Vol. 14 No. 079 (2026): Issue 079

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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.​

Published: 2026-03-01
Issue totals:201 views181 downloads

Articles

  • Iranian Foreign and Security Policies and the Twelve-Day War: Realism, Idealism, or Domestic Politics? 101 views82 downloads

    Author: Mehran Kamrava
    9-23
    Despite the sharp and often uncompromising rhetoric that accompanies it, Iran's foreign policy is deeply pragmatic and is guided by practical, strategic considerations and objectives. Especially...

  • Media Representations of the Israeli Military in the U. S. Elite Press: Discourse of Ethics and Power 16 views16 downloads

    Author: Basim Tweissi
    42-59
    This study examined representations of the Israeli military establishment in the U. S. elite press, focusing on aspects of power and morality. it poses a key question: How did the Israeli military...

  • Dysfunction as Order: The Limits of Method in Political Science from a Batesonian Perspective 10 views7 downloads

    Author: Taha Lahmidani
    79-90
    This article addresses an epistemological question related to the methodological impasse in political science through a reading of selected conceptual orientations in Gregory Bateson's thought. It...

  • Leveraging Sports Diplomacy for Soft Power: Qatar as a Case Study 11 views7 downloads

    Author: Hiba Amir
    24-40
    This study explores the use of sports as a diplomatic soft power tool employed by states to achieve foreign policy objectives. It adopts a constructivist framework that highlights the role of...

  • The Culture of Networked Communities and Its Impact on Political Action in Morocco 9 views9 downloads

    Author: Bouchra Zougagh
    60-77
    This study employs digital sociology approaches to trace networked communities and the contexts of their formation, development, or disintegration in relation to the social and political...

  • Dynastic International Relations: Understanding Race and the Crisis of Liberal Order Through Ibn Khaldun 20 views13 downloads

    Author: Faiz Sheikh, Owen David Thomas; Michael Medhat Youssef (Translator)
    93-119
    This paper offers insights into the Crisis of Liberal International Order by combining Ibn Khaldun's theory of change with scholarship on liberalism and race. We argue that the crisis emerges from...

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 5 views10 downloads

    123-126
    This report includes documentation of the key milestones of democratic transition in the Arab world during the period from 1 January to 28 February 2026.

  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World 5 views13 downloads

    127-131
    This section reviews the most significant political documents related to democratic transition in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish a selection of documents from Yemen and Syria, covering...

  • Palestine Over Two Months 10 views15 downloads

    132-148
    This report includes documentation of the most significant Palestinian developments and events related to the Arab-Israeli Conflict, covering the period from 1 January to 28 February 2026.

  • Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria 13 views9 downloads

    Author: Mahmood Alhosain
    139-148
    Title (original): Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria.