EGYPT’S SHIFTING FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES (2013-2018)
EGYPT’S SHIFTING FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES (2013-2018)

Summary/Abstract: In the Arab Republic of Egypt, the result of the “Arab spring” was the transition from a secular dictatorship to an Islamic democracy, followed by protests in the street and the takeover of power in the state again, by the army, in what could be considered a coup d’état. It can be argued that the initiated changes beginning with 2011 have not led to the establishment of another type of regime, but to a return at the existing situation during the Mubarak regime, the army taking over the power, again, in the state. After Hosni Mubarak’s removal, Mohamed Morsi came to power, democratically otherwise, in June 2012, a so-called moderate Islamist, representative of Muslim Brotherhood. After a period of insecurity and instability, Morsi was overthrown, General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took over the power, the formation of Muslim Brotherhood was banned, and the pro-democratic revolutionary aspirations were reduced to silence. Following the presidential elections of March 2018, President el-Sisi won a new mandate, by removing any real political opposition. This article aims to analyse Egypt’s foreign policy during 2013-2018, from the coup d’état executed by the Egyptian army in July 2013 and until April 2018, when Abdel Fattah el-Sisi succeeded to obtain a second mandate as President.

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