Egypt’s Foreign Policy towards The Arab World in the Reign of President Mohammad Anwar Sadat during 1970-1981

Abstract

This article aims to study about factors affecting the change of Egypt’s foreign policy towards The Arab World in the reign of President Mohammad Anwar Sadat during 1970-1981, which Egypt in the reign of President Sadat changed the direction of foreign policy to the Arab World by reducing Egypt’s role of being leader in Arab countries in Middle East region and implementing policy of building relationships with some Arab countries that gave benefits to Egypt only, as well as President Sadat gave importance to Egyptian Nationalism concept and Egypt First policy that causing Egypt in the reign of  President Sadat 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 to Arab countries after Egypt signed in the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty with Israel that finally affecting Egypt to be expelled from the Arab League which is the regional organization in the Middle East in 1979. The results of the study shown that factors affecting the change of Egypt’s foreign policy towards The Arab World in the reign of President Sadat were policy implementation of external superpowers from Soviet Union and United States to Egypt.