The US bogeyman in post-coup Egypt

The military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi has presented the Obama administration with a dilemma. While the US saw its tacit backing for the Saudi-backed military intervention as a way of steering Egypt towards a more consensual transition to democracy, the military viewed its toppling of Mo...

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Main Author: James M. Dorsey
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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Published: 2014
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1042522020-11-01T07:37:49Z The US bogeyman in post-coup Egypt James M. Dorsey S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science The military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi has presented the Obama administration with a dilemma. While the US saw its tacit backing for the Saudi-backed military intervention as a way of steering Egypt towards a more consensual transition to democracy, the military viewed its toppling of Morsi as an opportunity to deal a body blow to the Muslim Brotherhood. Consequently the US has become the bogeyman of both the revolutionary youth movement and the Brothers. 2014-07-04T08:06:32Z 2019-12-06T21:29:06Z 2014-07-04T08:06:32Z 2019-12-06T21:29:06Z 2013 2013 Commentary James M. Dorsey, (2013). The US bogeyman in post-coup Egypt (RSIS Commentaries, No. 136). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104252 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20105 en RSIS Commentaries, 136-13 Nanyang Technological University 2 p. application/pdf
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The US bogeyman in post-coup Egypt
description The military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi has presented the Obama administration with a dilemma. While the US saw its tacit backing for the Saudi-backed military intervention as a way of steering Egypt towards a more consensual transition to democracy, the military viewed its toppling of Morsi as an opportunity to deal a body blow to the Muslim Brotherhood. Consequently the US has become the bogeyman of both the revolutionary youth movement and the Brothers.
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