Egypt's security situation in the light of the “Arab Spring” and its relevance to the Hungarian foreign policy

Abstract

The political environment in contemporary Egypt can be called fragile at the moment. The regionally and historically important country of the North African region is defined today by social, economic, religional and security issues that originated in the so called "Arab Spring". The still ongoing demonstrations that started in 2011 created major shifts in the go vernment and produced significant unity among the civilians, but it also caused atrocities between parties, the military, islamists, civil organizations and religions. In this article, I would like to conclude that at the beginning, the rallies were of democratic nature, then they took an islamist turn, as the Muslim Brotherhood 2 (MB) grabbed the opportunity during the movement, but finally the army and general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took over the Brotherhood's weakened political rule, and established repressive measures to ensure its power. I will try to assess the question from both regional and international sides, since Egypt is an important county for the global powers, which would like to secure their interest in the region.