... (“Egyptian Reformist Party”). The coalition also had representation from the Building and Development Party, which was created by the terrorist group Jamaat e-Islami, and more moderate Islamists from al-Wasat (“Center”).
This alliance of Mohamed Morsi’s opponents, which did not last a day, is rather typical, and had an earlier predecessor in the alliance of pro-Islamist parties called Democratic Alliance for Egypt which was set up in June 2011 in response to the creation of the ...
Interview with Pyotr Stegny
On July 16th, 2013, the new interim government of Egypt was sworn in. Former President Mohamed Morsi and many leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are under arrest and awaiting trial. What mistakes have Morsi and his supporters made? In a special interview a RIAC member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation ...
Interview with Doctor of History Georgy Mirsky
Interview
In a special RIAC interview IMEMO RAS Principal Research Fellow, Doctor of History,
Georgy Mirsky
shares insights on current developments in Egypt, protest actions and subsequent resignation and detention of Mohammed Morsi. The expert believes that an attempt to oust the Muslim Brotherhood from the political scene would be the worst mistake the Egyptian army and the opposition can now make.
Mr. Mirsky, huge protests erupting in Egypt on...
... number of seats (42 percent). Then came the
al-Nour Party
(
Party of Light
), representing the
Salafi
movement. The association of liberal democratic and leftist parties received fewer seats
[1]
. In June 2012, the
Muslim Brotherhood
candidate Mohamed Morsi won Egypt's tough presidential runoff against secular movement candidate Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.
Early on in his time in office, Morsi forced the leaders of the Supreme Council of the Armed ...
The relations between the USA and Egypt today
Over the last six decades, the Washington analysts have invariably regarded the US relations with Egypt as a key element of its Middle East policy. Egypt’s role in the US Middle East strategies was due, primarily, to its unique geo-political position (at the junction between Asia and Africa and access to the Eastern Mediterranean, its full control over the Suez Canal and the common borders with Israel) as well as its leadership in the Arab world...
