Egyptian Foreign Policy: Power Dynamics and Regional Influence after 2011

<p><b>An account of Egypt''s foreign policy decline following the Arab Uprisings, explaining the causes, consequences, and dynamics of this decline.</b><br><br>Egypt, traditionally an important regional power in the Middle East, has experienced a considerable decline in its national capabilities and regional influence since 2011, which has had significant implications for Egypt’s relations with other regional powers.<br><br>Here Nael Shama identifies the causes of this decline, which include Egypt’s economic downturn, deficiencies of its decision-making structures, and shifting regional power balances. The study draws on a number of regional case studies – such as the erosion of Egypt’s interests in the Nile Basin and the Middle East – to illustrate Egypt’s declining diplomatic power along its own borders, and in the wider region. Shama offers a crucial lens into enhancing our understanding of the multiple levels of engagement Egypt has in the Middle East, and the widespread consequences of its decline in influence, while also offering a valuable case study of how declining powers think and act on the international stage.</p>

ISBN-13: 9780755655397