Vol. 6 No. 031 (2018): Issue 031

The thirty-first edition of Siyasat Arabiya, a bi-monthly political science journal, published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies is now available. This edition includes the studies “China, Russia and the United States: Understanding the Emergence of a Tri-polar World Order” by Ali Jarbawi; “Political Stability in the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council: the Challenge of Migration and Population Instability” by Ahmed Mohamed Abozaid; and “Resource Conflicts and Survival Instincts: Border Issues between Sudan and South Sudan” by Osama Ahmed Idrouss.A special section on the Latest Wave of Arab protests contains two studies: “The Moroccan Rif Uprising:  Context and Characteristics” by Omar Iharchane; and “The Lebanese Civil Movement Activists: A Common Cause for Contradictory Backgrounds” by Maryz Younes. In addition, Siyasat Arabiya 30 covered findings from the Arab Opinion Index, the annual public opinion survey administered by the ACRPS, as part of a regular series of articles from the Siyasat Arabiya team. This edition’s report was devoted to “Palestinian Public Opinion: Latest Trends”, written by Dana El Kurd.  “Milestones in the Arab Democratic Transition” and “Palestine over Two Months” for January and February 2018 are further regular sections included in every edition of Siyasat Arabiya.  Book reviews published in Siyasat Arabiya 30 include Mohamed Hamchi’s reading of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies; and Samir Seifan’s review of The European Dream by Jeremy Rifkin. Finally, Siyasat Arabiya includes coverage of the proceedings of the academic forum hosted by the ACRPS “Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The Legal and Political Significance”, prepared by Ihab Mharmeh

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Published: 2018-03-01

Articles

  • China, Russia and the United States: Understanding the Emergence of a Tri-polar World Order

    Author: Ali Jarbawi
    7-22

    This article is a contribution to the ongoing debate regarding the changing dynamics of global power relations.

  • Political Stability in the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council: the Challenge of Migration and Population Instabil

    Author: Ahmed Abu-Zaid
    23-46

    Beside the military and external challenges, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are facing serious domestic non-conventional challenges.

  • “Critical Terrorism Studies as an Emerging Discipline Review of Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies”

    Author: Mohammed Hemchi
    119-128
  • Resource Conflicts and Survival Instincts: Border Issues between Sudan and South Sudan

    Author: Osama Ahmed Idrouss
    48-63

    This paper analyzes border issues between Sudan and South Sudan, since the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement .

  • The Moroccan Rif Uprising: Context and Characteristics

    Author: Omar Iharchane
    67-80

    This study explores protest dynamics in Morocco following the 'Arab Spring'

  • The Lebanese Civil Movement Activists A Common Cause for Contradictory Backgrounds

    Author: Maryz Younes
    81-92

    This paper seeks to understand the feasibility of genuine democratization within Lebanon as a result of youth political activism.

  • Palestinian Public Opinion: Latest Trends

    Author: Dana El Kurd
    95-104
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    107-110

    يرصــد هــذا التقريــر أبــرز محطــات التحــول الديمقراطــي فــي الوطــن العربــي فــي المــدة 1 كانون الثاني/ يناير - 28 شباط/ فبراير 2018.

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    111-115

    1 كانون الثاني/ يناير - 28 شباط/ فبراير 2018.

  • Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The Legal and Political Significance""

    Author: Ihab Maharmeh
    141-146
  • "The European Dream"

    Author: Samir Saifan
    129-138