Historical preconditions for the construction of the new Suez Canal and its political and economic significance

Abstract

The Suez Canal has become a certain symbol of Egyptian patriotism; this fact is proved by an
opening of a partial backup of themain watercourse of the Suez Canal in July 2015. The Suez Canal has allowed
reconciling ideologicaland religiousdifferenceswithinthe country,unitingMuslimsand ChristianCopts.At the  present stage ofdevelopment,theEgyptian canal not only brings significant public funds to the country, but also
provides additional jobs; and the slogans for its further expansion and transformation into a modern logistics
center allow the Egyptians to recognize themselves as an important part of the global economy. Creation of
large transport systems and nodes connected with the transit of natural resources and goods with high added
value is an important article of income of any state, through the territory of which they pass. As noted by
the Elbasy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev N.A., transport infrastructure is a blood system of the
industrial economy and society [1]. Analysis of the features of the construction and operation of the Suez Canal
demonstrates the basicapproaches to theproblems of creatingnew transport arteries.