Vol. 5 No. 005 (2020): Issue 005

غلاف العدد 5 من دورية استشراف

Issue 5 of Istishraf for Future Studies (2020) includes the following studies and articles: “Three Stages of Arab World Demographic Transition” (Youssef Courbage); “Demographic Shifts in the Arab Countries and Trends of Migration to Europe” (Mohamed Khachani); “The Effects of Demographic Pressures on the Sustainability of Natural Resources in the Arab Region: an Intergenerational Equity Analysis” (ElHoucine Chougrani, Brahim Elmorchid); “UN Population Projections to 2100: A Critical Reading of the World Population Prospects 2019 Report” (Editorial Board); “Demographic rupture and prospects of population dynamics in Syria” (Mada Shuraiki); “Population Aging in Algeria: Current Situation and Future Trends” (Karima Bouaziz); “Population and Development Strategies in Lebanon: Missed Opportunities and Potential Opportunities” (Hala Naufal); “Palestinian Population in the Palestinian Territories: Future Expectations and Developmental Needs” (Mohammad Duraidi); “The Reality of the Demographic Imbalance in the State of Qatar and its Futures: Implications and Solutions” (Abdul Hadi Saleh Al Shawi Almarri); “Between Demographic Surge and Aging: A Reading on Demographic Shifts and Social Policies in Omani Society” (Mubarak Khamis Al-Hamdani); “Youth Bulge: Demographic Dividend, Time Bomb, and other Futures, with Reference to the MENA” (Sohail Inayatullah); “Demographic and Economic Material Factors in the MENA Region” (Editorial Board); “Moroccan Demography by 2050” (Rachid Benbih); “The World's Growing Population: A Curse or a Blessing?” (Editorial Board); “The Demography of Conflict: Forecasting the Future of the Palestinians in 2050” (Majd Abuamer); “Demographics and Democratic Transition: Any Relationship?” (Yara Nassar); “Population Politics between Malthus' Theory and Conspiracy Theories” (Abdellatif El Moutadayene).

Published: 2020-07-01

Studies

  • Three Stages of Arab World Demographic Transition

    Author: Youssef Courbage (Author)
    9-29

    Contrary to prevailing views of Arab society demographics, this study posits a thesis based on three stages instead of just two stages: demographic transition stage, then reverse demographic...

  • Demographic Shifts in the Arab Countries and Trends of Migration to Europe

    Author: Mohamed Khachani (Author)
    30-58

    The Arab region is experiencing one of the fastest rates of population growth in the world, much faster than the global average of population growth. Its population has tripled over the past...

  • The Effects of Demographic Pressures on the Sustainability of Natural Resources in the Arab Region: an Intergenerational Equity Analysis

    Author: ElHoucine Chougrani, Brahim Elmorchid (Author)
    59-96

    Abstract. This study, from an intergenerational equity perspective, focuses on the problematic relationship between the dynamics of demographic transformations and natural resources depletion....

  • UN Population Projections to 2100: A Critical Reading of the World Population Prospects 2019 Report

    Author: Editorial Board (Author)
    97-120

    The World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision is the 26th Edition of the United Nations population estimates and projections. It provides population estimates from 1950 to the present, and...

  • Demographic rupture and prospects of population dynamics in Syria

    Author: Mada Shuraiki (Author)
    121-147

    Syrian demography has witnessed a process of gradual transformation throughout the post-independence decades since 1946. Between continuity and rupture, the general path of transformation...

  • Population Aging in Algeria: Current Situation and Future Trends

    Author: Karima Bouaziz (Author)
    148-175

    This research paper aims first to track the various stages of the demographic transition in Algeria and to monitor the most important features of the future demographic fabric of Algerian...

  • Population and Development Strategies in Lebanon: Missed Opportunities and Potential Opportunities

    Author: Hala Naufal (Author)
    176-200

    This research reviews the evolution of demographic conditions and economic, social and environmental trends over the past four decades, and addresses the content of the most prominent policies,...

  • Palestinian Population in the Palestinian Territories: Future Expectations and Developmental Needs

    Author: Mohammad Duraidi (Author)
    201-223

    Understanding the facts and needs of population in Palestine is critical to understanding and interpreting demographic developments, especially those related to demographic distribution and...

  • The Reality of the Demographic Imbalance in the State of Qatar and its Futures: Implications and Solutions

    Author: Abdul Hadi Saleh Al Shawi Almarri (Author)
    242-262

    Despite its positive role in achieving the comprehensive development renaissance witnessed in Qatar at various levels, the recruitment of large numbers of expatriate workers in recent decades to...

  • Between Demographic Surge and Aging: A Reading on Demographic Shifts and Social Policies in Omani Society

    Author: Mubarak Khamis Al-Hamdani (Author)
    263-298

    This paper considers expected demographic shifts in the structure of Omani society, a young society approaching what is known as “the demographic window,” as they are set forth in Population...

Translations

  • Youth Bulge: Demographic Dividend, Time Bomb, and other Futures, with Reference to the MENA

    Author: Sohail Inayatullah (Author)
    301-319

    Taking a global view of the futures of youth, this article: (1) defines the youth bulge, (2) articulates four scenarios for the futures of youth (innovation and apps; unemployed and...

  • Demographic and Economic Material Factors in the MENA Region

    320-369

    The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most rapidly transforming regions, politically, economically, demographically and environmentally. Despite largely declining total...

Book Reviews

  • Moroccan Demography by 2050

    Author: Rachid Benbih (Author)
    373-386

    Report Title: Projectuons de la Population et des Menages 2014 - 2015 Publisher: Haut-commissariat au Plan, Rabat . Date of Publication: 2017. Pages: 71.

  • The World's Growing Population: A Curse or a Blessing?

    Author: Editorial Board (Author)
    387-403

    Book Title: Faut-il avoir peur de la population mondiale? Author: Jacques Véron. Publisher: Seuil, Paris. Date of Publication: 2020. Pages: 272 .

  • The Demography of Conflict: Forecasting the Future of the Palestinians in 2050

    Author: Majd Abuamer (Author)
    404-417

    Book Title: Palestinian Worldwide: A Demographic Study. Author: Youssef Courbage and Hala Naufal. Publisher: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha/Beirut. Date of Publication: 2020....

  • Demographics and Democratic Transition: Any Relationship?

    Author: Yara Nassar (Author)
    418-428

    Iranian political scientist Elhum Haghighat's book examines the problematic relationships between development, demography and democratic transitions, showing how these shaped social and...

  • Population Politics between Malthus' Theory and Conspiracy Theories

    Author: Abdellatif El Moutadayene (Author)
    429-436

    Book Title: International Politics and Population Increase: Between the Old Malthus Prophecy and the Solutions of the New Malthusianism. Author: Naji Muhammad Al-Hattash . Publisher: Dar...