
The Strait, the Gripens, and the Quiet Map Being Redrawn This Week
Three negotiations on three continents are converging on the same question: who underwrites security when the old guarantor is distracted.

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Born in Heliopolis to a doctor and a literature professor. Covered the second intifada, Iraq war embedded with British forces, Arab Spring as Reuters Cairo bureau chief. Speaks classical Arabic, Egyptian colloquial, fluent English and French. Reads two newspapers in print every morning.
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Three negotiations on three continents are converging on the same question: who underwrites security when the old guarantor is distracted.

From a Gulf bond auction to a Brussels procurement draft to a ruble corridor, the world is moving the cost of debt off the books of states and onto the books of households.

Cairo, Astana and Brussels are responding to one pressure this week — the cost of holding the old dollar arrangement is finally being booked.