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Egypt and the United States formally began relations in 1922 after Egypt gained nominal independence from the United Kingdom.^[1] Relations between both countries have largely been dictated by regional issues in the Middle East such as the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Counterterrorism. But also domestic issues in Egypt regarding the country's human rights record and American support for the regimes of Hosni Mubarak and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi which the United States had come under controversy for in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, and with many dissents of the current regime describing Sisi's rule as tyrannical.

History

Background

The United States had minimal dealings with Egypt when it was controlled by the Ottoman Empire (before 1864) and Britain (1882–1922).

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1956–1970) antagonized the US by his pro-Soviet policies and anti-Israeli rhetoric, but the Americans helped keep him in power by forcing Britain and France to end their invasion in 1956 immediately. The Americans' policy has been to provide strong support to governments that supported US and Israeli interests in the region, especially Egyptian Presidents Anwar Sadat (1970–1981) and Hosni Mubarak (1981–2011).

Between 1948 and 2011, the US provided Egypt with a cumulative total of $71.6 billion in bilateral military and economic aid. That is the largest amount given to any nation in the same period after Israel.^[2]

1950s and 1960s

Initially, the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 did not alter relations with the United States, which continued to send foreign aid, with some claiming that the Nasser regime was initially backed by the United States modeled in the Project FF of the CIA.^[3] However, by 1956, the US was alarmed at the closer ties between Egypt and the Soviet Union and prepared the OMEGA Memorandum as a stick to reduce the regional power of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. When Egypt recognized Communist China, the US ended talks about funding the Aswan Dam, a high-prestige project desired by Egypt. The dam was later built by the Soviet Union. When Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, the Suez Crisis erupted with Britain and France threatening war to retake control of the canal and depose Nasser. US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles proposed creating an international consortium to run the canal, a solution that Nasser rejected.

At the same time, the United States grew unwilling to support a foreign intervention against Egypt for fear of Soviet intervention. It also was opposed to European colonialism and worried that a Western intervention in Egypt would weaken its authority to condemn the Soviet invasion of Hungary.^[4] Israel invaded the Suez in October 1956, and Britain and France, in league with Israel, sent in troops to seize the canal. Using heavy diplomatic and economic pressure, the Eisenhower administration soon forced Britain and France to withdraw.^[5] The US delegation to the United Nations voted in favor of Security Council resolutions condemning the invasion and creating the United Nations Emergency Force.^[4] More significantly, the US threatened to sell its bonds and deny emergency International Monetary Fund assistance for oil shortages, which would cause a devaluation of the pound sterling that would have left Britain unable to import crucial goods.^[4]^[6] That American pressure led to a temporary warming of Egyptian relations with the United States, but President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned that the US would consider a closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping as an act of war.^[5]

Relations became strained again in the 1960s because Egypt purchased Soviet arms and refused to accept a US-brokered arms control agreement for the Arab-Israeli conflict, which led to the US selling M48A4 Mag'ach tanks and Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft to Israel in 1965. The arms sale escalated tensions further, with Egypt expelling the Emergency Force and closing the Straits of Tiran. After US President Lyndon B. Johnson had failed to gain diplomatic support for an international naval operation to reopen the straits by force, he reluctantly decided to support a unilateral preemptive invasion by Israel. The Six-Day War ended with the Israel Defense Forces occupying most of the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, which Egypt had occupied. The United States tried to negotiate a ceasefire to prevent a Soviet intervention and endorsed United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which encouraged Israel to return its occupied territories in exchange for peace agreements. However, Egypt accused the US of supporting Israel during the war.^[7] On June 8, 1967, Egypt severed diplomatic relations with the US and expelled Americans in Egypt. During and after the war, Egypt aligned with the Soviets, who airlifted arms and ammunition to rebuild the Egyptian Armed Forces and sent thousands of advisors to train the Egyptian Army and manage its air defense.^[8] Egypt, along with the Soviet Union and Israel, rejected the Rogers Plan, by Johnson's successor, Richard Nixon, to resolve to the Arab-Israeli conflict but accepted a lighter agreement to end the War of Attrition.^[9]

1973–2011

At the beginning of the 1970s American-Egypt relations remained poor because of the presence of anti-aircraft batteries near the Suez Canal. After the death of Nasser, his more moderate successor, Anwar Sadat, opened backchannel negotiations with the Nixon administration for a peace agreement with Israel, but they stalled because of Israel's unwillingness to withdraw the IDF from the eastern bank of the Suez Canal. Confident that Egypt would not try to invade Israel, Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger delayed negotiations until after the 1972 United States presidential election and the 1973 Israeli legislative election. Instead, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise invasion of Israel starting the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and Egypt rejected a joint American-Soviet ceasefire proposal. During the war, the United States agreed to an airlift to resupply Israel and accepted Soviet ceasefire proposals at the Security Council, but Kissinger encouraged Israeli forces to continue to advance into Egypt after the tide of the war had shifted.^[9] The United States finally convinced Israel to accept a ceasefire because of the OPEC oil embargo and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev's threat of direct intervention by the Soviet Armed Forces.^[9]^[10]

After the war, Egyptian foreign policy began to shift as a result of the change in Egypt's leadership from the fiery Nasser to the much more moderate Anwar Sadat and of the emerging peace process between Egypt and Israel. Sadat realized that reaching a settlement of the Arab–Israeli conflict was a precondition for Egyptian development. To achieve that goal, Sadat ventured to enhance relations with the US to foster a peace process with Israel. After a seven-year hiatus, both countries re-established normal diplomatic relations on February 28, 1974. At the same time, the United States engaged in "shuttle diplomacy" to negotiate disengagement agreements between the Arab world and Israel. Israel and Egypt signed the American-brokered Sinai Interim Agreement in 1975.^[11]

Sadat asked Moscow for help, and Washington responded by offering more favorable financial aid and technology for the Egyptian Army. The advantages for the US included Egypt's expulsion of 20,000 Soviet advisors and the reopening of the Suez Canal and were seen by Nixon as "an investment in peace." ^[12]^[13] Encouraged by Washington, Sadat opened negotiations with Israel that resulted most notably in the Camp David Accords, which were brokered by US President Jimmy Carter, and peace with Israel in a historic peace treaty in 1979.^[14] Sadat's domestic policy, Infitah, was aimed at modernizing the economy and removing Nasser's heavy-handed controls. Sadat realized that American aid was essential to that goal since it allowed him to disengage from the Israeli conflict and to pursue a regional peace policy.^[15]

2011 Egyptian Revolution and aftermath

During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, top US government officials urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his government to reform, to refrain from using violence, and to respect the rights of protesters such as those to peaceful assembly and association. Ties between the countries became strained after Egyptian soldiers and police had raided 17 offices of local and foreign NGOs, including the International Republican Institute (IRI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Freedom House, and the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation on December 29, 2011, because of allegations of illegal funding from abroad.^[16] The US condemned the raids as an attack on democratic values^[17] and threatened to stop the $1.3 bllion in its military aid and about $250 million in economic aid that it gave Egypt every year,^[18] but the threat was dismissed by the Egyptian government.^[18] There were 43 NGO members^[19] including Sam LaHood, son of US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Nancy Okail, then resident director of the American-based NGO Freedom House's operations in Egypt, were charged with obtaining international funds illegally and failing to register with the Egyptian government.^[20] After an appeal by those charged, the case had been switched from a criminal court to one handling misdemeanours for which the maximum penalty was a fine, not imprisonment.^[21] After lifting a travel ban on 17 foreign NGO members,^[21] including 9 Americans,^[21]^[22] the US and Egypt began to repair their relations.^[23] Nevertheless, on September 11, 2012, (the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks) Egyptian protesters stormed the US embassy in Cairo, tore down the American flag, and replaced it with a flag with Islamic symbols^[24]^[25] to mock the Americans after an anti-Islamic movie denigrating the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, was shot in the United States and released on the internet.

In November 2012, Barack Obama, for the first time since Egypt signed its peace treaty with Israel, declared that the United States does not consider Egypt's Islamist-led government as either an ally or an enemy.^[26]^[27]^[28] In another incident, General Martin Dempsey said that the American–Egyptian military ties would depend on Egypt's actions towards Israel. He said in June 2012, "The Egyptian leaders will salute a civilian president for the first time... and then they'll go back to barracks. But I don't think it's going to be as clean as that. That's why we want to stay engaged with them... not [to] shape or influence, but simply be there as a partner to help them understand their new responsibilities."^[29]

Ties between the countries temporarily soured during the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013, after a massive uprising against him.^[30] The Obama administration denounced Egyptian attempts to combat the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters, canceled future military exercises, and halted the delivery of F-16 jet fighters and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to the Egyptian Armed Forces.^[31] Popular sentiment among secular Egyptians towards the United States has been negatively affected by conspiracy theories claiming that the Americans had assisted the unpopular Muslim Brotherhood in attaining power ^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35] and by the Obama administration's policy of tolerance toward the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi. However, in a 2014 news story, the BBC reported that "the US has revealed it has released $575 million (£338m) in military aid to Egypt that had been frozen since the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi last year."^[36] In spite of Donald Trump's travel ban to neighboring and other Muslim-majority countries, relations between Egypt and the United States were expected to be warm.^[37]

Since 1987, Egypt has been receiving military aid at an average of $1.3 billion a year.^[2]^[38]

In April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Egypt against purchasing Russian Sukhoi Su-35: "We’ve made clear that if those systems were to be purchased, the CAATSA statute would require sanctions on the [al-Sisi's] regime."^[39]

US President Barack Obama tours the Pyramids with Egyptian Egyptologist Zahi Hawass during his famous Cairo speech about a "change" in the US relations with the Islamic world, June 2009.
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Mohamed Morsi, the first Egyptian president to have gained power through a créé election, on May 25, 2013.
Secretary Kerry talking with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy of the interim government on 3 November 2013, which was installed in the aftermath of Morsi's overthrow until further elections could be held.
Secretary Kerry bids farewell to Egyptian Minister of Defense General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi with US President Donald Trump at the 45th G7 summit in Biarritz, September 2019.

Military co-operation

Following the peace treaty with Israel, Egypt between 1979 and 2003 acquired about $19 billion in military aid, making it the second-largest non-NATO recipient of US military aid, after Israel. Egypt received about $30 billion in economic aid within the same time frame. In 2009, the US provided military assistance of $1.3 billion (equivalent to $1.85 billion in 2024), and economic assistance of $250 million (equivalent to $355 million in 2024)^{[citation needed]} In 1989, both Egypt and Israel became major non-NATO allies of the United States.

Military co-operation between the US and Egypt is probably the strongest aspect of their strategic partnership. General Anthony Zinni, the former Commandant of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), once said, "Egypt is the most important country in my area of responsibility because of the access it gives me to the region." Egypt was also described during the Clinton administration as the most prominent player in the Arab world and a key US ally in the Middle East. Military assistance to Egypt was considered part of the administration's strategy to maintaining continued availability of Persian Gulf energy resources and to securing the Suez Canal, which serves as an important international oil route and a critical route for US warships transiting between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean or the Persian Gulf.

Egypt is the strongest military power in Africa,^[40] and, according to Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies' annual Middle East Strategic Balance, the largest in the Middle East.

In February 2021, the US State Department announced a possible sale of missiles to Egypt worth $197 million. The sale was reportedly announced days after the Egyptian government had detained family members of a human rights activist having dual citizenship of the US and Egypt, Mohamed Soltan. He leads a non-profit organization called the Freedom Initiative that demands attention at the impunity and the disregard for human rights in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.^[41]

The Committee to Protect Journalists on 22 April 2021 collaborated with 13 other civil society groups and sent an open letter urging the Biden administration against waiving the human rights situation while IT sent military aid to Egypt for fiscal year 2020. Rights groups including Amnesty International, DAWN, and Human Rights Watch, urged the administration to refrain from using the national security waiver when it released military aid.^[42]^[43]

In January 2022, the Biden administration decided to reprogram $130 million in fiscal year 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) by citing the country's failure to improve its human rights records. In September 2021, the US had split the $300 million tranche of the military aid pending the Egyptian government's fulfilment of human rights conditions. Nearly 19 human rights organizations welcomed the decision intended for el-Sisi's brutal government. However, at the same time, they denounced the Biden administration for authorizing $2.5 billion in arms sales to Egypt and obligating $1 billion in fiscal year 2021 FMF. Human Rights Watch said that the administration's decision undermined the very purpose of reprogramming the funds and also wasted “a meaningful step toward fulfilling its promise to “center” human rights in its relationship with Egypt.”^[44]

Counterterrorism

Despite differences and periods of friction in relations between the countries, American–Egyptian relations under Mubarak had evolved to move beyond the Middle East peace process towards an independent bilateral friendship. It was in the Americans' interest for Egypt to present a moderate voice in Arab councils and to persuade other Arab states to join the peace process and to normalize relations with the US.

However, Egyptian–American relations have lately become somewhat tenser. That is to a great extent because of the Egyptians' unwillingness to send troops to Afghanistan and Iraq in peace stabilization missions. Egypt strongly backed the US in its war against international terrorism after the September 11 attacks of 2001 but refused to send troops to Afghanistan during and after the war. Egypt also opposed US military intervention of March 2003 in Iraq^[45] through its membership in the African Union^[46] and the Arab League,^[47] and continued to oppose US occupation of the country after the war and refused to comply with US requests to send troops to the country, even under a UN umbrella.

The issue of participation in the postwar construction efforts in Iraq has been controversial in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. Opponents say that the war was illegal and that it is necessary to wait until Iraq has a legal representative government to deal with it. On the other hand, supporters of participation argued that the responsibility to protect Iraq and to help its time of crisis should prevail to guide the Egyptian action in Iraq, which thinks otherwise.

As of 2011, US officials quoted in USA Today described Egyptian security and military as having shared "valuable intelligence" and providing other "useful counterterrorism assistance" in the 1980 and the 1990s and "particularly in the decade since the 9/11 attacks." Under Mubarak and his intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, the US had "an important partnership" in counterterrorism.^[48]

When the US made cuts in military aid to Egypt after the overthrow of Morsi and the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, it continued funding for counterterrorism, border security and security operations in the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, which Israel considers very important to its security.^[49]

Resident diplomatic missions

Egypt has an embassy in Washington, D.C. and an consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and New York City.
United States has an embassy in Cairo and an consulate-general in Alexandria.

Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.

References

^ "U.S. Relations With Egypt". United States Department of State. January 5, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Commentary: The U.S. is right to restore aid to Egypt". Reuters. July 30, 2018.
^ "Milestones: 1945–1952 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Milestones: 1953–1960 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ ^a ^b Burns, William J. "Punishing Nasser." In Economic Aid and American Policy toward Egypt, 1955-1981. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985.
^ Kyle, Keith (2003). Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-86064-811-3.
^ "Milestones: 1961–1968 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ Ginor, Isabella; Remez, Gideon (August 2017). The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR's Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict. ISBN 9780190911751.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Milestones: 1969–1976 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ "Milestones: 1969–1976 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ "Milestones: 1969–1976 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ Craig A. Daigle, "The Russians are going: Sadat, Nixon and the Soviet presence in Egypt." Middle East 8.1 (2004): 1.
^ Moshe Gat (2012). In Search of a Peace Settlement: Egypt and Israel Between the Wars, 1967-1973. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 256–58. ISBN 9780230375000.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Adfi Safty, "Sadat's Negotiations with the United States and Israel: From Sinai to Camp David," American Journal of Economics & Sociology, July 1991, 50#3 pp 285–298
^ Mannin G. Weinbaum, "Egypt's 'Infitah' and the Politics of US Economic Assistance," Middle Eastern Studies, March 1985, Vol. 21 Issue 2, pp 206–222
^ "Egypt unrest: NGO offices raided in Cairo". BBC News. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "US says Egypt agrees to stop raids on democracy groups". BBC News. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat over activists' trial". BBC News. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "US senators warn Egypt of 'disastrous' rupture in ties". BBC News. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "Egypt judges in NGO funding trial resign". BBC News. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Foreign NGO workers reach Cyprus after leaving Egypt". BBC News. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "Egypt 'lifts' travel ban on US NGO worker". BBC News. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "US and Egypt seek to repair relationship after NGO row". BBC News. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Brian Walker; Paul Cruickshank; Tracy Doueiry (11 September 2012). "Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Cairo". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
^ "Cairo protesters scale U.S. Embassy wall, remove flag". USA Today. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
^ Jonathan Marcus (2012-09-13). "Obama: Egypt is not US ally, nor an enemy". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "Obama: Egypt Not An Ally, But Not An Enemy". Huffington Post. 13 September 2012.
^ "Obama: Egypt neither enemy nor ally". Reuters. 13 September 2012.
^ "Defense.gov News Article: Dempsey Addresses Concerns with Egyptian Military Leaders". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
^ Sharp, Jeremy M. (12 March 2019). "Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ Holland, Steve; Mason, Jeff (15 August 2013). "Obama cancels military exercises, condemns violence in Egypt". Reuters. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ "Clouded U.S. policy on Egypt". Foreign Policy. 2013-02-26. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "The Weirdest Story in the History of the World". Talkingpointsmemo.com. 2013-07-08. Archived from the original on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "US: We did not support particular Egyptian presidential candidate". Egypt Independent. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "Liberal and Christian figures, groups protest Clinton's Egypt visit". Al-Ahram Weekly. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "US unlocks military aid to Egypt, backing President Sisi". BBC News. 22 June 2014.
^ Reuters. (February 10, 2017). "Analysis: Trump presidency heralds new era of US-Egypt ties". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
^ "Why US aid to Egypt is never under threat". Al-Jazeera. 3 October 2017.
^ "Pompeo: Egypt would face sanctions over Russian Su-35s". Anadolu Agency. April 10, 2019.
^ "RANKED: The world's 9 strongest militaries". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
^ "Biden administration approves arms sale to Egypt despite human rights concerns". CNN. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "CPJ, other groups urge Biden administration not to waive human rights conditions on Egypt aid". Committee to Protect Journalists. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Open Letter Urges Biden Administration to Not Waive Conditions on Egypt Aid". POMED. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Joint Statement – Biden Administration's Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient". Human Rights Watch. February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "CNN.com - Mubarak warns of '100 bin Ladens' - Mar. 31, 2003". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
^ O'Brien, Fiona (6 February 2003). "African Union summit opposed to war in Iraq". The World Revolution. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ "BBC NEWS | Middle East | Arab states line up behind Iraq". news.bbc.co.uk. 25 March 2003. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
^ Hall, Mimi; Richard Wolf (4 February 2011). "Transition could weaken U.S. anti-terror efforts". USA Today. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ Bengali, Shashank; Laura King (October 9, 2013). "U.S. to partially cut aid to Egypt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

External links

[1] "U.S. Relations With Egypt". United States Department of State. January 5, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[reuters-2] "Commentary: The U.S. is right to restore aid to Egypt". Reuters. July 30, 2018.

[3] "Milestones: 1945–1952 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[:0-4] "Milestones: 1953–1960 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[:1-5] Burns, William J. "Punishing Nasser." In Economic Aid and American Policy toward Egypt, 1955-1981. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985.

[6] Kyle, Keith (2003). Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-86064-811-3.

[7] "Milestones: 1961–1968 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[8] Ginor, Isabella; Remez, Gideon (August 2017). The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR's Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict. ISBN 9780190911751.

[:2-9] "Milestones: 1969–1976 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[10] "Milestones: 1969–1976 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[11] "Milestones: 1969–1976 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[12] Craig A. Daigle, "The Russians are going: Sadat, Nixon and the Soviet presence in Egypt." Middle East 8.1 (2004): 1.

[13] Moshe Gat (2012). In Search of a Peace Settlement: Egypt and Israel Between the Wars, 1967-1973. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 256–58. ISBN 9780230375000.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[14] Adfi Safty, "Sadat's Negotiations with the United States and Israel: From Sinai to Camp David," American Journal of Economics & Sociology, July 1991, 50#3 pp 285–298

[15] Mannin G. Weinbaum, "Egypt's 'Infitah' and the Politics of US Economic Assistance," Middle Eastern Studies, March 1985, Vol. 21 Issue 2, pp 206–222

[16] "Egypt unrest: NGO offices raided in Cairo". BBC News. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[17] "US says Egypt agrees to stop raids on democracy groups". BBC News. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[BBC_2012-02-08-18] "Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat over activists' trial". BBC News. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[19] "US senators warn Egypt of 'disastrous' rupture in ties". BBC News. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[20] "Egypt judges in NGO funding trial resign". BBC News. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[BBC_2012-03-02-21] "Foreign NGO workers reach Cyprus after leaving Egypt". BBC News. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[22] "Egypt 'lifts' travel ban on US NGO worker". BBC News. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[23] "US and Egypt seek to repair relationship after NGO row". BBC News. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[24] Brian Walker; Paul Cruickshank; Tracy Doueiry (11 September 2012). "Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Cairo". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2012.

[25] "Cairo protesters scale U.S. Embassy wall, remove flag". USA Today. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.

[26] Jonathan Marcus (2012-09-13). "Obama: Egypt is not US ally, nor an enemy". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

[27] "Obama: Egypt Not An Ally, But Not An Enemy". Huffington Post. 13 September 2012.

[28] "Obama: Egypt neither enemy nor ally". Reuters. 13 September 2012.

[29] "Defense.gov News Article: Dempsey Addresses Concerns with Egyptian Military Leaders". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-28.

[30] Sharp, Jeremy M. (12 March 2019). "Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[31] Holland, Steve; Mason, Jeff (15 August 2013). "Obama cancels military exercises, condemns violence in Egypt". Reuters. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

[32] "Clouded U.S. policy on Egypt". Foreign Policy. 2013-02-26. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

[33] "The Weirdest Story in the History of the World". Talkingpointsmemo.com. 2013-07-08. Archived from the original on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

[34] "US: We did not support particular Egyptian presidential candidate". Egypt Independent. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

[35] "Liberal and Christian figures, groups protest Clinton's Egypt visit". Al-Ahram Weekly. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

[36] "US unlocks military aid to Egypt, backing President Sisi". BBC News. 22 June 2014.

[37] Reuters. (February 10, 2017). "Analysis: Trump presidency heralds new era of US-Egypt ties". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

[38] "Why US aid to Egypt is never under threat". Al-Jazeera. 3 October 2017.

[39] "Pompeo: Egypt would face sanctions over Russian Su-35s". Anadolu Agency. April 10, 2019.

[40] "RANKED: The world's 9 strongest militaries". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

[41] "Biden administration approves arms sale to Egypt despite human rights concerns". CNN. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[42] "CPJ, other groups urge Biden administration not to waive human rights conditions on Egypt aid". Committee to Protect Journalists. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[43] "Open Letter Urges Biden Administration to Not Waive Conditions on Egypt Aid". POMED. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[44] "Joint Statement – Biden Administration's Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient". Human Rights Watch. February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[45] "CNN.com - Mubarak warns of '100 bin Ladens' - Mar. 31, 2003". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

[46] O'Brien, Fiona (6 February 2003). "African Union summit opposed to war in Iraq". The World Revolution. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

[47] "BBC NEWS | Middle East | Arab states line up behind Iraq". news.bbc.co.uk. 25 March 2003. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

[Hall-48] Hall, Mimi; Richard Wolf (4 February 2011). "Transition could weaken U.S. anti-terror efforts". USA Today. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[Bengali-49] Bengali, Shashank; Laura King (October 9, 2013). "U.S. to partially cut aid to Egypt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

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 [[File:President_Ronald_Reagan_Mohammed_Hosni_Mubarak_Mrs._Mubarak_Nancy_Reagan_at_The_State_Visit_of_President_Mohammed_Hosni_Mubarak_of_Egypt_Arrival_for_Dinner_in_The_Residence.jpg|alt=|thumb|US President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan meets Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Suzanne Mubarak at Mubarak's state visit to Washington, March 1982]]
 [[File:Photograph_of_President_William_J._Clinton_Walking_with_Egyptian_President_Hosni_Mubarak_along_the_White_House_Colonnade,_10-25-1993_(6175659599).jpg|alt=|thumb|US President Bill Clinton Walking with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak along the White House Colonnade, October 1993]]
-Sadat asked Moscow for help, and Washington responded by offering more favorable financial aid and technology for the Egyptian Army. The advantages for the US included Egypt's expulsion of 20,000 Soviet advisors and the reopening of the Suez Canal and were seen by Nixon as "an investment in peace."  <ref>Craig A. Daigle, "The Russians are going: Sadat, Nixon and the Soviet presence in Egypt." Middle East 8.1 (2004): 1.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Moshe Gat|title=In Search of a Peace Settlement: Egypt and Israel Between the Wars, 1967-1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bTN_rtvvcIEC&pg=PA256|year=2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|pages=256–58|isbn=9780230375000}}</ref> Encouraged by Washington, Sadat opened negotiations with Israel that resulted most notably in the [[Camp David Accords]], which were brokered by US President [[Jimmy Carter]], and peace with Israel in a historic peace treaty in 1979.<ref>Adfi Safty, "Sadat's Negotiations with the United States and Israel: From Sinai to Camp David," ''American Journal of Economics & Sociology'', July 1991, 50#3 pp 285–298</ref> Sadat's domestic policy, ''[[Infitah]]'', was aimed at modernizing the economy and removing Nasser's heavy-handed controls. Sadat realized that American aid was essential to that goal since it allowed him to disengage from the Israeli conflict and to pursue a regional peace policy.<ref>Mannin G. Weinbaum, "Egypt's 'Infitah' and the Politics of US Economic Assistance," ''Middle Eastern Studies'', March 1985, Vol. 21 Issue 2, pp 206–222</ref>
+Sadat asked Moscow for help, and Washington responded by offering more favorable financial aid and technology for the Egyptian Army. The advantages for the US included Egypt's expulsion of 20,000 Soviet advisors and the reopening of the Suez Canal and were seen by Nixon as "an investment in peace."  <ref>Craig A. Daigle, "The Russians are going: Sadat, Nixon and the Soviet presence in Egypt." Middle East 8.1 (2004): 1.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Moshe Gat|title=In Search of a Peace Settlement: Egypt and Israel Between the Wars, 1967-1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bTN_rtvvcIEC&pg=PA256|year=2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|pages=256–58|isbn=9780230375000}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Encouraged by Washington, Sadat opened negotiations with Israel that resulted most notably in the [[Camp David Accords]], which were brokered by US President [[Jimmy Carter]], and peace with Israel in a historic peace treaty in 1979.<ref>Adfi Safty, "Sadat's Negotiations with the United States and Israel: From Sinai to Camp David," ''American Journal of Economics & Sociology'', July 1991, 50#3 pp 285–298</ref> Sadat's domestic policy, ''[[Infitah]]'', was aimed at modernizing the economy and removing Nasser's heavy-handed controls. Sadat realized that American aid was essential to that goal since it allowed him to disengage from the Israeli conflict and to pursue a regional peace policy.<ref>Mannin G. Weinbaum, "Egypt's 'Infitah' and the Politics of US Economic Assistance," ''Middle Eastern Studies'', March 1985, Vol. 21 Issue 2, pp 206–222</ref>
 ===2011 Egyptian Revolution and aftermath===
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 [[File:Donald Trump greets the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, May 2017.jpg|thumb|President [[Donald Trump]] greets the President of Egypt, [[Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi]], May 2017]]
-Ties between the countries temporarily soured during the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|overthrow]] of Egyptian President [[Mohamed Morsi]] on July 3, 2013, after a [[June 2013 Egyptian protests|massive uprising against him]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33003.pdf |title=Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations |publisher=Congressional Research Service |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |author=Sharp, Jeremy M.}}</ref> The [[Obama administration]] denounced Egyptian attempts to combat the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] and its supporters, canceled future military exercises, and halted the delivery of [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 jet fighters]] and [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apache]] attack helicopters to the Egyptian Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-protests-obama-idUSBRE97E0N020130816 |title=Obama cancels military exercises, condemns violence in Egypt |publisher=Reuters |date=15 August 2013 |access-date=8 October 2014 |author1=Holland, Steve |author2=Mason, Jeff}}</ref> Popular sentiment among secular Egyptians towards the United States has been negatively affected by conspiracy theories claiming that the Americans had assisted the unpopular [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in attaining power <ref>{{cite web|url=http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/26/clouded_us_policy_on_egypt |title=Clouded U.S. policy on Egypt |work=Foreign Policy |date=2013-02-26 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/the_weirdest_story_in_the_history_of_the_world.php?ref=fpblg |title=The Weirdest Story in the History of the World |publisher=Talkingpointsmemo.com |date=2013-07-08 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/us-we-did-not-support-particular-egyptian-presidential-candidate |title=US: We did not support particular Egyptian presidential candidate |work=Egypt Independent |date=2012-07-16 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/47782/Egypt/Politics-/Liberal-and-Christian-figures,-groups-protest-Clin.aspx |title=Liberal and Christian figures, groups protest Clinton's Egypt visit |work=Al-Ahram Weekly |date=15 July 2012 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref> and by the Obama administration's policy of tolerance toward the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi. However, in a 2014 news story, the [[BBC]] reported that "the US has revealed it has released $575 million (£338m) in military aid to Egypt that had been frozen since the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi last year."<ref>"[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27961933 US unlocks military aid to Egypt, backing President Sisi]". BBC News. 22 June 2014.</ref> In spite of Donald Trump's [[Executive Order 13769|travel ban]] to neighboring and other Muslim-majority countries, relations between Egypt and the United States were expected to be warm.<ref>Reuters. (February 10, 2017). "Analysis: Trump presidency heralds new era of US-Egypt ties". ''Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved February 10, 2017.</ref>
+Ties between the countries temporarily soured during the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|overthrow]] of Egyptian President [[Mohamed Morsi]] on July 3, 2013, after a [[June 2013 Egyptian protests|massive uprising against him]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33003.pdf |title=Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations |publisher=Congressional Research Service |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |author=Sharp, Jeremy M.}}</ref> The [[Obama administration]] denounced Egyptian attempts to combat the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] and its supporters, canceled future military exercises, and halted the delivery of [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 jet fighters]] and [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apache]] attack helicopters to the Egyptian Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-protests-obama-idUSBRE97E0N020130816 |title=Obama cancels military exercises, condemns violence in Egypt |publisher=Reuters |date=15 August 2013 |access-date=8 October 2014 |author1=Holland, Steve |author2=Mason, Jeff}}</ref> Popular sentiment among secular Egyptians towards the United States has been negatively affected by conspiracy theories claiming that the Americans had assisted the unpopular [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in attaining power <ref>{{cite web |url=http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/26/clouded_us_policy_on_egypt |title=Clouded U.S. policy on Egypt |work=Foreign Policy |date=2013-02-26 |access-date=2016-10-01 |archive-date=2013-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713080305/http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/26/clouded_us_policy_on_egypt |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/the_weirdest_story_in_the_history_of_the_world.php?ref=fpblg |title=The Weirdest Story in the History of the World |publisher=Talkingpointsmemo.com |date=2013-07-08 |access-date=2016-10-01 |archive-date=2013-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711222036/http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/the_weirdest_story_in_the_history_of_the_world.php?ref=fpblg |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/us-we-did-not-support-particular-egyptian-presidential-candidate |title=US: We did not support particular Egyptian presidential candidate |work=Egypt Independent |date=2012-07-16 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/47782/Egypt/Politics-/Liberal-and-Christian-figures,-groups-protest-Clin.aspx |title=Liberal and Christian figures, groups protest Clinton's Egypt visit |work=Al-Ahram Weekly |date=15 July 2012 |access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref> and by the Obama administration's policy of tolerance toward the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi. However, in a 2014 news story, the [[BBC]] reported that "the US has revealed it has released $575 million (£338m) in military aid to Egypt that had been frozen since the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi last year."<ref>"[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27961933 US unlocks military aid to Egypt, backing President Sisi]". BBC News. 22 June 2014.</ref> In spite of Donald Trump's [[Executive Order 13769|travel ban]] to neighboring and other Muslim-majority countries, relations between Egypt and the United States were expected to be warm.<ref>Reuters. (February 10, 2017). "Analysis: Trump presidency heralds new era of US-Egypt ties". ''Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved February 10, 2017.</ref>
 Since 1987, Egypt has been receiving military aid at an average of $1.3 billion a year.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |title=Commentary: The U.S. is right to restore aid to Egypt |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-clingan-egypt-commentary/commentary-the-u-s-is-right-to-restore-aid-to-egypt-idUSKBN1KK1YE |work=Reuters |date=July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Why US aid to Egypt is never under threat |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/aid-egypt-threat-171002093316209.html |work=Al-Jazeera |date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

v t e Egypt–United States relations
Diplomatic posts	Embassy of Egypt, Washington, D.C. Ambassadors of the United States to Egypt Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Diplomacy	Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel peace treaty Negev Summit
Incidents	Project FF OMEGA Memorandum Achille Lauro hijacking Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife EgyptAir Flight 990 Abu Omar case Innocence of Muslims Reactions International response Egyptian Guantanamo Bay detainees
Military relations	1974 Suez Canal Clearance Operation Egyptian Expedition (1882) Major non-NATO ally Naval Medical Research Unit Three Operation Bright Star Sinai Field Mission
Related	Aswan Dam Egypt lobby in the United States Palestinian autonomy talks A New Beginning American International School in Egypt Cairo American College Manarat El-Mostaqbal American School Port Said American School St. Joseph Schools Schutz American School, Alexandria
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