Vol. 6 No. 033 (2018): Issue 033

The thirty-third issue of Siyasat Arabiya, the bi-monthly Political Science and International Relations journal published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, is now available. This edition includes the studies "Sinai's Insurgency: Implications of Enhanced Guerilla Warfare" by Omar Ashour; "The New Approach to the Kurdish Issue in Turkey" by Emad Kaddorah; "The Federal State Option in Yemen: Backgrounds, Justifications and the Challenges of Transition" by Adnan Yassin Al-Maktary; "The Experience of Palestinian Technocrats: The Governments of Hamdallah as a Case Study" by Ihab Maharmeh; "Measuring the State's Economic Power Adopting the Delphi Technique in the Study of the Reality of the Arab Countries 2015, Compared to the Regional Countries" by Bashar A. AL-Iraqi; "Ownership of Media and the Impact on the Independence of Journalistic Content: the Case of Sudan" by Nada Amin.In addition, Siyasat Arabiya 33 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 "An Arab Assessment of Iranian Foreign Policy", written by Dana El Kurd. "Milestones in the Arab Democratic Transition" and "Palestine over Two Months" for May and June 2018 are further regular sections included in every edition of Siyasat Arabiya. Book reviews published in Siyasat Arabiya 33 include "The Adnan Abou Awda Diaries: What was Left Unsaid" by Main Al Taher.

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Published: 2018-07-01

Articles

  • Sinai’s Insurgency: Implications of Enhanced Guerilla Warfare

    Author: Omar Ashour
    7-21

    This paper relies on the academic literature on rebel movements and armed rebellions to better the insurrection presently underway in the Egyptian provinces of the Sinai.

  • The Federal State Option in Yemen: Backgrounds, Justifications and the Challenges of Transition

    Author: Adnan Yassin Al-Maktary
    34-48

    This study tackles the structure of the Yemeni state, focusing on the potential for federalism in the country. The author concludes that any political settlement will inevitable move towards...

  • The Adnan Abou Awda Diaries: What was Left Unsaid

    Author: Moueen Al-Taher
    139-146

    This review addresses the diary of Adnan Abu Odeh, which has not yet received a thorough study of researchers benefit from what he said in a deeper understanding the changes in the Arab...

  • The New Approach to the Kurdish Issue in Turkey

    Author: Emad Y. Kaddorah
    22-33

    Following a return to armed conflict, the Turkish authorities abandoned, in 2015, a policy of political reconciliation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

  • The Experience of Palestinian Technocrats: The Governments of Hamdallah as a Case Study

    Author: Ihab Maharmeh
    49-67

    This study discusses successive Palestinian governments and provides a reading of their features, focusing on the 15th, 16th and 17th governments, five years after Rami Hamdallah became prime...

  • Measuring the State's Economic Power Adopting the Delphi Technique in the Study of the Reality of the Arab Countries 2015, Compared to the Regional Countries

    Author: Bashar A. AL-Iraqi
    68-92

    The economic indicators which define inter-Arab economic, political and social diversity, as well as the differences between the Arab countries and their neighbouring countries serve to define...

  • Ownership of Media and the Impact on the Independence of Journalistic Content: the Case of Sudan

    Author: Nada Amin
    93-116

    This paper methodically studies the relationship between the functions of media organizations and their ownership.

  • An Arab Assessment of Iranian Foreign Policy

    Author: Dana El Kurd
    119-125

    The Arab Opinion Index data provides a look at a number of important issues, including assessments of foreign policy.

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    129-132

    Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    133-136

    Palestine Over Two Months