The Role of the Armed Forces in Egypt’s Political System

Abstract

The article offers an analysis of the status and position of the army, as the key institution within Egypt’s political system, showing the path and degree of its transformation as a result of the Arab Spring revolutionary wave affecting Egypt among other countries of the Arab world. It also contains certain forecasts concerning the future role of the Egyptian military, with the author, however, deeming the status of the army in the new political situation as being anything but stable and definitive.

Keywords

• the role of the army in egypt
• the political system of egypt
• the "arab spring"
• the egyptian military
• the revolution in egypt
• the transformation of the status of the military in egypt
• elections in egypt.