Vol. 7 No. 040 (2019): Issue 040

​The ACRPS has published the 40th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes the study "Populism and the Permanent Crisis of Democracy" by Azmi Bishara and a special report called “US-Gulf International Relations: Realist Approaches”. Other articles include “The New Patterns of US-Gulf Relations and the Crises in the Middle East Under Trump’s Administration” by Anthony H. Cordesman; “Qatari-US Relations: Limits of Compatibility and Differences” by Marwan Kabalan; “The Limitations of US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East” by Ross Harrison; “Saudi-US Relations and their Transformations: Risks and Probabilities” by Mohamed Elmenshawy; “Security Relations between the United States and the Gulf States: The Evolution of Regional Perspectives in an Age of Uncertainty” by Rory Miller; and “Between Wealth and Power: The Political Economy of US Energy Policy in the Gulf” by Rabah Zaghouni. Also covered in this issue is Arab Opinion Index commentary by Dana El Kurd, who writes about “US Policy in Arab Gulf Opinion: Data from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait”. The Documentation section explores Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/7/2019 - 31/8/2019 and Documents about Democratic Transition in the Arab Region, as well as the regular installment of Palestine Over Two Months 1/5/2019 - 30/6/2019. Finally, Ahmed Qasem Hussein provides a book review of US Policy and International Crisis Management (The Cases of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon) by Abbada Mohammed al-Tamer.

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Published: 2019-09-01

Articles

  • Populism and the Permanent Crisis of Democracy

    Author: Azmi Bishara
    7-34

    This study is belief that there is a crisis in contemporary liberal democracy with the spread of right-wing populism in the West is not a new, but rather a new manifestation of what may be...

  • Qatari-US Relations: Limits of Compatibility and Differences

    Author: Marwan Kabalan
    53-71

    This study explores the origins of Qatari-US relations, the foundations on which they are based, and the rules that govern them. It begins by examining relations between the two countries from...

  • US Policy and International Crisis Management (The Cases of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon)

    Author: Ahmed Qasem Hussein
    157-163

    This book comes to complement the findings of previous research projects in the crises in the Middle East, the American treatment of them, and the impact of the cultural and intellectual...

  • The New Patterns of US-Gulf Relations and the Crises in the Middle East Under Trump’s Administration

    Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
    37-52

    تُفسّر هذه الدراسة أسباب استمرار علاقات الولايات المتحدة الوثيقة بشركائها العرب في منطقة الخليج.

  • The Limitations of US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East

    Author: Ross Harrison
    72-82

    ادل هذه الدراسة بأن مفهوم توازن القوى التقليدي، وفق المقاربة الواقعية في العلاقات الدولية الذي تعتمد عليه الإدارات الأميركية في ضمان مصالحها في المنطقة، قد عفا عليه الزمن.

  • Saudi-US Relations and their Transformations: Risks and Probabilities

    Author: Mohamed Elmenshawy
    83-96
  • Security Relations between the United States and the Gulf States: The Evolution of Regional Perspectives in an Age of Uncert

    Author: Rory Miller
    97-111

    ترى هذه الدراسة أن الارتماء في أحضان الولايات المتحدة الأميركية، بصفتها ركيزة أساسية من ركائز الأمن والدفاع، أدّى إلى إهمال دول الخليج العربية بدرجات متفاوتة، وأفقدها عملية بناء قدرة أمنية...

  • Between Wealth and Power: The Political Economy of US Energy Policy in the Gulf

    Author: Rabah Zeghouni
    112-126

    تعالج الدراسة موضوع الثروة والقوة لسياسة الطاقة الأميركية في منطقة الخليج العربي وفق مقاربة الاقتصاد السياسي الدولي، الذي يفترض علاقة التأثير المتبادل بين السوق والسياسة الخارجية.

  • US Policy in Arab Gulf Opinion: Data from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

    Author: Dana El Kurd
    129-131

    يهدف هذا التقرير إلى عرض نتائج استطلاع آراء السعوديين والكويتيين تجاه سياسة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية في المنطقة العربية.

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    135-138

    ​يتضمن هذا التقرير توثيقًا لأبرز محطات التحول الديمقراطي في الوطن العربي، في المدة 2019/7/1 - 2019/8/31.

  • Documents about Democratic Transition in the Arab Region

    Author: The Project of Democratic Transformation and Transition Phases in The Arab Countries
    139-150

    ​يرصد هذا البابُ أبرزَ الوثائق السياسية ذات الصِّلة بالتحول الديمقراطي في الوطن العربي. وننشر، هنا، الوثائقَ الخاصة بالحراك الاحتجاجي في السودان، التي أنتجتها الأطرافُ الفاعلة . فيه، خلال شهري...

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    151-154