Vol. 3 No. 015 (2015): Issue 015

​ACRPS has published issue 15 of the bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabia, a journal devoted to political science and international relations. This issue includes the following studies and articles: “American National Security Policy” (Mohammed Mutawa); “A Decentralized Unified Regime: A Possible Model for a Middle Ground in Somalia” (Afyare Elmi); “Russia and Turkey: Developing Relations and Competing Aspirations in the Arab Region” (Emad Kaddoura); “Is the Division of the Arab Mashreq States Possible?” (Nerouz Satik); “The Securitization of Illegal migration in European Policy: Motives and Implications” (Morsi Moshiri); “Collective Diplomacy between Respect for State Sovereignty and Intervention for Humanitarian Purposes” (Fatima Golmane); “Conformity and Divergence in the Position on the Palestinian Issue of the Five Permanent Members of the Security Council 1979-2003” (Rowaid Abu Amsha); “Hamas and the Adoption of the Law on Secret Evidence in the European Courts” (Adib Ziyadeh); “The Fourth Netanyahu Government: the Narrowest and Most Extreme” (Mohammed Muhareb); “A Reading of the Turkish Election Results” (Oktay Yilmaz); and “Views of the Palestinians inside Israel on the Performance of the Israeli Government” (Aas Atrash and Ameed Saabana).In the book review and notices section there are: Abdel-Rahman al-Siraj’s review of Hard Choices; Azzam Amin’s review of Comment Sortir de l'Emprise Djihadiste? Mustapha Ait Kharouach’s review of “The Spirit of Democracy: the Fight to Build Free Societies”; and Nerouz Satik’s review of “US policy and the Management of International Crises”. The journal also covers the most important milestones of democratic transformation in the Arab world and events in Palestine during May and June 2015.

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Published: 2015-07-01

Articles

  • US National Security Strategy (2015): Major Features and Indicators of Change

    Author: Mohammed Mutawa
    5-19

    An analysis of the strategic documents produced by the United States can play a significant role in understanding the comprehensive visions of successive administrations in dealing with the...

  • A Unified Decentralized System: Possible Model for a Middle Ground in Somalia

    Author: Afyare Elmi
    20-35

    The debate over the most appropriate model for governing Somalia continues. This article begins by synthetizing that debate using interviews, discussion groups

  • Russia and Turkey: Advanced Relations and Competing Ambitions in the Arab Region

    Author: Emad Y. Kaddorah
    37-46

    This paper shall explore the historic shift in relations which has brought Russia and Turkey closer together, with a focus on the domains in which these two powers now cooperate

  • Can the Countries of the Levant be Partitioned?

    Author: Nerouz Satik
    47-60

    Given the unrest boiling in the region, this paper considers the possibility of partitioning the countries of the Levant. Given the state of affairs and current political indicators in Syria and...

  • The Securitization of Illegal Immigration in European Policies: Motives and Implications

    Author: Morsi Moshiri
    61-72

    Illegal immigration is one of the key threats faced by European countries mid-way through the first decade of the new millennium. The continued flow of vast numbers of migrants

  • Collective Diplomacy: Between Respect for State Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention

    Author: Fatima Golmane
    74-80

    Since 2011, Arab countries have witnessed uprisings that changed the course of contemporary politics. These uprisings, however, have varied in nature in accordance to social environment

  • Intervention for Humanitarian Purposes - Crisis Management - Convergence and Divergence of UN Security Council Members vis-à

    Author: Rowaid Abu Amsha
    81-97

    This paper examines the positions of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council vis-à-vis the Palestinian issue between 1979 and 2013. Using the voting patterns

  • Hamas and the Adoption of the

    Author: Adeeb Ziadeh
    98-106

    As the first study to address the very recent issue “secret evidence,” this paper relies on primary and unstudied sources. It reviews the context of recent changes

  • Netanyhau’s Fourth Cabinet: His Most Extremist Yet

    Author: Mahmoud Muhareb
    107-113

    This paper’s primary argument is that Netanyahu’s fourth term as Prime Minister will see him lead a cabinet which will as yet be his most extreme and the most

  • A Reading of the Results of the Turkish Parliamentary Elections

    Author: Oktay Yilmaz
    114-121

    The results of the June 15, 2015 parliamentary elections in Turkey have taken observers by surprise. While pollsters had predicted that Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party

  • Israeli Government Performance: the View from Palestinians behind the Green Line

    Author: Aas Atrash, Ameed Saabana
    125-133

    This paper explores the findings of a general opinion survey conducted among Palestinian citizens of Israel. Findings reveal that the respondents are generally unsatisfied with governmental...

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in Arab World

    137-142

    This report highlights some of the major milestones of the Arab democratic transition. The countries covered include Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    143-149

    This report chronicles some of the most significant developments relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

  • Hard Choices

    Author: Abdel-Rahman al-Siraj
    153-158

    العنوان الأصلي: Hard Choices العنوان بالعربية: خيارات صعبة.

  • Salvation from Jihadist Usurpers

    Author: Azzam Amin
    159-163

    العنوان الأصلي: Comment Sortir de l'Emprise Djihadiste? العنوان بالعربية: كيف يكون الخلاص من الاستلاب الجهادي؟

  • The Spirit of Democracy: Fight to Build Free Societies

    Author: Mustapha Ait Kharouach
    165-171

    Book Title: The Spirit of Democracy: Fight to Build Free Societies [Arabic] Original Title: The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World Publisher: Arab...

  • US policy and the Management of International Crises (Iran—Iraq—Syria—Lebanon as examples)

    Author: Nerouz Satik
    172-174

    Book Title: US policy and the Management of International Crises (Iran—Iraq—Syria—Lebanon as examples) [Arabic] Author: Abada Mohammed Tamer Year of publication: 2015