Vol. 1 No. 005 (2013): Issue 005

​ACRPS has published issue 5 of the bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabia, a journal devoted to political science and international relations. This issue features the following studies and articles: “The Russian-American Agreement for Syrian Chemical Weapons Disarmament” (Saleh al-Naamani); “The Chemical Deal: The Way Out Obama Wants” (ACRPS Policy Analysis Unit); “After the Chemical Deal: An Attempt to Rehabilitate al-Assad?” (ACRPS Policy Analysis Unit); “The American-Iranian Rapprochement: Background and Prospects for its Success” (ACRPS Policy Analysis Unit); “Israeli Concerns over Possible US-Iranian Rapprochement” (ACRPS Policy Analysis Unit); “Relations between Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah and their Impact upon the Lebanese State” (Marwa Albadri); “The Morale Factor in Gulf Cooperation Council States and its Impact on the Assessment of State Strength” (Nawar Hashem); “The Nusra  Front: From its Founding to Current Divisions” (Hamzeh al-Mustafa); ”Egyptian Soft Power: Between Ascendancy and Retreat” (Ahmad Abu Zeid); “Transitional Justice and Political Transformations in Morocco” (Kamal Abdellatif); “Pillars of China’s Foreign Policy in Africa” (Tawfiq Abdulsadeq); “Cyber-attacks and the Internet” (Khaled Walid Mahmoud); “Resolving Environmental Disputes According to International Law” (Lhoucine Chakrani); and “Public Opinion and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons” (Mohammed al-Masri). book review section features Hamzeh al-Moustafa’s review of Dr. Azmi Bishara’s Syria’s Via Dolorosa to Freedom by Hamzeh al-Mustafa; and Khaled al-Aswar’s review of the book Egypt and its Islamists after the January 25 Revolution. Suhaim Al Thani’s presents A Line in the Sand and Walid Khaled Ahmed reviews The Hashemite Union in British Documents. There is also a report on the seminar on US-Iranian rapprochement. The journal also chronicles the most significant milestones of democratic transition in the Arab world and the latest Palestinian developments.

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Published: 2013-11-01

Articles

  • The US-Russian Agreement to Disarm Syria of its Chemical Weapons amid Israeli Interests

    Author: Saleh al-Naamani
    5-14
    Israel believes the US-Russian agreement to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons holds several opportunities and risks. In terms of opportunities, Israel thinks the agreement will save it from the...
  • The Effect of the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah Triangle on the Lebanese State

    Author: Marwa Albadri
    34-45
    The relationship between Iran, Syria and Hezbollah and its effect on the Lebanese state is here examined. Divided into five parts the study first tackles Iran’s movements in Lebanese space and...
  • The Nusra Front: from Foundation to Splintering Cited once

    Author: Hamzeh Almoustafa
    63-75
    This paper attempts to study a wider trend of jihadist groups with a globalist outlook, a phenomenon which was not entirely clearly understood when the Syrian revolution broke out. Since only the...
  • Contributing Factors to the Strength of the Gulf Cooperation Council States

    Author: Nawar Hashem
    46-62
    There exists an ongoing dispute in academia about the underlying reasons behind growing Chinese influence in Africa and the success of the foreign policy of the emerging Asian giant, China, in the...
  • Ebb and Flow of Egypt’s Soft Power

    Author: Ahmed Abu-Zaid
    76-91
    Through an examination of the legal and institutional frameworks for resolving disputes this study explores the settlement of environmental disputes in compliance with international law, and...
  • Transitional Justice and Political Changes in Morocco and the Experience of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission Cited once

    Author: Kamal Abdellatif
    92-104
    A chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime on August 21, 2013, led to a massacre of civilians in the towns of East Ghouta and West Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus and marked a turning point...
  • Pillars of China’s Foreign Policy in Africa Cited once

    Author: Tawfiq Abdulsadeq
    105-114
    The Assad regime was quick to accept the terms of a Russian proposal to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons following a chemical weapons attack on civilians under siege in East and West...
  • The New Battlefield of Cyber-attacks

    Author: Khalid Walid Mahmoud
    115-125
    Cyber-attacks are considered a new battlefield to be added to the list of conventional threats facing the world. This paper analyzes this growing phenomenon of internet cyber-attacks and sheds more...
  • Settling Environmental Disputes in Compliance with International Law Cited once

    Author: El Houcine Chougrani
    126-143
    Following the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last August, Iranian-American relations now appear set for a major breakthrough, overturning more than three decades of enmity between the...
  • A Deal on the Syrian Regime’s Chemical Weapons: the Face-Saving Move Obama Needed Cited once

    Author: Policy Analysis Unit- ACRPS
    15-19
    A chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime on August 21, 2013, led to a massacre of civilians in the towns of East Ghouta and West Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus and marked a turning point...
  • Does the Chemical Weapons Deal Pave the Way for a Rehabilitation of Bashar Al Assad?

    Author: Policy Analysis Unit- ACRPS
    20-24
    This paper attempts to study a wider trend of jihadist groups with a globalist outlook, a phenomenon which was not entirely clearly understood when the Syrian revolution broke out. Since only the...
  • A Warming of American-Iranian Relations: Motives and the Prospects for Success

    Author: Policy Analysis Unit- ACRPS
    25-29
    The Gulf States enjoy a strategic location and economic power, owing that to their oil wealth. The paper examines the contributing factors of the Gulf Cooperation Council states that help in...
  • Israeli Anxieties over Growing Iranian-American Rapprochement Cited once

    Author: Policy Analysis Unit- ACRPS
    30-33
    Egypt’s soft power is one of the strongest cards and tools of Egyptian power in the region. This study aims at highlighting the ebb and flow of Egypt’s soft power since the end of World War II, if...
  • Arab Public Attitudes towards the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

    Author: Mohammed al-Masri
    147-154
    This paper explores Arab public attitudes towards the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the Middle East. The results of the Arab Opinion Index presented here indicate that a majority of the...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in Arab World

    157-163
    This report highlights some of the major milestones of the Arab democratic transition. The countries covered include Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    164-167
    This report chronicles some of the most significant developments relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
  • Iranian-American Rapprochement

    201-206
    Book Title: The Hashemite Arab Federation in British Documents: The Complete Official British Archive on the Hashemite Federation between Iraq and Jordan 1958 [Arabic]
  • Syria’s Via Dolorosa to Freedom: An Attempt at Contemporary History Cited 3 times

    Author: Hamzeh Almoustafa
    171-178
    Book Title: Syria’s Via Dolorosa to Freedom: An Attempt at Contemporary History [Arabic]
  • Egypt and its Islamists After the January 25 Revolution

    Author: Khaled al-Aswar
    179-185
    Book Title: Syria’s Via Dolorosa to Freedom: An Attempt at Contemporary History [Arabic]
  • A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East

    Author: Suhaim Al Thani
    186-192
    Book Title: Egypt and its Islamists After the January 25 Revolution [Arabic]
  • The Hashemite Arab Federation in British Documents: The Complete Official British

    Author: Waleed Khaled Mahmoud; مؤيد الونداوي (Translator)
    193-197
    Book Title: The Hashemite Arab Federation in British Documents: The Complete Official British Archive on the Hashemite Federation between Iraq and Jordan 1958 [Arabic]