Reagan's Blunt Message to Egypt's Mubarak

Publication Date: March 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James A. Phillips

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Middle East

Type: Report

Coverage: Egypt

Abstract:

Cairo and Washington share similar goals but often advocate different views of achieving these goals. The U.S. should encourage Egypt to seek a wider peace by promoting direct Arab-Israeli talks along the lines of Camp David rather than subscribing to the pipedream of a peace produced by an international conference. American aid should be devoted to strengthening the Egyptian free market economy by encouraging internal reforms rather than reinforcing its subsidies. Aid levels should be pegged to the level of strategic cooperation to thwart not only regional threats such as Libya, but also the Soviet Union.