The relationship between foreign policy and health: A comparative study between traditional and critical theories

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National Center for Social and Criminological Research, Giza, Egypt

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The study adopts a comparative approach to investigate the interpretation of both critical and traditional theories for the relationship between health and foreign policy. It attempts to determine which of the two perspectives is more convenient to explain this relationship in light of changing international arena.
The study concluded that, by all means, health cannot be described as merely an end in itself for foreign policy-from a globalist perspective- nor as a tool of foreign policy -from a statist perspective. However, the relation between them can be described as a two-way relationship with reciprocal effects. Health may be a target for states' foreign policy, as well as a foreign policy tool to achieve national interests.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions raised a need to revisit interpretations of both traditional and critical theories for the relationship between health and foreign policy to show how both philosophies converged to a new approach. 

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