Vol. 12 No. 069 (2024): Issue 069

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 69th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “The Epistemic Violence of Positivist Theories of International Relations: Breaking Free of the Single Narrative” by Lourdes Habash; “Political Culture and Democratic Transition in Tunisia” by Chaker Houki; “The Military and the Sudanese State: A Recurring Syndrome of Governance” by Hani Mousa; “Political Organizations as Social Expressions: The Urban Poor, the Rise of Social Islam, and the Cases of the Moroccan Justice and Charity Group and the Unity and Reform Movement" by Rachid Jarmouni; “The Competition between the United States, Russia, and China over Latin America" by Atwa Imteer. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from 1 May to 30 June 2024. Additionally, it features Mounir Kchaou's review of Spin Dictators by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.

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Published: 2024-07-01

Articles

  • The Epistemic Violence of Positivist Theories of International Relations: Breaking Free of the Single Narrative

    Author: Lourdes Habash
    9-27

    This study explores epistemic violence afflicting the field of international relations and the way it relates to Eurocentrism. It probes the consequences this has had for international relations...

  • Political Organizations as Social Expressions: The Urban Poor, the Rise of Social Islam, and the Cases of Justice and Charity Group and the Unity and Reform

    Author: Rachid Jarmouni

    This paper discusses the proposition of the rise of social Islam in Morocco by studying the country's two largest political Islam movements, the Justice and Charity Association and the Unity and...

  • Spin Dictators

    Author: Mounir Kchaou
    121-130

    Spin Dictators explores a new breed of dictators, growing in prevalence in recent years, who exploit the vast potential of the information age to tighten control and surveillance over society...

  • Political Culture and Democratic Transition in Tunisia

    Author: Chaker Houki
    28-45

    This paper argues that the absence of a minimum level of political culture has contributed to the fragility of the transitional process in Tunisia, making democracy vulnerable to failure and to...

  • The Military and the Sudanese State: A Recurring Syndrome of Governance

    Author: Hani Mousa
    47-65

    This study addresses a longstanding and renewed subject in the case of Sudan: the continual interference of military formations and elites and the instability of post-independence civil...

  • The Competition between the United States, Russia, and China over Latin America

    Author: Atwa Imteer
    85-102

    This paper discusses international competition in Latin America between the United States, Russia, and China.

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    105-107

    This report documents the most prominent stages of democratic transformation in the Arab world from 1 May to 30 June 2024.

  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    108-112

    This section tracks the most significant political documents related to democratic transformation in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish two documents from Tunisia covering the period from...

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    113-118

    This report documents the most significant Palestinian events and facts related to the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1 May to 30 June 2024.