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ELITE Vol.1, issue 34, August 2021
Vol.1, issue 34, August 2021

The hot conflict files between the major powers are

not strong enough to threaten global stability or

change the arrangements of the international system

We are in the presence of a knowledgeable political relations are efficiently and extensively conducted on the
science professor; so, how do you read the current presidential level, which tends to be fast and to support the
Egyptian political situation, domestically and externally, efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The third feature is
in terms of its challenges and opportunities? represented in the interest accorded to various regional circles,
which is reflected in Egypt’s relationship with Greece and its
Throughout the past decade, Egyptian foreign policy has had position towards the Libyan crisis. In turn, we should
to face some unprecedented challenges, the first of which strengthen our cooperation with Arab and African states, as
came in the form of the reactions of certain countries to the well as our bilateral relations with Central Asian countries
June 30th Revolution. Then, there were the national security such as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and
threats in the West and the North, and Egypt’s water rights, others.
which is of course the main issue on the headlines now when
it comes to the Renaissance Dam. There is also the practice of Another important priority for Egyptian foreign policy has
Western states using human rights as a pressure card against been combatting terrorism and extremism. In this regard,
Egypt and other countries that are not deemed to be Egypt has intensified its diplomatic efforts, whether by
sufficiently in line with Western interests. participating in regional and international organizations or via
dialogues with its international partners, in order to promote
I think that Egypt’s foreign policy has the following features: its vision and tools for fighting terrorism. We should also
first, balanced and diversified relations. For instance, we mention that our diplomacy is cautious, which might have led
maintain our relationship with the U.S. but it’s not our only some people to call for military action the Renaissance Dam
partner; we’re also developing our relationships with Russia case. In fact, there is no easy solution, but we are keeping all
and China. As such, we can’t say that Egypt is completely in options on the table. Finally, our foreign policy is keen on
line with the U.S., since our votes on regional issues differ multilateral economic relations and on playing an active role
from the American position in 60% of cases; yet, we do have in the UN and regional organizations. Therefore, I believe that
interests with the U.S. Thus, the idea of balance is important. Egypt has made positive strides in its foreign policy despite
Second, Egyptian foreign policy currently has an edge due to the internal and regional challenges it faces.
its use of presidential diplomacy which wasn’t the case during
the past 30 years. Presidential diplomacy means that foreign You are particularly interested in great power dynamics and
their impact on Egypt. Given the current realignment of

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