Geopolitics of identity

Egypt’s lost peace

Bibliographic Data

ID12924210
AuthorsAmr G E Sabet (Dalarna University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue1
Pages51-92
Publication date2017-01-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Arab Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-0920 • E-ISSN: 1755-0912
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17550912.2017.1281552
OpenAlexW2586415805
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited38

This paper attempts to provide a conceptualization of Egypt’s current predicaments by process-tracing historical critical junctures and sequences of causal mechanisms that contributed to bringing about the January 2011 events. Focusing on the period between the July 1952 Revolution led by Gamal Abdel Nasser and the events of 2011, it traces the developments and changing political and strategic trajectories of the three presidents Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak. The case of Egypt is examined here as ‘an instance of a class of events’ focusing on phenomena related to the tracing of causal factors or critical junctures, and mechanisms leading to a particular outcome on 25 January 2011. It further links the uprising to that country’s 1979 ‘Peace Treaty’ with Israel. This treaty ‘de-securitized’ the latter, allowing it significant regional freedom of action. This had a causal effect on challenging Egypt’s identity-motivated action, contributing, in the process, to undermining its identity structure. An increasing awareness among many Egyptians of the link between the treaty and their identity formation is one of the main reasons for summoning the legacy of Nasser’s leadership as a source of ‘ontological security’

Action (physics · Conceptualization · Geopolitics · Identity (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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