This work investigates the rise of political Islam in the Middle East and its impact on the United States' and Egypt's national interests and bilateral relations. In this article, the author describes the United Sta...This work investigates the rise of political Islam in the Middle East and its impact on the United States' and Egypt's national interests and bilateral relations. In this article, the author describes the United States' foreign policy dilemma in dealing with the Arab revolutionary waves of 2010 and 2011, which was hijacked by political Islam championed by the Muslim Brotherhood's mother organization in Egypt. Also, how the United States and Egypt managed to navigate their strategic partnership for stability and peace in the region through developing tolerance of interference in one another's foreign policy making and reconciling their national interests within the complicated political, economic and social realities of the Middle Eastern region.展开更多
文摘This work investigates the rise of political Islam in the Middle East and its impact on the United States' and Egypt's national interests and bilateral relations. In this article, the author describes the United States' foreign policy dilemma in dealing with the Arab revolutionary waves of 2010 and 2011, which was hijacked by political Islam championed by the Muslim Brotherhood's mother organization in Egypt. Also, how the United States and Egypt managed to navigate their strategic partnership for stability and peace in the region through developing tolerance of interference in one another's foreign policy making and reconciling their national interests within the complicated political, economic and social realities of the Middle Eastern region.