Geopolitics Magazine May - June 2014 | Page 57

Geopolitics.com.gr Γράφει η ομάδα ανάλυσης του IISCA group ( www.iisca.eu ) Egypt is becoming the epicenter of attention Egypt as a sovereign nation and state , has a long history of being the main center of many reforms changes occurring at Middle East. It was the first country that signaled modernization process which was triggered by Napoleon’s invasion and all of the influences that came with it , inside the culture of the past Arab world. It was also the first country where Arabic nationalism was born as an idea (Cause of Egyptian secularism which worked as a trigger) while Ottoman Empire was decomposing under the pressures of industrialized Europe of that era. Not too long ago Egypt was the country that was under the influence of Muslim Brotherhood (just like before 1948 and 1967) and Islamic Spring , forced a temporary change in political status quo , accusing the regime for being too " T