Obama’s wavering
US foreign policy on the Egyptian crisis, 2011–13
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12923749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergio Fabbrini (0000-0001-6174-6656, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli), Amr Yossef (0000-0002-4793-5570, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-80 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Arab Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-0920 • E-ISSN: 1755-0912 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17550912.2014.976404 |
| OpenAlex | W2049685511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
The existing literature explains the wavering course of President Barack Obama’s policy on the 2001–03 Egyptian crisis as attributed to either his personal characteristics (lack of an international experience, predisposition to sermonize rather than to strategize) or to the impact of the decline of the United States as a global superpower (inability to influence foreign actors and contexts). Although both explanations are worthy of consideration, this article seeks to demonstrate that they are insufficient when accounting for the uncertainties shown by the United States during the Egyptian crisis. Domestic factors, particularly the internally divided US political elite and a foreign policy team with different views, played a crucial intervening role in defining the features of US foreign policy. It was domestic politics that made the Obama administration ineffective in dealing with the new scenario that emerged in the Middle East and in Egypt in particular
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |