Attitudes Regional Stances on the Removal of President Mohamed Morsi: Conflict of Interests and Geopolitical Implications

Attitudes Regional Stances on the Removal of President Mohamed Morsi: Conflict of Interests and Geopolitical Implications

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 22 (2026): issue 22
Pages
614-603

Abstract

On July 3, 2013, the Arab Republic of Egypt witnessed a major political shift with the ousting of the first democratically elected civilian president, , by the Minister of Defense, General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who announced the “Roadmap for the Future.” This event sparked mixed reactions at the regional level, as regional, Arab, and international countries were divided between those supporting and endorsing the move, and those opposing and rejecting it. Some countries hesitated in defining what had happened — was it a new popular revolution or a soft military coup against the elected president Mohamed Morsi?


This development reflected directly on political alliances across the Arab and regional landscape, particularly in Egypt’s neighboring countries, and revealed the extent to which geopolitical interests inside and outside of Egypt influenced regional power balances

Keywords:

Positions, regionalism, isolation, Mohamed, Morsi

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Author

Ahmed Khalid Ahmed

University of Mosul / College of Arts / Department of History / Mosul - Iraq

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Attitudes Regional Stances on the Removal of President Mohamed Morsi: Conflict of Interests and Geopolitical Implications: Attitudes Regional Stances on the Removal of President Mohamed Morsi: Conflict of Interests and Geopolitical Implications. (2023). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(22), 614-603. https://jeh.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/62357
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Attitudes Regional Stances on the Removal of President Mohamed Morsi: Conflict of Interests and Geopolitical Implications: Attitudes Regional Stances on the Removal of President Mohamed Morsi: Conflict of Interests and Geopolitical Implications. (2023). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(22), 614-603. https://jeh.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/62357