Revisiting Egyptian Foreign Policy towards Israel under Mubarak: From Cold Peace to Strategic Peace

Amnon Aran, Rami Ginat

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Abstract

This article is the first academic study of Egyptian foreign policy towards Israel under Hosni Mubarak (1981–2011). It challenges a deeply entrenched conventional wisdom that Egypt pursued a cold-peace foreign policy towards Israel throughout this period. We demonstrate that Egyptian foreign policy towards Israel was dynamic – comprising cold peace (1981–91), a hybrid foreign policy of cold peace and strategic peace (1991–2003), and a pure strategic peace posture (2003–11). We also use the case of Egyptian foreign policy towards Israel as a heuristic to develop a conception of a new type of peace, strategic peace, as an intermediary analytical category between cold and stable peace.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)556-583
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of Strategic Studies
Volume37
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jun 2014

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Keywords

  • Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • Cold Peace
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Strategic Peace

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