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Issue 079
Vol. 14 No. 079 (2026)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 79th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “Iranian Foreign and Security Policies and the Twelve-Day War: Realism, Idealism, or Domestic Politics?" by Mehran Kamrava; “Leveraging Sports Diplomacy for Soft Power: Qatar as a Case Study" by Hiba Amir; “Media Representations of the Israeli Military in the US Elite Press: Discourse of Ethics and Power" by Basim Tweissi; “The Culture of Networked Communities and Its Impact on Political Action in Morocco" by Bouchra Zougagh; and “Dysfunction as Order: The Limits of Method in Political Science from a Batesonian Perspective" by Taha Lahmidani. The translation section includes “Dynastic International Relations: Understanding Race and the Crisis of Liberal Order Through Ibn Khaldun" by Faiz Sheikh and Owen David Thomas, translated by Michael Medhat Youssef. The issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from 1 January to 28 February 2026. Finally, it features Mahmood Alhosain's review of the book Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria by Jerome Drevon and Patrick Haenni.
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Issue 078
Vol. 14 No. 078 (2026)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 78th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This special issue, titled “The Arab State after the Uprisings", opens with an introduction by guest editors, Bassel F. Salloukh & May Darwich. It features the following articles: “Theorising the Arab State: Alternative Trajectories, Temporalities, and Conceptions", by Bassel F Salloukh; “The Arab State Through the Eyes of its Citizens: An Individual-Level Analysis", by Abdelkarim Amengay; “The Political Economy of the Arab State", by Melani Cammett; and “The Erosion of the Arab State in Global and Regional Contexts", by May Darwich. The issue further features the study “Dynamics of Fragility in Arab States: The Impact of Economic, Social, and Political Variables on the Trajectory of Fragility (2006–2024)", by Maen Ahmed Fawzy Salhab. The translation section includes Amr Al Mallah's translation of “Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory", by Robert W. Cox. The issue also documents key developments in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine from 1 November to 31 December 2025. Ahmed Qasem Hussein concludes the issue with his review of Azmi Bishara's The Arab State: Origins and Trajectory.
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Issue 077
Vol. 13 No. 077 (2025)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 77th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “The Security Dilemma of Influence: Shi'i Transnationalism and the Limits of Iranian Foreign Policy" by Mohammad R. Kalantari; “The 2023 Gaza War and U.S.–China Rivalry in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait" by Abdullah Rashid Al-Mursel; “Diaspora as a Political Sphere: Understanding the Emergence of Fatah in the Arab Gulf Countries" by Yara Nassar; “Settler Colonial Strategies in the West Bank: Between Elimination and Management" by Feras Ali Qawasmeh; and “The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Supporting Youth Participation in Peacebuilding in Yemen" by Shaimaa Barakat. The translation section includes “An Urban Political Ecology of Populism" by Joris Gort and Alex Loftus, translated by Saja Torman. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from September 1 to October 31, 2025. Additionally, it features Wajd Beshara's review of the book Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents by Rogers Brubaker.
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Issue 076
Vol. 13 No. 076 (2025)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 76th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This special issue, titled “Issues in State, Governance, and War in Sudan”, opens with an introduction by the guest editor, Hassan El Haj Ali. It features the following articles: “The Forest for the Trees: The 15 April 2023 War and the Challenge of Nation-Building and State-Building in Sudan”, by Mohamed Haroon; “The Disintegration of the State in Sudan: A Study of the Causes and Factors (1821-2025)” by Mutwakel Dagash; “Peace Agreements in Sudan (1972–2020): Heritage of Origin and the Challenges of Sustainability” by Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk; “Civil–Military Relations in Sudan: Redefining the Role of the Military Institution” by Albadawi Rahmtalla; and “Toward Decentralization in Post-War Sudan: Between Opportunities and Structural and Strategic Determinants” by Husam Ibrahim and Julia Barbar. The issue further features the study “BRICS Expansion to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE: Analysing Virtual Public Reactions on X Platform Using a Deep Learning Approach” by Ayoub Asri, Aoudia Nassira, and Abdelhadi Baiche. The translation section includes Adel Zeggagh’s translation of “AI Technologies and International Relations: Do We Need New Analytical Frameworks?” by Ingvild Bode. The issue also documents key developments in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine from 1 July to 31 August 2025. Saja Torman concludes the issue with her review of Sharath Srinivasan’s When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans.
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Issue 075
Vol. 13 No. 075 (2025)Siyasat Arabiya is a bi-monthly peer reviewed academic journal published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, dedicated to political science, international relations, and strategic affairs.
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Issue 074
Vol. 13 No. 074 (2025)Issue 074 of Siyasat Arabiya journal, Volume 13, 2025.
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Issue 073
Vol. 13 No. 073 (2025)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 73rd issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This special issue, titled “Forty Years of Constructivism in International Relations," opens with an introduction by the editor, Mohammed Hemchi, and features a foreword by Nicholas Onuf – a pioneering founder of social constructivism in International Relations, titled “What Should We Make of 'Anarchy Is What States Make of It'?". The issue includes the following articles: “After and Beyond Alexander Wendt: Mapping Constructivist Pathways in International Relations" by Mohammed Hemchi; “Security from a Constructivist Perspective: Security Is What States Make of it" by Abdennour Benantar; “Transformations of the Arab Regional Order: A Constructivist Approach" by Marwa Fekry; and “Alexander Wendt Meets the Middle East: The Construction of Difference within Collective Identities" by May Darwich. The translation section includes Alexander Wendt's article, “Anarchy is what States Make of it: The Social Construction of Power Politics", translated by Sarah Ismael. The issue also documents key developments in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine during the period from 1 January to 28 February 2025. It further features Sarah Nasser's book review of Alexander Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics and Quantum Mind and Social Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology.
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Issue 072
Vol. 13 No. 072 (2025)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 72nd issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “Transnational Activism and the Evolution of Human Rights in Post-2013 Coup Egypt" by Moataz El Fegiery; “Above the Hierarchy: The Legal Status of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Light of the Constitutional Court's Political Role" by Rashad Twam and MahmoudAbu Sway; “Political Transition in Syria: Challenges and Perspectives for State Building and Political Institutional Reform" by Emad Alali; “China and Its Foreign Relations through the Lens of Its Strategic Culture: The Case of Sino-Qatari Relations (1988–2024)" by Mohamed Mesfer; “Paradiplomacy and State's Foreign Function: Adaptation or Restructuring?" by Inass Abdulsada Ali and Hayder Sabah Kadhim. The translation section includes Alexander Wendt's “The Agent-Structure Problem in International Relations Theory" by Ahmed Qasem Hussein. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from 1 November to 31 December 2024. Additionally, it features Hiba Amir's review of Géopolitique du sport by Pascal Boniface.
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Issue 071
Vol. 12 No. 071 (2024)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 71st issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: "The Rise of Neo-Traditional Marjiʿyya: Political Authority Between Najaf and Iran's Willayat Al-Faqih" by Harith Hassan; "Hybrid Defence for Small States: Strategic Lessons 31 and Implications from Ukraine and Gaza (2014-2024)" by Omar Ashour; "Deep Cultural Genocide in the Israeli War on Gaza: A Cultural-Media Perspective" by Basim Tweissi; "The Rise of Militarization in Sudan: Manifestations, Causes, and Implications" by Bahaeldin Makkawi Mohammed Gaily; and "A Mirror with Two Sides: Authoritarian Populism and Disinformation in Egypt and Tunisia" by Majd Abuamer.The translation section includes Adam Przeworski's " Who Decides What Is Democratic?" translated by Abdou Moussa El-Bermawy. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from 1 September to 31 October 2024. Additionally, it features Reem Al-Sameai's review of Strategic Hedging in Iran's Policy toward the United States by Ola Rafiq Mansour and Ayman Ibrahim Al-Dessouki.
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Issue 070
Vol. 12 No. 070 (2024)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 70th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This special issue, titled "Elections in the Arab World: Understanding Behaviour and Interpreting Results," opens with an introduction by the editor, Abdelkarim Amengay, and includes several contributions: Mark Tessler's article titled "Does Voting in Elections Strengthen Democratic Political Culture? Evidence from Survey Research in Six Arab Countries"; Abdelkarim Amengay and Yasmine Lahnin's "Individual Motives for Voter Turnout in the Arab World: What Impact Does the Evaluation of the Political System's Democratic Level Have?"; Faisal H Mahbob's "The Electoral System and Political Crisis in Tunisia (2011–2021): Could the Electoral Threshold Have Created Stable Governments?"; and Ali Bin Musa's "The 2012 General National Congress Elections in Libya: An Analysis of Electoral Dynamics and Implications." The translation section includes the article "Elections Under Authoritarianism" by Jennifer Gandhi and Ellen Lust-Okar, translated by Hassane Hjij. The issue also documents key developments in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine during the period from 1 July to 31 August 2024. It further features Khadija Oubedda's review of Gail J Buttorf's "Authoritarian Elections and Opposition Groups in the Arab World," and Brahim Chlaih's review of "Legislative and Presidential Elections in Tunisia 2019: Politics, Electoral Behaviors and Elite Activism," edited by Mehdi Mabrouk.
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Issue 069
Vol. 12 No. 069 (2024)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 69th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “The Epistemic Violence of Positivist Theories of International Relations: Breaking Free of the Single Narrative” by Lourdes Habash; “Political Culture and Democratic Transition in Tunisia” by Chaker Houki; “The Military and the Sudanese State: A Recurring Syndrome of Governance” by Hani Mousa; “Political Organizations as Social Expressions: The Urban Poor, the Rise of Social Islam, and the Cases of the Moroccan Justice and Charity Group and the Unity and Reform Movement" by Rachid Jarmouni; “The Competition between the United States, Russia, and China over Latin America" by Atwa Imteer. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from 1 May to 30 June 2024. Additionally, it features Mounir Kchaou's review of Spin Dictators by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.
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Issue 068
Vol. 12 No. 068 (2024)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 68th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This special issue, titled "Realism in International Relations: Theoretical Reviews through Arab Cases," opens with an introduction by the editor, Ahmed Qasem Hussein, followed by the following articles: "Armament and the Security Dilemma in the Maghreb: Algerian-Moroccan Rivalry" by Abdennour Benantar; "Deterrence and Revisionist States from a Realist Perspective: The Renaissance Dam Crisis as a Model" by Marwa Fekry; "The Limits of Realism in Explaining the Institutionalization of the Arab League and the Arab Monetary Fund: From the Prisoner's Dilemma to Cooperative Game Theory" by Mohamed Khemis; "Saudi-Iranian Rivalry and the Gulf Security Dilemma" by Madoukh Ajmi Al-Otaibi; "The Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Arab Region from a Realist Perspective" by Ali Bakeer. This issue also includes documentation of key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from March 1 to April 30, 2024. Additionally, it features Aicha Belhaj's review of The Question of the State: Philosophy, Theory, and Context by Azmi Bishara, as well as Nouhaila Soufi's review of From Post-democracy to Neo-democracy by Klaus von Beyme."
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Issue 067
Vol. 12 No. 067 (2024)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 67th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes the following articles “Between Revolution and Democracy: The Philosophical Backgrounds of French Radical Left Thought” by Mounir Kchaou; “Societal Polarization and Academic Freedom in the Time of Symbolic Liberalism” by Sari Hanafi; “Reconsidering Political Culture through Pierre Bourdieu's Sociological Theory: Palestine after the 2007 Political Division” by Hasan Obaid; “The Power of Historicization and the Historicization of Power for Violent Rebellions: Critical reflections on Egypt's 1968, 1977, and 1986 Uprisings” by Naglaa Mekkawi; “The Problematic Division of Intra-Military Relations During the Separation Phase in Syria (1961-1963)” by Rana Barout.The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/1-29/2/2024. The issue ends with Yasmine Dhaouadi’s The Algerian Hirak: A Look back at an Unprecedented Protest Movement (originally in French) edited by Salim Chena, Abdennour Benantar and Louisa Dris-Aït Hamadouche.
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Issue 066
Vol. 12 No. 066 (2024)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 66th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This issue features six studies from a special issue on Egypt's political regime transformations since 2013. The articles include an introduction by the guest editors, Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady, in addition to “In Search of Legitimacy” by Bruce Rutherford; “Patriotism Without Citizenship: Non-electoral Legitimacy of the Post-July 2013 Egyptian Regime” by Mohammad Affan; “The New Republic: Old Visions, Unfulfilled Promises” by Emad El-Din Shahin and Abdelrahman Mohamed; “Civil-military Relations in Egypt and the Regime's Survival Strategies” by Abdel-Fattah Mady; “The Role of the Police in Egyptian's Counter-revolution” by Hossam el-Hamalawy; and “Economic Causes, Consequences, and Prospects of Sisi's New Egypt” by Robert Springborg.The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/11-31/12/2023, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Yasmine Lahnin’s book review of Chinese Strategy towards the Arab Countries: Goals and Outcomes by Anas Khaled Al-Nasar.
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Issue 064-065
Vol. 11 No. 064-065 (2023)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 64th and 65th issues of issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issues include the following articles: "Redefining the Palestinian According to the Legislation of the State of Palestine and the Problem of Affecting the Representative Status of the PLO" by May Barakat and Yaser Amouri; "The Dual Functionality of Constitutional Judiciary in Authoritarian Regimes and the Palestinian Experience" by Rashad Twam and Asem Khalil; "International Water Law, International Agreements, and the Eastern Nile Dispute", by Sahar Farid Yousef; "Towards Constructing a Statistical Index to Measure Political Culture in Arab Countries: Which Methodology to Use in the Field of Political Sciences?" by Brahim Elmorchid, Elhoucine Chougrani, and Brahim Mansouri; "Populism in the US Politics: The Case of the Trump Administration (2017-2021)" by Faisal Abu Sulaib; "Economic Policies Towards Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of 1967" by Mtanes Shihadeh and Inas Khateeb; and "The Israeli Apartheid Regime Against the Palestinians in Law and Practice" by Nizar Ayoub.The translation section includes Kanchan Chandra's "What is Ethnic Identity? And does it Matter?" translated by Abdelkarim Amengay. The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/7 - 31/10/2023, Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/7 - 31/10/2023, and Palestine Over Four Months 1/7 - 31/10/2023. The issue ends with three book reviews: Abdelwahab El-Affendi's review of Problems of Democratization: A Comparative Theoretical and Applied Study by Azmi Bishara; Hoger Taher Tawfiq's review of Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development by Wadie Jwaideh; and Sarah Nasser and Sena Khateeb's review of Thorough Surveillance: The Genesis of Israeli Policies of Population Management, Surveillance and Political Control towards the Palestinian Minority by Ahmad H Sa'di.
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Issue 063
Vol. 11 No. 063 (2023)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 63rd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes the following articles " Digital Social Networks Challenges to Classical Political Culture Theory" by Hassane Hjij; "The Internet, Political Culture, and the Paradox of Collective Memory: The Case of the Egyptian January 25, 2011 Revolution" by Marwa Fekry and Amr Osman; "Tribalism, Regionalism, and the Stumbled Building of the Modern State in Libya" by Hani Mousa; "The Approach of Gulf Donor Countries Through the HDP Triple Nexus in Fragile and Conflict-affected Contexts: Reality, Challenges, and Prospects" by Wadee Alarabeed; "The Position of the Gulf States in the Belt and Road Initiative" by Emad Y. Kaddorah.The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/5-30/6/2023, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Basma Ahmad Sedki Dajan's book review of "Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict" by John B. Judis, and Asma Benmechirah's book review ofThe Struggle between Great Power in the Indo-Pacific: Reimagining the Strategic Map of Asia" by Abdelkader Dandan.
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Issue 062
Vol. 11 No. 062 (2023)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 62nd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue features six studies in a special issue on the water diplomacy and trans-boundary water conflicts. The articles include an introduction: "Transboundary Waters in the Arab Region: From Conflict to Benefit-Sharing and Regional Cooperation" by the guest editor of this issue Mohammad Al-Saidi, in addition to "Water Diplomacy: Its Importance and How Does It Work?" by Hussam Hussein, Zoe Campbell, Josephine Leather, and Patrick Ryce; "The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Evolution of International Water Law" by Joni Aasi; "The Iraqi - Syrian - Turkish Conflict Over the Tigris and Euphrates Waters: A Geopolitical Reading" by Abdelkarim Daoud; "Towards Understanding the Water Conflict in the Eastern Nile: The GERD Issue and Common Misconceptions" by Mohammad Al-Saidi, and Mohammed Basheer; "Water in Egypt: A Complex Crisis with a Limited Response" by Ghassan ElKahlout; "Litani River as It Connects the Sects: Towards Better Rebuilding in Lebanon" Hussein Abdulmunim Amery. The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/3-30/4/2023, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Khaled Torki Alkhaldi's book review of The Horn of Africa: A Gulf Strategic Depth by Madoukh Ajmi Al-Otaibi.
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Issue 061
Vol. 11 No. 061 (2023)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 61st issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This issue features four studies in a special issue on the State of Political Science in the Arab World. This issue includes the following articles: “International Relations in the Arab World: A Social History of its Origins, Development and Current State of Affairs” by Sid Ahmed Goudjili; “Surveying the Field of International Relations in the Arab World: Realities and Challenges” by Ahmed Qasem Hussein; “Why is there No "Arab" International Relations Theory? Causes of the Deficiency of Arab Contributions into IR Theory” by Mekia Nedjar; “Teaching International Relations in the Arab World: Knowledge Production and Theoretical Challenges” by Bassel F Salloukh & May Darwich. The issue also contains the testimonial: “Originality and Renewal in Arab Political Science in Light of the Transformations of Today's World” by Antoine Nasri Messarra; and “The State of Political Science in Morocco” by Abdallah Saaf. The issue also contains the following documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/1-28/2/2023, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Mohammed Al-Shibani’s review of Populism and World Politics: Exploring Inter- and Transnational Dimensions, by Frank A. Stengel [et al.] (editors), and Mohammed Hemchi’s translation of The People Want: When Democracy is Eroded by Aymen Boughanmi. Amina Mostefa Della also provides a review of Complexity Theory of International Relations: An Introduction by Mohammed Hemchi.
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Issue 060
Vol. 11 No. 060 (2023)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 60th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue features five studies in a special issue on the State of Political Science in the Arab World. The articles include an introduction: "Political Science in the Arab World" by the guest editor of this issue Abdelwahab El-Affendi, in addition to "The State of Political Science in Egypt: The Experience of the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University" by Marwa Fikry; "Teaching Political Science in Sudanese Universities: Formation and Development" by Hassan Elhagali Ahmed and Yasir Awad Abdalla; "The Crisis Of The Political Science Major In The Algerian University: Paradoxes Of A Six-Decade Leap Since National Independence" by Abdelkader Abdelali, Lubna Jassas, and Qassem Hajjaj; "Transformations of Political Science in the Tunisian University: A Case Study of the Faculty of Law and Political Science" by Chaker Houki; and "The Marginalization of Quantitative Methods in Arab Political Science: Inferential Statistics as an Example" by Abdelkarim Amengay and Alan Aloskan.The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/11-30/12/2022, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Ahmed Qasem Hussein's book review of Methodological Issues in Political Science, History, Law, and Demography edited by Morad Diani.
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Issue 059
Vol. 10 No. 059 (2022)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 59th issue of its bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes the following articles: "The Neorealism Research Program between Progress and Degeneration: Reading in the Concepts of Anarchy and Balance" by Lourdes Habash and Roxana Salameh; "Regional Security Governance, Audience Expectations, and Foreign Policy Roles: North Africa's Demand that Tunisia Maintains its "Strategic Distance"" Imad Mansour and John Daniels Hicks; "Israeli Policy on the Iranian Nuclear Program at the Beginning of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's Term" by Mahmoud Muhareb; "A Quarter-Century of Algerian Counter-Terrorism: A Historical Analysis" by Tahar Saoud; "A Perspective on Climate Change/Conflicts Drivers Syndrome" by El Houcine Chougrani. The issue presents a translation of Kenneth Waltz's "Structural Realism after the Cold War," by Ahmed Qasem Hussein. Also included in this issue is the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/9-31/10/2022, along with select documents on Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue also contains Sofia Hnezla's review of Transitional Justice in Process: Plan in Politics in Tunisia by Mariam Salehi.
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Issue 058
Vol. 10 No. 058 (2022)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 58th issue of its bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This special issue dedicated to Sport and Politics includes the following articles: "Social Sciences and the Sport Phenomenon: Towards an Epistemological Map" by Haider Saeed; "Authoritarian Regimes' Performances in the Olympics: Does Regime Personalization Matter?" by Abdelkarim Amengay and Ammar Shamaileh; "Sports and International Relations: Thinking of Sports through the Lense of Positivism" by Ahmed Qasem Hussein; "World Cup 2022: A Space to Build a Global Qatari Identity" by Sena Khateeb. The issue presents a translation of Richard Gruneau's "Whither 'the People?': Populism, Ideology, and the Contested Politics of Sport," by Ali Abdul Samad. Also included in this issue is the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/7-31/8/2022, along with select documents on Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue also contains Mohammed Hemchi's review of Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change by Paul Michael Brannagan and Danyel Reiche. It concludes with Majd Abuamer's report Ukraine: Conventional and Unconventional Military Developments and Foreign Fighters.
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Issue 057
Vol. 10 No. 057 (2022)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 57th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This special issue dedicated to Sport and Politics, includes an introduction by Mahfouz Amara, “The Politics of Research as a Socially Constructed Process: A Constructivist Approach to Sport between Pluralism and Relativism.” This Issue also includes the following articles “The Rebellious Game” A Political History of Football in the Middle East and North Africa between the Global and the Local” by Jan Busse and René Wildangel; “Media and Sports as Tools for Building and Marketing National: Character: Case Study of Qatar” by Kamal Hamidou; “Measuring Countries' Capacities to use Sport as an Instrument of Soft Power: The World Sport Power Index” by Nadim Nassif; “The Evolution and Impact of the Sporting Boycott of Israel” by Ihab Maharmeh.The issue presents translations of two papers: Pierre Bourdieu’s “The state, economics and sport,” by Ali Hakim Salih and Ian Henry’s “The transferability of western principles and values in governance of sport” by Mohammed Hemchi. Also included in this issue is the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/5-30/6/2022, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World.The issue ends with Abdelkarim Amengay’s review of Populism in Sport, Leisure, and Popular Culture edited by Bryan Clift & Alan Tomlison.
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Issue 056
Vol. 10 No. 056 (2022)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 56th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This special issue on "Studies on the Horn of Africa," includes the articles: "Somalia's State-Building Project Dilemma: Obstacles and Structural Gaps" by Mohamed A. Razak Hussein & Tamer Qarmout; "The Development of Civil-Military Relations in Ethiopia" by Madoukh Ajmi Al-Otaibi; and "Understanding the Secession of Somaliland: History of the Formation and Failure of the Somali State (1960 - 1991)" by Suhaib Mahmoud. Also included is "Appraisal of India's Policy towards the Gulf Crisis (2017-2021)" by Emad Kaddorah; and "Exclusion Strategy and Sectarianization of the Idlib Governorate in Syria" by Samer Bakkour & Rama Sahtout. The issue presents a debate paper titled "The Decline of Grand Theory: A Critique of Analytical Eclecticism in International Relations," by Sidahmed Goudjili, followed by Mohammed Hemchi's paper "What Analytical Eclecticists do with Grand Theories: Collectors or Selectors?"The issue includes a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Hicham Raïq, "The Digital Divide and Political Apathy: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of a Sample of Arab Opinion Index Data." Also included in this issue is documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/3-30/4/2022, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World.The issue ends with Hikmat al-Abd al-Rahman's review of The European Union and the Arab Region: Problematic Issues from a Realist Perspective by Ahmed Qasem Hussein.
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Issue 055
Vol. 10 No. 055 (2022)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 55th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This special issue on "the 2019 Hirak movement in Algeria: Multiple Aspects," includes the following articles: "The Hirak Protest Movement in Algeria: Narratives and Counter Narratives" by Abdennour Benantar; "Algeria's Security Policy: Transformations and Dilemmas in the Context of Regional Unrest and Internal Protest" by Abdennour Benantar; "The Revival of National and Civil Reconstruction in Algeria from the Perspective of the Use of History and Identity in the Time of the Hirak" by Salim Chena; "The Political Economy and Democratic Transition in Algeria: Calculations of the Site and the Results of the Harvest," by Khaled Menna & Reda Hamza Boudjana; and "The External Factor and the Hirak Protest Movement in Algeria" by Arbi Boumediene. The issue includes a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Abdallah Houadef, "Algerian Public Opinion Trends Towards the Popular Hirak". Also included in this issue is a translation of Didier Le Saout's "The Hirak in Paris: The Staging 97 of a Revolution against the 'Algerian System'" by Lahcène Zeghdar. The issue includes the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/1-28/2/2022, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Ibrahim Rabaia's & Ammar Jamhour's review of Knowledge, Ideology, and Civilization: Understanding History by Ali Jarbawi.
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Issue 054
Vol. 10 No. 054 (2022)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 54nd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes the following articles "On Post-international Politics: Two Coexistent Systems or Neo-medievalism?" by Mohammed Hemchi and Adel Zeggagh; "Memory and Apology in Foreign Policy: When the Past Does not Pass" by Sarah Nasser; "The Sudanese Revolution and Prospects for Democratic Transition" by Eltigani Abdelgadir Hamid; and "The Conflict between Political Streams in the Syrian Military Establishment (1954-1958): Coups, and Political Pluralism" by Ahmed Mamoun. The issue includes a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Governance Center for Public Policies "The National Indicator for Democratic Transition in Iraq 2017-2021", followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/11-31/12/2021, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Abdel-Fattah Mady’s report review of “The Global State of Democracy 2021: Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era” by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and Said Bakkar’s book review "What is Populism?" by Azmi Bishara.
