{"id":602629,"date":"2019-04-02T04:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/04\/02\/constitutional-amendments-are-not-game-changing-for-us-egyptian-relations\/"},"modified":"2019-04-02T04:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:05:55","slug":"constitutional-amendments-are-not-game-changing-for-us-egyptian-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/04\/02\/constitutional-amendments-are-not-game-changing-for-us-egyptian-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional amendments are not game-changing for US-Egyptian relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-08\"><\/a> <b>Constitutional amendments are a not game-changer for US-Egyptian relations:<\/b> Egypt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/02\/03\/mps-to-call-for-constitutional-amendments-to-give-el-sisi-two-more-years-in-office-bring-back-the-shura-council\/\">planned constitutional amendments<\/a>, which could extend President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s time in office until 2034, are unlikely sour US-Egyptian relations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mei.edu\">Middle East Institute<\/a> President Paul Salem (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mei.edu\/experts\/paul-salem\">bio<\/a>) told journalists accompanying AmCham\u2019s Doorknock lobbying tour of Washington, DC. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t help, but it doesn\u2019t change positions in the US,\u201d Salem said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Also unlikely to change things: US elections.<\/b> A change in administration after the 2020 presidential elections could lead to new foreign policy positions from the White House, but overall the relationship between Egypt and the US will continue on a stable footing, according to Salem. A Democratic president is unlikely to continue the warmth that has characterized the Trump-El Sisi relationship, but Egypt\u2019s strategic importance to US interests in the region would ensure that close ties are maintained, he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>The US isn\u2019t concerned by Egypt\u2019s trip to the Russian arms shop: <\/b>Egypt\u2019s arms purchases from other countries do not concern US officials, provided they do not lead to a change of strategic alignment. \u201cAn aircraft from here or a boat from there isn\u2019t a concern as long as it is diversification, not change to the military system,\u201d Salem said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitutional amendments are a not game-changer for US-Egyptian relations: Egypt\u2019s planned constitutional amendments, which could extend President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s time in office until 2034, are unlikely sour US-Egyptian relations, Middle East Institute President Paul Salem (bio) told journalists accompanying AmCham\u2019s Doorknock lobbying tour of Washington, DC. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t help, but it doesn\u2019t change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":602630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,11429,2380,117],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-602629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-paul-salem","tag-speed-round","tag-us","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"a3214f3e-3ee0-48df-af2b-31abdfc2a9a6","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"f861f9f5-9a4f-48e5-9a95-555801545114","story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2019\/4\/759.png","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[602612],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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