The US Foreign policy toward the middle east during thearab
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2021
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Université Oum El Bouaghi
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The wave of anti-autocratic regimes that spread all over the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) by the end of 2010 is known as the Arab Spring. The events started in Tunisia to reach other Arab countries. The authoritarian regimes, the corrupted political system, and the bad economy were the main reasons behind the Arab Spring. The events of the Arab Spring affected the MENA region and its foreign relations, especially the American one. The study aims to show the impact of the Arab Spring on US foreign policy during the wake of these events. The Egyptian revolution was the hardest test of the Arab Spring for Obama's administration. This study introduces the different strategies taken by President Obama toward this revolution. The result shows clearly that the US foreign policy failed in dealing with the Egyptian revolution because it could not take a stable decision toward it. The claimed desire of the US of maintaining democracy in Egypt was to preserve the American interests; which are to preserve the Israeli sovereignty by making a strong relation between Egypt and Israel and to ensure its control over the Palestinian borders.
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Democracy, Egyptian revolution, Arab spring, Authoritarianism