The Arab Spring's Impact on Egypt's Securitocracy
In: International journal of intelligence and counterintelligence, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 217-239
ISSN: 1521-0561
Makela talks about Arab Spring's impact on Egypt's securitocracy. Security was lacking at the street level and beyond. Once the Arab world's most powerful country, Egypt's economy has since been shattered, and its security situation badly deteriorated. Securitocracy refers to a system of security elites (intelligence and security services, military and police forces), that, at the executive level, use either direct or indirect political power and influence in matters related to a state's foreign and security policy, internal security, and even in the finance and economic sectors. Adapted from the source document.