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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade ReviewThis book significantly furthers our understanding of three important areas of inquiry: (1) the nature of the US-Egyptian relationship; (2) past US administrations’ approaches to foreign economic policies and how these relate to foreign policies aimed at promoting stability; and (3) the relationship between economic interactions between states/markets and domestic political stability within these states. Kamel’s contributions to these discussions are invaluable."—Imad El-Anis, Nottingham Trent University
"Amir Kamel provides a conceptually and empirically rich book that charts the ups and downs of the US-Egyptian relationship. This book is impressive not only in how it uses data but in how it places this relationship in its regional as well as bilateral context. Kamel has written a timely and important book that makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship on the political economy of the modern Middle East."—Rory Miller, Georgetown University in Qatar
Table of Contents
- List of tables and graphs
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One: The US idea of stability
- Chapter Two: An economics and stability framework to assess US-Egyptian ties
- Chapter Three: Tracing the trajectory of the Stability Policy
- Chapter Four: Sadat’s impression and Mubarak’s First Decade
- Chapter Five: Twenty years of economic liberalization and political constraint
- Chapter Six: January 25 and an overarching quantitative analysis
- Concluding thoughts
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
