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Egypt’s foreign policy: Independent—or not?

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AFRICANEWSWIRE.NET (August, 30 2012) 

“SIGNAL left but turn right,” was how one Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat, famously described manoeuvring from the Soviet into the American camp in the 1970s. Is Egypt’s new president, Muhammad Morsi, contemplating a similar pirouette? The Muslim Brotherhood’s winning candidate inherited a country that has been closely allied to America since Mr Sadat’s day. Yet for his first foreign tour beyond Egypt’s immediate region, he has chosen to visit not Washington, DC, but the capitals of China and Iran.For those who see the bearded Mr Morsi as the figurehead of a radical Islamist movement deeply hostile to the West, this raises alarm. The Muslim Brotherhood has long preached Islamic solidarity while blaming America for cosseting Israel and demonising Muslims. Mr Morsi’s trip to China, accompanied by seven ministers and an 80-man trade delegation, could be read as a bid to find a new patron as American economic aid dwindles, its diplomatic clout shrinks and its still big funding of Egypt’s armed forces heightens Egyptians’ anxiety about their army’s role during a troubled transition to democratic rule.Yet the alarm is...


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