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This paper examines the crisis-ridden relationship between Egypt and the Gulf States between early 2011 (after the ousting of President Mubarak) and January 2014. The relationship survived in this period because of 1) the money Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait have invested in Egypt, and 2) the structural disincentives that exist to upending long-standing security ties, particularly in the case of the Cairo-Riyadh nexus.