Coming Full Circle: Post Revolutionary Change in Egypt and its Effect on Relations with Israel

This thesis provides an analysis of the process of revolution that occurred in Egypt starting in January 2011 and its impact on Egyptian-Israeli relations. After the process of revolution is examined, a detailed account of the various regime changes that occurred over the next 4 years is provided. After these regime changes are detailed, the foreign policy decisions of Israel and the various Egyptian regimes are examined. This analysis culminates in a prediction for Egypt’s future. A major finding of this thesis is that Egypt underwent a revolution to remove an oppressive regime to only go through years of violence, protest, and at some times anarchy, to have a regime remarkably similar to the one they wished to remove. The other main finding of this analysis is that Egyptian-Israeli relations changed drastically with regime change, but was always considered by the new regimes.