To understand and perceive the foreign relations of contemporary Egypt,the focus must be placed on four essential starting points,namely,geography,interests,the Cold War and the leaders of Egypt.As the basis of Egypt...To understand and perceive the foreign relations of contemporary Egypt,the focus must be placed on four essential starting points,namely,geography,interests,the Cold War and the leaders of Egypt.As the basis of Egypt’s foreign relations,the geography of Egypt determines fundamental directions of Egypt’s foreign relations:the Arab world,Israel,great powers,Europe and Africa.Although safeguarding national interests is the fundamental starting point in Egypt’s foreign relations,the national interests of Egypt have different points of emphasis at different times.Additionally,Egypt still bears the mission of protecting the interests of the Arab nation.As the international background of Egypt’s foreign relations before the 1990s,the Cold War had great impact on many aspects of Egypt’s foreign relations;the United States and the Soviet Union were top priority in its foreign relations during that period of time.Under the unique political mechanism,Egyptian leaders have supreme power in foreign policy decision-making and Egypt’s foreign relations are branded with a mark of personal traits of Egyptian leaders.Despite the recent Egyptian political mutation,geography,interest and leaders are still the basic focus of external relations of Egypt,so Egyptian diplomatic pattern is unlikely to have dramatic changes.展开更多
文摘To understand and perceive the foreign relations of contemporary Egypt,the focus must be placed on four essential starting points,namely,geography,interests,the Cold War and the leaders of Egypt.As the basis of Egypt’s foreign relations,the geography of Egypt determines fundamental directions of Egypt’s foreign relations:the Arab world,Israel,great powers,Europe and Africa.Although safeguarding national interests is the fundamental starting point in Egypt’s foreign relations,the national interests of Egypt have different points of emphasis at different times.Additionally,Egypt still bears the mission of protecting the interests of the Arab nation.As the international background of Egypt’s foreign relations before the 1990s,the Cold War had great impact on many aspects of Egypt’s foreign relations;the United States and the Soviet Union were top priority in its foreign relations during that period of time.Under the unique political mechanism,Egyptian leaders have supreme power in foreign policy decision-making and Egypt’s foreign relations are branded with a mark of personal traits of Egyptian leaders.Despite the recent Egyptian political mutation,geography,interest and leaders are still the basic focus of external relations of Egypt,so Egyptian diplomatic pattern is unlikely to have dramatic changes.
