March 11, 2015: An interview with Dr. Paul Salem, vice president for policy and research at The Middle East Institute, on the March 13-15 Sharm El-Sheikh conference on Egypt's economic development. Salem discusses the role of the United States in addressing Egypt's economic challenges, and how addressing the economy factors into Egypt's domestic policy agenda.


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