Dynamics Without Drama: New Options and Old Compromises in Egypt's Foreign Policy

Alterman, Jon B.

doi:10.1080/09557570500237888

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“…Following the 1991 war over Kuwait, which had displayed the vulnerability of Saudi Arabia, Egypt returned to a prominent role on the Arab scene that it retains today. Its attempt to position itself as a mediator in the Arab–Israeli conflict was more suspect, however, as few outside Egypt perceived the country’s support as a key element of any putative future peace accords (Alterman, 2005, p. 363).…”

Section: Pragmatism Over Ideology: Regional Determinants Of Egyptian mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…What was more, Mubarak’s position through the Kuwait War offered an excellent lens through which to view Cairo’s relationship with Washington. In fact, Mubarak committed Egypt to the coalition that liberated the shaykhdom and offered political and military support in exchange for financial benefits to Egypt (Alterman, 2005, p. 362.…”

Section: “Bridging” Strategy and Global Drivers Of Egyptian Foreign Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Still, while Egypt may well have lost some of its unique selling points to policymakers in Washington in recent years—as other Arab countries such as Jordan, Morocco, and Qatar were able to perform many of its functions more nimbly and with less complaint—Cairo had nonetheless proven to be a key US ally. Nevertheless, Egypt labored to justify its aid package, often leaving feeling like it had done too much while Congress was left thinking that Egypt could do more (Alterman, 2005, p. 363).This was unfortunate as few appreciated the value of Egyptian commitments even if the process encouraged Mubarak to postpone sorely needed domestic reforms.…”

Section: “Bridging” Strategy and Global Drivers Of Egyptian Foreign Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The US policy of “The War on Terror” has, however, reinforced the relationship. Indeed, the Egyptian experience in combating Islamic extremism within its own borders and extensive security network throughout the area reportedly proved to be vital in the tracking, infiltration, and imprisonment of terrorist networks across the Middle East (Alterman, 2005, p. 363).The prosecution of the War on Terror presented yet another incentive to the Egyptian regime to strengthen its alliance with the US intelligence community, a relationship that was widely criticized after revelations of illegal detentions—often without trial—of prisoners in inhumane conditions, even of torture, surfaced (Alterman, 2005, p. 363).Such disclosures confirmed that the relationship between the United States and Egypt remained one of mutual dependency, “albeit asymmetrical in nature as well as substance” (Nonneman, 2005c, p. 330).The disclosures left negative impacts on Mubarak and may have hurt his legitimacy, but this was preferable to the political costs of losing US aid.…”

Section: “Bridging” Strategy and Global Drivers Of Egyptian Foreign Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of Economic Factors on Egyptian Foreign Policy between 1978 and 2010

Tuwaijri

2020

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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This article attempts to further theoretical and empirical understanding of the extent to which the economic factor had been critical in determining the Egyptian foreign policy between 1978 and 2010. While the following 32 years recorded major shifts in Egypt’s domestic, regional and international affairs, the larger parameters of its foreign policy were forged in the 1970s when specific economic pressures largely determined in which direction Cairo would move. Thus, this analysis seeks to substantiate the argument that the primacy of the domestic sphere has remained recurrent. It also is contended that while economy may have been the catalyst of major foreign policy shifts in Egypt, it was indeed regime security that was—and remains—the primary determinant of the Egyptian foreign policy. The article, hence, concludes that Egypt’s foreign policy was thus determined by economic factors only to the extent that it did not endanger the security of the regime.

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Section: Pragmatism Over Ideology: Regional Determinants Of Egyptian mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: “Bridging” Strategy and Global Drivers Of Egyptian Foreign Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: “Bridging” Strategy and Global Drivers Of Egyptian Foreign Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: “Bridging” Strategy and Global Drivers Of Egyptian Foreign Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of Economic Factors on Egyptian Foreign Policy between 1978 and 2010

Tuwaijri

2020

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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“…As mentioned above, the international community and particularly the United States have long been concerned about the impact which democratization might have on Israel's peace treaties with Jordan and Egypt because of the associated rise of Islamist parties (Alterman, 2005;Yom, 2009). Israeli political and military elites warned Western observers not to view the anti-government protests sweeping the region in early 2011 through the lens of 'Berlin 1989', but rather through the lens of 'Tehran 1979' (Jones andMilton-Edwards, 2013;Magen, 2015 Another body of research on the interaction between conflict and political norms (Maoz and Russett, 1993) has sought to examine the role which gender and attitudes to gender equality play (for overviews, see Caprioli, 2000;Conover and Shapiro, 1993;Regan and Paskeviciute, 2003;Tessler and Warriner, 1997).…”

Section: Theory and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%