| Floundering Stability: US Foreign Policy in Egypt 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. Amir Magdy Kamel is Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in the School of Security Studies and Fellow in the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, both at King's College London. |