Egypt in Crisis

1. Front Matter

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2. The Myth of Sisyphus Egypt’s Delayed and Aborted Democratization

   • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

   Pages 1-30

3. The Fall of the Islamists

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The State of Ikhwan

      • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

      Pages 33-57

   3. Morsi, Mubarak’s Deep State, and Salafist Call

      • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

      Pages 59-88

   4. The Imam and the Field Marshal: Egypt Civil–Military Relations Between Two Revolutions

      • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

      Pages 89-116

   5. The Fall of Islamism

      • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

      Pages 117-149

4. El-Sisi on Horseback

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. El-Sisi on Horseback: El-Sisi and Beyond

      • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

      Pages 153-180

   3. Egypt’s Future Civil–Military Relations

      • Alaa Al-Din Arafat

      Pages 181-216

5. Back Matter

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This book deals with the sudden demise of Islamists in Egypt and prospects for democratization. It provides an overview of the different causes of the downfall of Morsi and the Islamists in Egypt. Additionally, it is posited that Morsi’s coup-proofing strategy, which was modeled after Mubarak’s, was responsible for the military turning against him. The author also argues that the Muslim Brotherhood’s belief system played a major role in their downfall. The strained civil-military relations in Egypt are examined, as well as its likely future. This project will be of interest to diplomats; journalists; International Affairs specialists, strategists, or scholars of Egyptian politics and the Arab Spring; and anyone interested in social movements and democratization in the Middle East. 

• Egyptian Politics
• Islamists
• Democratization
• Democratisation
• Political actors
• Muslim Brotherhood
• Mohamed Morsi
• Mubarakism
• El-Sisi regime
• post-Mubarak Egypt
• Ihkwan
• Hizb al-kanba
• Salafists
• Camp David Accord
• Egypt
• democracy

• Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Egypt

  Alaa Al-Din Arafat

Alaa Al-Din Arafat is a former Visiting Professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at Université Française d'Égypte, Egypt. He currently teaches at Strategic Studies' Program for National Defence and Security, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

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