American writer reveals the failures of U.S. policy toward Egypt .. Obama is a coward and can not face opponents .. Cairo and proceed as sought .. The emergence of other powers led to the waning influence of Washington .. And the impact of external forces little

Wednesday 20 / November / 2013 - 19:58

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Said the American writer Steven Cook, an expert Council on Foreign Relations, said that a week ago or more United States has been stinging criticism toward the policy of the administration of President Barack Obama to the Middle East, on Egypt, and Iran's nuclear program, and civil war, Syrian, and pay John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State peace talks between Israel and Palestine, and mocked the Obama administration globally in general, calling him a coward and can not be Ranked leaders who face strong opponents.

He said Cook in the newspaper "The Atlantic" on Wednesday that it had collected a lot of opinions about Obama's policy of opinion articles and columns have been the face of James Traub severe criticism of the White House, because of the failure to establish a dialogue with military leaders in Egypt during the post-President isolated Mohamed Morsi, as Jackson Diehl wrote criticizing Kerry's visit to the Middle East.

And the opinion of Stephen that the articles Troup and Dell are based on the United States can be an anchor for reform in Egypt, a view that common to a subset diverse and influential in American foreign policy, and that democracy in Egypt will witness a very good offer for Egyptian rule, which has long sought to him.

The Steven that he wrote before that Washington's relationship in Egypt over the last three years, we must emphasize the principles such as personal freedom, non-violence, transparency, and apply the law equally, but some analysts believe that the promotion of democracy, whether in the form of actual programs aims to encourage more open support for communities or rhetorical support for gradual change that would make a significant difference and significant progress in Egypt.

He explained Stephen that in front of the people of the Nile challenges and risks to identify and define social and political institutions new, nor can any external forces influence in this matter, as well as the bombers revolution of January 25 and June 30, did not specify the political path for Egypt, and of course the United States can not make a difference or have no effect in determining this path.

Stephen added that there is a bigger problem than details of the current Egyptian political environment, which is how and why democracies show? He explained that there are two different schools of thought, confirms some that democracy is defined in advance, for example, the emergence of a middle class on a certain level of economic development and political culture, and thought the second focuses on the accounts of the elites and the so-called rational approach, which is supposed transition to democracy in accordance with the conditions political incentives and constraints of the prevailing elite that seeks to stay on life, what makes the United States' ability to encourage the development of small to what some believe that the basic requirements of democracy, the ability to set up the accounts of its leaders are extremely limited.

And that even if Washington has the resources and the political will to provide billions of dollars in Egypt, this does not mean that it is likely that Defense Minister Abdel Fattah Sisi will respond positively, despite the fact that the United States is still the center of the most influential in the global economy, but the emergence of other powers on the surface to make the influence of the United States in decline.

Stephen concluded, noting that the Egyptians believed that they are in an existential struggle for the country, and there is no effect of external forces such as Saudi Arabia only a minimal impact, the UAE and Kuwait to carry out what he wants leaders in Egypt.

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