The aid] doesn’t buy agreement.”