Vol. 1 No. 003 (2013): Issue 003

​ACRPS has published issue 3 of the bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabia, a journal devoted to political science and international relations. This issue includes the following studies, articles, and reports: "Reflections on the Political Experience of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco" (Rachid Muqtadir); "Shale Oil in the United States: A Revolution on the Horizon" (Zouheir Hamedi); "Israel and the Horn of Africa" (Mahmoud Muhareb); "The Restructuring of the Yemeni Army" (Adel al-Shargabi); "The Road to Geneva and US Policy Setbacks" (ACRPS Syrian Studies Unit); "Changes in the International System and their Repercussions on the Arab Revolutions" (Nerouz Satik and Ahmad Qasim Hussein); "Egyptian Foreign Policy after the January Revolution" (Amr Abdul Ati); "Illiteracy and its Effect on Voting Behavior in Egypt" (Ahmad al-Maghazi); "Arab Public Opinion Trends Regarding other Arab Peoples and Inter-Arab Relations" (Mohammad al-Masri); and "What did Iraq do to Prevent the Danger of War?" (Naji Sabri). The issue also includes a record of milestones for democratic transition in the Arab world, Palestinian events, and reviews of the following books: The Virtual Public Sphere in the Syrian Revolution, reviewed by Wissam al-Nasir; The Yemeni Revolution: The Background and the Horizons, reviewed by Khalid Walid al-Mahmoud; The Crisis of Rule in Sudan, written by Ata al-Hasan al-Bathani and reviewed by Elnour Hamad; The Question of Syria's Kurds, reviewed by Hamzeh al-Mostafa; and Energy and its Influence on Russian Foreign Policy, reviewed by Zouheir Hamedi.

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Published: 2013-07-01

Articles

  • Reflections on the Political Experience of the Moroccan Justice and Development Party

    Author: Rachid Muqtadir
    5-17

    The political game in Morocco has set rules and the royal institution plays a central role in its use of an approach that seeks to maintain the main political balance through soft guidance.

  • Oil in the United States: A Revolution on the Horizon

    Author: Zouheir Hamedi
    18-36

    The phenomenon of shale oil has returned to the forefront of politics. Unconventional oil and gas have been known to exist for some time and are available in large quantities.

  • Israel and the Horn of Africa: Relations and Interventions

    Author: Mahmoud Muhareb
    37-49

    This study examines Israel’s relationship with countries in the Horn of Africa and surveys a series of interventions that have taken place

  • Restructuring the Yemeni Army

    Author: Adel al-Shargabi
    50-59

    Forty days after the outbreak of the Yemeni Revolution, on March 21, 2011, General Ali Mohsen Saleh al-Ahmar (commander of the northwestern military district and the 1st Armoured Division),

  • The Path to Geneva and the Unsettling of American Foreign Policy

    Author: Policy Analysis Unit- ACRPS
    60-67

    An agreement signed by the Russian Foreign Minister and his US counterpart in Moscow has taken observers by surprise due to its timing and the surrounding circumstances

  • Changes in the Structure of the International System and their Impact on the Arab Revolutions

    Author: Nerouz Satik, Ahmed Qasem Hussein
    68-83

    Multiple International Relations theories brand the international system as anarchist. What is meant by anarchy here is the absence of a central authority

  • Egyptian Foreign Policy after the January Revolution: Between Continuity and Change

    Author: Amr Abdul Ati
    84-91

    Although foreign policy issues were not among the most conspicuous slogans adopted by the protesters during the revolution,

  • The Role of Illiteracy in Egyptian Voting: A Study of the 2012 Egyptian Constitutional Referendum

    Author: Ahmad al-Maghazi
    92-104

    Analyses differ on the impact of illiteracy on political consciousness, in particular when it comes to understanding the result of the referendum on Egypt’s new constitution

  • What did Iraq do to Ward off the Threat of War?

    Author: Naji Sabri
    135-142

    Iraq’s former foreign minister Naji Sabri al-Hadithi provides an account of the details of the campaign led by the United States against Iraq

  • Arab Attitudes towards Intra-Arab Relations

    Author: Mohammed al-Masri
    107-119

    This paper explores public attitudes to pan-Arab issues, specifically, the question of intra-Arab relations and intra-Arab cooperation

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in Arab World

    123-127

    This report highlights some of the major milestones of the Arab democratic transition. The countries covered include Tunisia, Egypt, Libya,Syria and Yemen.

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    128-131

    يتضمن هذا التقرير توثيقًا لأهم أحداث القضية الفلسطينيّة والصراع العربيّ الإسرائيلي في الفترة 1/3/2013 – 16/5/2013

  • The Virtual Public Sphere in the Syrian Revolution

    Author: Wissam al-Nasser
    145-155

    The Virtual Public Sphere in the Syrian Revolution

  • The Yemeni Revolution: Background and Prospects

    Author: Khalid Walid Mahmoud
    156-159

    The Yemeni Revolution: Background and Prospects

  • The Governance Crisis in Sudan: Crisis of Hegemony or Hegemony of Crisis?

    Author: Elnour Hamad
    160-166

    أThe Governance Crisis in Sudan: Crisis of Hegemony or Hegemony of Crisis?

  • The Syrian Kurds: Reality, History, Myth

    Author: Hamzeh Almoustafa
    167-169

    The Syrian Kurds: Reality, History, Myth

  • Russian Energy, Power, and Foreign Relations: Implications for Conflict and Cooperation

    Author: Zouheir Hamedi
    170-172

    Russian Energy, Power, and Foreign Relations