Vol. 10 No. 058 (2022): Issue 058

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 58th issue of its bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This special issue dedicated to Sport and Politics includes the following articles: "Social Sciences and the Sport Phenomenon: Towards an Epistemological Map" by Haider Saeed; "Authoritarian Regimes' Performances in the Olympics: Does Regime Personalization Matter?" by Abdelkarim Amengay and Ammar Shamaileh; "Sports and International Relations: Thinking of Sports through the Lense of Positivism" by Ahmed Qasem Hussein; "World Cup 2022: A Space to Build a Global Qatari Identity" by Sena Khateeb. The issue presents a translation of Richard Gruneau's "Whither 'the People?': Populism, Ideology, and the Contested Politics of Sport," by Ali Abdul Samad. Also included in this issue is the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/7-31/8/2022, along with select documents on Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue also contains Mohammed Hemchi's review of Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change by Paul Michael Brannagan and Danyel Reiche. It concludes with Majd Abuamer's report Ukraine: Conventional and Unconventional Military Developments and Foreign Fighters.

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Published: 2022-09-01

Articles

  • Authoritarian Regimes' Performances in the Olympics: Does Regime Personalization Matter?

    Author: Abdelkarim Amengay, Ammar Shamaileh
    32-53

    This study analyzes the link between authoritarian regimes and sports by studying the role of the Olympic Games as a political platform and exploring the impact of regime personalization on...

  • Sports and International Relations: Thinking of Sports Through the Lenses of Positivism

    Author: Ahmed Qasem Hussein
    55-73

    This paper seeks to shed light on the impact of the sports phenomenon on international politics and how it can be thought of through the lenses of positivist approaches in the field of...

  • Qatar and the World Cup of 2022 from the Perspective of the Constructivism Approach in International Relations

    Author: Mohammed Hemchi
    137-146

    This book offers an in-depth examination of Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup through an international relations lens. It explores Qatar's objectives, mostly at the international level, that...

  • Social Sciences and the Sport Phenomenon: Towards an Epistemological Map

    Author: Haider Saeed
    7-31

    This paper explores the emergence of social sciences studying sports phenomena, efforts to research and understand sports, and growing interest in cultural studies of sports.

  • World Cup 2022: A Space to Build a Glocal Qatari Identity

    Author: Sena Khateeb
    75-86

    This study investigates the use of sports in promoting national identity. It explores how the intersection between soft power and nation branding helps shape and project national identity, and...

  • Whither ‘the People?’: Populism, Ideology, and the Contested Politics of Sport

    Author: Ali Abdul Samad, Richard Gruneau
    89-100

    The study examines how populist leaders employ the concept of “the people” through their engagement with sport, and how this concepts of intertwine with broader struggles over ideology and...

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    103-110

    This report includes documentation of the most prominent democratic transition stations in the Arab world during the period from July 1 to August 31, 2022.

  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    111-129

    This section lists the most prominent political documents related to the democratic transition in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish a number of documents from Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya...

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    130-134

    This report includes documentation of the most important Palestinian facts and events related to the Arab-Israeli conflict in the period from July 1 to August 31, 2022.

  • Ukraine: Conventional and Unconventional Military Developments and Foreign Fighters

    Author: Majd Abuamer
    149-155

    The Strategic Studies Unit Conference of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies held a symposium on August 29, 2022, entitled 'Ukraine: Conventional and Unconventional Military...