Interview with Dr. Helena Reimer Burgrova, associate fellow at the Institute for International Relations Prague. A year ago, Dr. Helena Reimer Burgrová wrote the paper ‘Egypt´s failing war on terror’ for the Egypt Policy Brief series of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation. A year on she sees a mounting escalation of the so called ‘War on Terror’ waged by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. With scores of dead civilians especially in Sinai, Reimer Burgrová assesses, that al-Sisi tries to legitimize his rule, while failing to provide real security for the Egyptian people. Interviewed by Niko Pewesin, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Paper for further information on the topic in German: https://www.boell.de/de/2017/02/28/aegyptens-gescheiterter-krieg-gegen-den-terror?dimension1=e-paper_aegypten