Egyptian Foreign Policy

Power Dynamics and Regional Influence after 2011

Nael Shama (Author)

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 over the past decade 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 and deficiencies of its decision-making structures and policymakers. The study draws on a number of regional case studies – such as the erosion of Egypt's interests in the Nile Basin and the Red Sea – 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.

1. On Power and Decline in International Politics
2. The Ebb and Flow of Egyptian Power, 1920s–2020s
3. Egypt in a Changing Middle East: A Lopsided Power Structure
4. The Nile Basin: The Epitome of Egypt's Decline
5. The Red Sea: The Growing Militarization of Egypt's Backyard
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published	19 Feb 2026
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	224
ISBN	9780755655397
Imprint	I.B. Tauris
Dimensions	234 x 156 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Nael Shama

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
A useful analysis of Egypt's declining regional power in the Middle East and Nile basin well illustrated through case studies of Egyptian-Ethiopian relations concerning the GERD, Egypt's relative power vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia (e.g., Tiran and Sanafir) and the UAE in the region since 2011, and Red Sea security issues. The book also asks - and answers - how Egypt has responded to its relative decline in power. The answer, I am afraid, is not very effectively.

Samer Shehata, Colin & Patricia Molina de Mackey Associate Professor of Middle East Studies, University of Oklahoma, US