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1 online resource (xv, 186 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169 -183) and index. |
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Open access. MiU |
| Summary |
The US commitment to stability--both domestically and abroad--has been a consistent feature in the way Washington, DC carries out international relations. This commitment is complimented by the increased overlap between the economic and political spheres in international affairs. Consequently, this US approach to foreign interaction is informed by an assumption that foreign policy tools can influence global stability for the better. In order to investigate this assumption, this book details the foundations of what Amir Magdy Kamel refers to as the US Stability Policy--how it evolved over time and how it was implemented in Egypt. He finds that domestic and global forces were left unaccounted for by the Stability Policy, ultimately leading to a failure to achieve the self-stated stability goals. Kamel's analysis is informed through a unique mixed-method approach that sheds light on how and why this policy fared so poorly under Mubarak's Egypt. He develops and tests a unique and particular way of examining the Stability Policy and presents a framework for future work to replicate and build on in the quest to understand other state-on-state relationships and the effectiveness of other foreign economic policies in achieving stability goals. Floundering Stability reflects on what Kamel's findings mean for the relationship between the US and Egypt, as well as specific US foreign policy suggestions on how the same mistakes can be avoided in the future. |
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 Unported license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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Description based on information from the publisher. |
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Open Access EbpS |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- One. The US Idea of Stability -- Economics and Stability -- Defining the Stability Policy -- The USA-Egypt Case Study -- The Approach of This Book -- Book Structure -- Two. An Economics and Stability Framework to Assess US-Egyptian Ties -- Stability-through-Economics -- US Foreign Policy Making -- The Stability Policy in Egypt -- The Qualitative Analysis -- The Complementary Quantitative Analysis -- Scholarly Contribution -- Three. Tracing the Trajectory of the Stability Policy |
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The Stability Policy After World War II -- Was the Stability Policy Faltering under Nasser? -- Sadat's Conducive Stability Policy Stance -- The Stability Policy Legacy -- The Link to the Stability-through-Economics Theory -- Four. Mubarak's First Decade and Sadat's Continued Influence -- Changing of the Guard-but Not the Policy -- Continuing Sadat's Clampdown on Voices of Dissent -- US Support and the Opposition -- The First Decade's Worth of Data Are Aligned -- Mubarak's First Decade: A Symptom of Legacy -- Five. Twenty Years of Economic Liberalization and Political Constraint |
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Six. January 25 and an Overarching Quantitative Analysis -- The US and Support for Mubarak in the Run-up to January 25 -- Mubarak's Ouster and the US -- An Overall Quantitative Analysis of Mubarak's Egypt -- The Post-Cold War and Gulf War Context -- The Caveated 1990s Economic Growth and Political Suppression -- Clinton's Shift in Focus Still Maintained the Stability Policy -- 9/11 and US-Egyptian Ties -- Clamping Down on Protesting Sentiment and the US -- The Stability Policy, Kefaya, and April 6 -- Bringing Together the Statistics and the Continued Failure of the Stability Policy |
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Concluding Thoughts -- On the Stability-through- Economics Theory -- The Theory and US-Egyptian Ties -- Reflections on the Quantitative Analysis -- What This Means for US Foreign Policy in Egypt -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Egypt.
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Egypt -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- Égypte.
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Égypte -- Relations extérieures -- États-Unis.
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Diplomatic relations
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Egypt https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRDwpX7XgppvP7ww3J9c
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Electronic book.
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Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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United States foreign policy in Egypt |
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Print version: Kamel, Amir M., 1986- Floundering stability. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2023] 9780472075881 (OCoLC)1348139943 |
| ISBN |
9780472903207 (ebook) |
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0472903209 (ebook) |
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9780472075881 (hardcover) |
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9780472055883 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.11988372 doi |
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AU@ 000075283408 |
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