Egyptian Foreign Policy

Power Dynamics and Regional Influence after 2011

Nael Shama (Author)

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Egyptian Foreign Policy

Power Dynamics and Regional Influence after 2011

Nael Shama (Author)

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An account of Egypt's foreign policy decline following the Arab Uprisings, explaining the causes, consequences, and dynamics of this decline.

Egypt, traditionally an important regional power in the Middle East, has experienced a considerable decline in its national capabilities and regional influence since 2011, which has had significant implications for Egypt's relations with other regional powers.

Here Nael Shama identifies the causes of this decline, which include Egypt's economic downturn, deficiencies of its decision-making structures, and shifting regional power balances. The study draws on a number of regional case studies – such as the erosion of Egypt's interests in the Nile Basin and the Middle East – to illustrate Egypt's declining diplomatic power along its own borders, and in the wider region. Shama offers a crucial lens into enhancing our understanding of the multiple levels of engagement Egypt has in the Middle East, and the widespread consequences of its decline in influence, while also offering a valuable case study of how declining powers think and act on the international stage.

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I On Power and Decline in International Politics
II The Ebb and Flow of Egyptian Power, 1920s–2020s
III The Nile Basin: The Epitome of Egypt's Decline
IV Grappling with a Changing Middle East
V The Red Sea: The Growing Militarization of Egypt's Backyard
VI Conclusion

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Published	11 Dec 2025
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Pages	216
ISBN	9780755655410
Imprint	I.B. Tauris
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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Nael Shama

Nael Shama is a political scholar, writer, and ess…

This book deals with a pivotal country in a very prominent region , and especially with a recent period that is still very much under-published. It nicely clarifies and links dominant concepts of foreign policy analysis to contemporary events and is nicely-written . A must read.

Bahgat Korany, Director of AUC Forum and Professor of International Relations and Political Economy at The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt
Nael Shama stands out as one of the most insightful scholars of Egyptian foreign policy. In a field marked by a scarcity of in-depth research, Shama offers an incisive and illuminating analysis of Egypt's regional decline at a time of profound regional transformation. This is an essential contribution for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of regional dynamics in the contemporary Middle East.

May Darwich, Dr, University of Birmingham, UK
Shama provides a long overdue, systematic analysis of Egyptian foreign policy that is skilfully crafted to convince specialist and non-specialist readers alike. Proceeding chronologically as well as thematically, he offers a comprehensive yet nuanced argument to explain the decline of a once rising regional power, drawing on an impressive array of sources in various languages.

Eberhard Kienle, Professor Sciences Po Paris (CNRS), France