The Impact of Change in the Structure of the International System after End of the Cold War

Public protests in Egypt on January 25, 2011, led to extensive demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak, forcing him to quit power within 18 days. Cyber protests of the youth (Mostly the educated youth) marked beginning of the movement. The Internetand social network protests widened their scope to streets of Cairo. Little by little the demonstrations of several hundred persons spread to other dissident social groups and involved several hundred thousand people in demonstrations. The result was Hosni Mubarak’s dismissal. The developments formed new waves in analyses that why and how such immense events took place in the Arab states. Our approach in this study to recent developments in Egypt is the effects of change in the structure of the international system after the Cold Warand further globalization in formation of new middle class in Egypt and its impact on the January 25 revolution. To this end, this study tries to address the question that what an impact had international system’s structural developments after the Cold Warend and growing globalization on Egypt’s January 25 revolution? To address the question, it should be said that the post-Cold Warstructural developments and expansion of globalization strengthened the new middle class in Egypt and the outstanding role of the class in the revolution on January 25, 2011.