Vol. 2 No. 011 (2014): Issue 011

​ACRPS has published issue 11 of the bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabia, a journal devoted to political science and international relations. The articles in this edition include: “Tunisia’s Legislative Elections: Specificities, Results and their Meaning” (Mahmoud Muhareb); “Yemen After the Fall of Sanaa” (Mohammed Jomaih); “Insiders and Outsiders in the New Libya” (Alison Pargeter); “Algeria’s 2014 Presidential Elections and the Difficulties of the Transitional Phase” (Naji Abdelnour); “The Welfare State in Egypt, 1995-2005” (Ahmad Ezzedine Mohammed); “Morocco’s Sixth Parliamentary Experience: An Analysis” (Mahmoud Saleh al Karawi); “Turkey and the Question of Military Intervention” (Emad Y. Kaddoura); “The Abbadi Government: A Silver Lining in a Cloudy Sky” (by Haider Saeed); “The Tunisian Parliamentary Elections: a Vote between Revolutionary Forces and the Old Regime” (ACRPS Policy Analysis Unit); and “The Military Campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: Arab Public Opinion” (ACRPS Arab Opinion Unit). Books reviewed in this edition included Saleh al Jabboury’s The Palestine Crisis: Its Political and Military Secrets, by Abdulwahhab al Qassab; Mahmoud Muhareb’s review of Military Intelligence Comes to Light; Hamzeh Mustafa’s review of The Kurds, Language and Politics: a Study in Linguistic Structures and Identity Policies by Akil Mahfoud; and Khaled Walid Mahmoud’s review of M’hammed Djabroun’s The Concept of the Islamic State: the Crisis of Foundations and the Inevitably of Modernity. This edition of Siyasat Arabia highlights the most important transformations toward democratic transition unfolding in the Arab world, as well as developments in Palestine throughout September and October 2014.

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Published: 2014-11-01

Articles

  • The Tunisian Legislative Elections: Features, Results, and Meaning

    Author: Abdellatif Hanashi
    5-15
    This paper observes the course of the recent Tunisian elections, analyzes the results, and on the basis of those results explores the coming course of Tunisian democracy. The paper sets out four...
  • Yemen Post the Fall of Sanaa

    Author: Mohammed Jomaih
    16-23
    Armed Houthis under the banner of Ansar Allah took control of Yemen’s capital Sanaa by force on September 11, 2014. This date represented a milestone on the path of changes witnessed by Yemen in...
  • Insiders and Outsiders in the New Libya Cited twice

    Author: Alison Pargeter
    24-35
    This study tries to demonstrate that the removal of the Gadhafi regime created new symbolic and political boundaries in Libya that go beyond the simplistic divide between those for the revolution...
  • The 2014 Algerian Presidential Elections and the Challenges of the Transitional Period

    Author: Naji Abdelnour
    36-51
    This research paper analyzes the internal and regional political context of the fifth Algerian presidential elections in an era of party pluralism. It observes the political phenomena witnessed...
  • The Welfare State in Egypt 1995-2005: A Comparative Study

    Author: Ahmad Ezzedine Mohammed
    53-66
    This paper applies the categorization of welfare state systems set out by Esping-Andersen in 1990 to the welfare state in Egypt. It analyzes the relationships between state, market, and society...
  • The Sixth Moroccan Parliament: Observations and Analysis

    Author: Mahmoud Saleh al Karawi
    67-80
    The parliamentary experience in Morocco continues to excite the interest of politicians, researchers, academics, and those working in the press and media. This importance is heightened with the...
  • Turkey and the Issue of Military Intervention in its Backyard

    Author: Emad Y. Kaddorah
    81-87
    This article discusses the challenges facing the government of Haider al-Abadi in Iraq, and outlines what ought to be expected in the coming stage, particularly after the fall of Mosul to ISIL. The...
  • The Al-Abadi Government: The Last Ray of Light in a Dark and Cloudy Sky

    Author: Haider Saeed
    88-96
    This article discusses the challenges facing the government of Haider al-Abadi in Iraq, and outlines what ought to be expected in the coming stage, particularly after the fall of Mosul to ISIL. The...
  • Tunisia’s Legislative Elections: the Contest between Revolutionary Forces and the Ancien Regime Cited once

    Author: Policy Analysis Unit- ACRPS
    98-102
    This paper elucidates Arab public opinion towards the international aerial campaign against ISIL (the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”) in Iraq and Syria, based on the findings of a dedicated...
  • Arab Public Opinion towards the International Aerial Campaign against ISIL

    Author: Public Opinion Polling Unit
    107-120
    This paper elucidates Arab public opinion towards the international aerial campaign against ISIL (the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”) in Iraq and Syria, based on the findings of a dedicated...
  • 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

    128-133
    Book Title: The Palestine Crisis: its Political and Military Secrets [Arabic]
  • The Palestine Crisis: its Political and Military Secrets

    Author: Abdel Wahab al-Qassab
    135-146
    Book Title: Military Intelligence Comes to Light [Hebrew]
  • Military Intelligence Comes to Light

    Author: Mahmoud Muhareb
    147-151
    Book Title: The Kurds, Language and Politics: A Study in Linguistic Structures and Identity Policies [Arabic]
  • The Kurds, Language and Politics: A Study in Linguistic Structures and Identity Policies

    Author: Hamzeh Almoustafa
    152-154
    Book Title: The Concept of the Islamic State: The Crisis of Foundations and the Inevitably of Modernity [Arabic]
  • The Concept of the Islamic State: The Crisis of Foundations and the Inevitably of Modernity

    Author: Khalid Walid Mahmoud
    155-157
    The Concept of the Islamic State: The Crisis of Foundations and the Inevitably of Modernity [Arabic]