The Influences of the Soviet Union and the United States to Egypt’s Foreign Policy in the President Muhamad Anwar Sadat’s Period during 1970-1981
Keywords:
President Sadat, Egypt’s Foreign Policy, the Arab World, the Soviet Union, the United StatesAbstract
This article aims to study about factors affecting the change of Egypt’s foreign policy towards The Arab World in the President Mohammad Anwar Sadat’s period during 1970-1981. Egypt under President Sadat changed the direction of Egypt’s foreign policy to the Arab World by supporting the west and reducing Egypt’s role of being leader in Arab countries in Middle East region as well as implementing policy to build relationships with some Arab countries that giving benefits to Egypt only. President Sadat highlighted importance to Egyptian Nationalism and Egypt first policy that causing Egypt in the President Sadat’s period to be considered as ineffective leader in Arab countries which made resentment to Arab people and other Arab countries in the Middle East region. Especially, created disharmony and conflict between Arab countries after Egypt’s signing in the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty with Israel in 1979 that finally affecting Egypt to be expelled from the Arab League which is the oldest regional organization in the Middle East. The results of the study shown that factors affecting the change of Egypt’s foreign policy towards the Arab World in the President Sadat’s period were policy implementation of external powers which were the Soviet Union and the United States to Egypt.
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