肯尼亚从齐贝吉政府上台后出现了重视同“东方”国家合作的“向东看”政策。作为重要的外交策略，肯尼亚的“向东看”是在重视同传统的西方发达国家合作基础上的与新兴市场国家的合作，其目标是国家利益最大化。“向东看”为肯尼亚的经济发展提供了重要的机遇，同时也使肯尼亚面临来自西方传统合作方的压力。作为一种开放的经济外交政策，肯尼亚的“向东看”政策是发展的需要，也是对西方传统合作关系的反思。
Since President Kibaki took office at the end of 2002，Kenya began to take “the eastward-looking” policy.“The eastward-looking” is essentially an open economic foreign policy.As a foreign tactic，the policy is based on advancement of the country’s interests globally，which means strengthening ties with traditional partners and looking at new horizons among the emerging markets.In view of the effect，the policy brings big opportunity for Kenya meanwhile brings pressure coming from Kenya’s traditional west partners.However，it is an important adjustment on Kenya’ traditional development policy.
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