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The Egyptian Interior witnesses an impressive

developmental momentum that needs to supported by

an effective parilament and party system

between the Arabs and their geographical sphere represented in
possible. Thus, Arab ranks united, restored relations with
Turkey and Iran. This should result from the shared cultural
Egypt, and Iran was defeated in this war.
heritage; it’s enough to speak of Islam, the religion of the majority
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 came to represent a
of the populations of these three powers. In addition to the
severe blow to Arab national security, since for the first time,
historical periods when cooperation existed despite other negative
the threat came from within the region whereas the concept of
aspects. Furthermore, we are all small or medium powers; thus, we
Arab national security assumes – by default – a unified source
ought to have a common approach to dealing with the international
of threats. If the thief lives in your building, how do you
system and external powers such as the US, Russia and China. But
protect the building by locking its gate? What worsened the
unfortunately, this hasn’t happened historically. During the Arab
situation was that the liberation of Kuwait wasn’t possible at
liberation phase in the 1950s and 1960s until the defeat of 1967,
the time without enlisting the help of an external power:the
Iran and Turkey were part of the Western camp; hence, animosity
United States, which came to the region to stay.
arose naturally between these two states and the Arab nationalist
movement. We recall here the famous battle over the Baghdad Pact
The Arab regime proceeded then to pick up its pieces for a
in 1955 when Turkey was being used to attract a major Arab state,
long time until it managed to realize an Arab reconciliation
Iraq, and the role Egypt played to thwart this scheme.
that included Iraq and Kuwait in 2002. Alas, this
reconciliation was strangled at birth as the US invaded Iraq,
Similarly, in Iran, the Shah operated as an American agent in the
unleashing the virus of sectarianism, which ultimately spread
region. And when things changed, the animosity remained but
from Iraq to the Arab World. The US also tore apart the Iraqi
changed its appearance. Iran now had its own project to spread its
state and society, handing the country overto Iran on a silver
revolution along with the sectarian dimension that accompanies it;
platter. Fast forward to the Arab Spring, which was hoped to
we don’t like to talk about it but it is a fact that the Iranian
represent a turning point for the better, instead, the divisions
Revolution is a Shiite Islamic revolution relying mainly on Shiite
among revolutionary forces opened the door to the factions of
groups loyal to Iran. Concerning Turkey, after its hopes of joining
political Islam to seize power in a number of Arab states,
the EU evaporated, it adopted the so called Neo-Ottomanism and
thereby cultivating conflicts that are still underway today in
embraced the Muslim Brotherhood whose problems in Egypt and
Syria, Libya and Yemen. Thus, the Arab regime is currently
the Arab World we all know. Therefore, the orientations have
going through one of its worst phases.
changed but the animosity or contradictionsremain and we see now
what Iran is doing in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, and what Turkey
Nourhan Osama, Youstina Ebeid, Maries Adel, Nadeen Hesham, Nouran Hossam, Mostafa Sayyed, Reem
6. In your opinion, what is the suitable formula for dealing
is doing in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and in Egypt by embracing the
Omran , Zeina Tarek, Hana Henien, Hania Bahaa, Yassmine Gamal Hussein, Salma Bayoumi, Mariam Sultan,
regional
powers
with
neighboring
such
and
Turkey
as
ousted Muslim Brotherhood.
Iran?
Nada Hosny, Jozeph George , Farah Ezz Eldin, Aliyaa Assem, Assile Mostafa, Rana Doss, Mirna Ossama,
The ideal condition would be a cooperative relationship
Farah Islam, Zeina Arafa.
There are thus obstacles preventing us from having the cooperative
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