Vol. 13 No. 077 (2025): Issue 077

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 77th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “The Security Dilemma of Influence: Shi'i Transnationalism and the Limits of Iranian Foreign Policy" by Mohammad R. Kalantari; “The 2023 Gaza War and U.S.–China Rivalry in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait" by Abdullah Rashid Al-Mursel; “Diaspora as a Political Sphere: Understanding the Emergence of Fatah in the Arab Gulf Countries" by Yara Nassar; “Settler Colonial Strategies in the West Bank: Between Elimination and Management" by Feras Ali Qawasmeh; and “The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Supporting Youth Participation in Peacebuilding in Yemen" by Shaimaa Barakat. The translation section includes “An Urban Political Ecology of Populism" by Joris Gort and Alex Loftus, translated by Saja Torman. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from September 1 to October 31, 2025. Additionally, it features Wajd Beshara's review of the book Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents by Rogers Brubaker.

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Published: 2025-11-01

Articles

  • The 2023 Gaza War and U.S.– China Rivalry in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait

    Author: Abdullah Rashid Al-Mursel
    26-41

    This study examines how the Gaza war, which erupted following the events of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on 7 October 2023, has reshaped maritime security dynamics and intensified geopolitical...

  • Diaspora as a Political Sphere: Understanding the Emergence of Fatah in the Arab Gulf Countries

    Author: Yara Nassar
    42-65

    This study explores the emergence of the Fatah movement in the Arab Gulf states, focusing on the political and social dynamics that shaped its development during the 1950s and 1960s.

  • The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Supporting Youth Participation in Peacebuilding in Yemen

    Author: Shaimaa Barakat
    86-102

    This study examines the role of civil society organizations in supporting and enhancing youth participation in peacebuilding within the current peace process in Yemen.

  • The Security Dilemma of Influence: Shi'i Transnationalism and the Limits of Iranian Foreign Policy

    Author: Mohammad R. Kalantari
    9-25

    This article examines Iran’s foreign policy as an extension of its revolutionary identity, explores the contradictions this approach generates, and analyzes how its pursuit of influence has...

  • Settler Colonial Strategies in the West Bank: Between Elimination and Management

    Author: Feras Ali Qawasmeh
    66-84

    This study analyzes the strategies of settler colonialism in the West Bank using interactive maps produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and...

  • An Urban Political Ecology of Populism

    Author: Joris Gort, Alex Loftus
    105-132

    In this paper we develop a relational understanding of populism informed by urban political ecology.

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    135-138

    ​​​​​​This report includes documentation of the main milestones in the process of democratic transformation in the Arab world during the period from September 1 to October 31, 2025.​​​​​

  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    139-147

    ​​​​​​This section highlights the most significant political document related to democratic transformation in the Arab world. In this issue, we present documents from Syria and Egypt covering...

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    148-152

    ​​​​​This report provides an account of the main Palestinian events related to the Arab-Israeli conflict during the period from September 1 to October 31, 2025.​​

  • On Hyperconnectivity and its Discontents

    Author: Wajd Beshara
    155-165

    Hyperconnectivity and its Discontents