Egyptian Foreign Policy after the 2011 Revolution: The Dynamics of Continuity and Change
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2022
Abstract
The outbreak of the Egyptian 2011 revolution raised expectations in academic and policy-oriented circles that Egypt would chart a new foreign policy discourse in response to the demands of its revolutionary public and the competing political forces that sought to shape its power. This article examines the development of Egyptian foreign policy after the 2011 revolution, with a view of identifying the patterns of continuity and change and their primary underlying causes. The article contends that, contrary to expectations, the elements of continuity were far more powerful than propensities for change during period of SCAF and Morsi where the revolutionary sentiment in Egyptian politics was at its peak. While the rise of Sisi to power seemed to have ended the revolutionary zeal in contemporary Egypt, it was only then that Egypt’s foreign policy has witnessed the most relatively significant change in the last 40 years.
Recommended Citation
Gamal M. Selim, 'Egyptian Foreign Policy after the 2011 Revolution: The Dynamics of Continuity and Change,' British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 49, No. 1 (February 2022), pp. 1 - 22.