Egypt’s Precarious Balancing Act | New Eastern Outlook
In 2011, the United States successfully overthrew the government of
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak amid the regional so-called Arab
Spring. In place of President Mubarak’s
government, rose the Muslim Brotherhood, a Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) backed political front that has served their, and their Western
sponsors’ interests for nearly a century post-Ottoman Empire. The Muslim
Brotherhood was also instrumental in setting the stage for
destabilization and eventually war in Syria.
