"If Egypt establishes “basic normal relations” with Iran & others in the Middle East’s resistance bloc, the geopolitical consequences will be huge"

"... senior Egyptian diplomats say that what Egypt is pursuing “are normal relations—basic normal relations, no less, no more” with Iran, see here.  That is exactly what Turkey, under the AKP, has done—pursued normal relations with regional parties from which it had previously been estranged.  Turkey has not dropped its relations with the United States, pulled out of NATO, or anything of the sort.  It has simply expanded the range of its regional relationships.  But that, as we have seen, can have enormous geopolitical consequences. 

And that is precisely what potentially could happen with Egypt’s new foreign policy.  With regard to Egypt’s relations with Israel, senior Egyptian diplomats say those relations with remain more or less the same—but note that “the immediate willingness of Egypt to accommodate Israeli concerns and demands out of the wish to impress the US is, however, off the table”, see here.  If Egypt establishes “basic normal relations” with Iran and other players in the Middle East’s resistance bloc, the geopolitical consequences will be huge, even if Cairo maintains most elements of its relationships with Israel and the United States."