Egypt from Revolution to Coup d'état

SETA presents the analyses of SETA experts on Egypt in order to better understand the transformation process in Egypt which began on January 25, 2011 and the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi by the military coup on July 3, 2013.

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Egypt from Revolution to Coup d'Ã tat
Political Participation of Islamist Actors in Morocco

Political Participation of Islamist Actors in Morocco

By creating restricted political openings, as was the case in the early 1990s, the king intended to coopt some opposition parties, which had been previously excluded from the political system.

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The following analysis summarizes recent developments on two items in TurkeyÂ’s political agenda: the anti-tutelage struggle; and the PKKÂ’s disarmament and the resolution of the Kurdish question.

The debt crisis in EU countries provoked pessimistic scenarios regarding economic growth, causing developed and developing countries to revise down their economic growth plans.

Unless the PKK articulates the phrase “we can disarm” hypothetically, its disarmament in reality will not be possible.

Turkey in 2013 will have the potential to stand out as an island of political stability and security both regionally and globally.

Syria: Quo Vadis?

It would be accurate to interpret the United StatesÂ’ and the WestÂ’s increasing interest in Syria as a rush to secure a role in the scenario in which the Baath regime is nearing its end.

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Syria Quo Vadis
Morsi and The Opposition New Faces Same Narrative

Morsi and The Opposition: New Faces Same Narrative!

The people’s peaceful protest is imperative and a national duty, until the army responds and announces its support for the people.”

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If Egypt has to choose between “growing pains of democratization” or the “military-judiciary tutelage,” it should not hesitate to pick the first option.

Turkey shouldnÂ’t abandon its goal of establishing an alternative rating agency due to FitchÂ’s upgrade.

Morsi, with his newly earned momentum, intervened in the tutelary powers of the judiciary in the aftermath of Gaza.

Israel, with its attack on Gaza, has tried the United States. The results of this test show that America is still behind Israel.

We will continue to witness a U.S. policy striving to adjust to the process in Syria. Nevertheless, this policy is not one that is pregnant with revolutionary turning points!

If the Kurds want to realize their demand they must first become one of the main actors of the resistance movement to depose al-Assad in a way that does not leave room for doubt.

Another approach to the analysis of the Syrian crisis is to acknowledge the massacres committed by the Assad regime, but in the end, to own up the analyses mentioned above.

Had ErdoÄŸan supported the Baath regime or had he remained a spectator, as the opposition demanded, it would have taken him only months to do the political harm to himself that his adversaries could in decades.

Syria today is a place where cities are being annihilated, tens of thousands civilians are being massacred, and hundreds of thousands are forced to become refugees.

The PKK, which missed by a long shot the transformation both Turkey and the Middle East undertook as evidence by the more blood it continues to shed, will continue to be a burden to the Kurds.

Russia is now about to pay the cost for its decision to invest in al-Assad -- a decision Russia has difficulty justifying even to itself.

The Arab world is going through fundamental social and political transformation. By the end of 2010, Arab states were stagnant and paralyzed.