Vol. 6 No. 034 (2018): Issue 034

The ACRPS has published the 34th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes "The Deep State: An Attempt to Fine-Tune the Concept" (Ali Jarbawi), "Transnational Shiism and the Nation-State in Iraq" (Harith Hasan), "National Reconciliation in Algeria: Experience and Achievement" (Tahar Saoud), "The Influence of Street Politics on the Democratic Transition Process: A Comparative Study of Post-2011 Tunisia and Egypt" (Mahmoud Adbdalal), "The Kurdish Workers' Party: A Non-State Actor in International Conflict" (Marwa El Badry), and "China's Middle East Strategy: From the Great Wall to the Opening of the Economy" (Hikmat al-Abdal al-Rahman).Also in this issue are a report prepared by the public opinion polling unit at the ACRPS on Women's Rights and Democratic Values (Dana El Kurd, Arab Opinion Index); the two usual sections, documenting the most important developments in Arab democratic transition and events in Palestine between 1 July and 31 August 2018; two reviews of Azmi Bishara's Sect, Sectarianism and Imagined Sects, "Questions that Raise Further Questions" (Hoda Rizk) and "Semantic Extrapolations of Concepts of Political Sectarianism" (Nahar Mohamed Nuri); and a report on the seventh Annual Conference on Democratic Transition, "External Factors and the post-2011 Democratic Transition in the Arab Region" (Abdou Moussa).

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Published: 2018-09-01

Articles

  • The Deep State: an Attempt to Fine-Tune the Concept

    Author: Ali Jarbawi
    7-21
    This study attempts to understand the concept of the "deep state" given its increasing use in political literature and analysis. This happens especially in comparative studies and, specifically,...
  • National Reconciliation in Algeria: Experience and Achievement

    Author: Tahar Saoud
    40-54
    In September 2018 it will have been thirteen years since the referendum on the reconciliation plan in Algeria. This paper considers the details and achievements of the plan by investigation of the...
  • The Semantic Extrapolations of Concepts of Political Sectarianism: Critical Review in

    Author: Nahar Muhammed Nuri
    130-137
    The seventh Annual Conference on Democratic Transition focusing on External Factors and the post-2011 Democratic Transition in the Arab Region. The conference, which is being held by the Arab...
  • The Transnational Shiism and the Nation-State in Iraq

    Author: Harith Hasan
    23-38
    In September 2018 it will have been thirteen years since the referendum on the reconciliation plan in Algeria. This paper considers the details and achievements of the plan by investigation of the...
  • The Influence of Street Politics on the Democratic Transition Process: A Comparative Study of Post-2011 Tunisia and Egypt

    Author: Mahmoud Abdalel
    56-69
    This study deals with transnational Shiism and the dynamics of relations between the Shiʿi religious establishment and the post-colonial state in Iraq. It sheds light on two aspects of...
  • The Kurdish Workers’ Party: a Non-State Actor in International Conflict

    Author: Marwa Albadri
    70-83
    This study deals with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a non-state actor. It examines the internal environment in Turkey and the PKK's material strength before moving on to the external...
  • China's Middle East Strategy: From the Great Wall to the Opening of the Economy

    Author: Hikmat al-Abd al-Rahman
    84-95
    This study deals with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a non-state actor. It examines the internal environment in Turkey and the PKK's material strength before moving on to the external...
  • Public Opinion of Women’s Rights and Democratic Values

    Author: Dana El Kurd
    99-104
    How do opinions of gender equality affect perceptions of democracy? Much has been written linking procedural democracy with underlying democratic values; in essence, the argument is that without a...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    107-111
    How do opinions of gender equality affect perceptions of democracy? Much has been written linking procedural democracy with underlying democratic values; in essence, the argument is that without a...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    112-116
    Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World
  • The Seventh Annual Conference on Democratic Transition “External Factors and the post-2011 Democratic Transition in the Arab Region”

    Author: Abdou Moussa El-Bermawy
    141-146
    The seventh Annual Conference on Democratic Transition focusing on External Factors and the post-2011 Democratic Transition in the Arab Region. The conference, which is being held by the Arab...
  • Questions that Raise Further Questions: Azmi Bishara's Sect, Sectarianism, and Imagined Sects

    Author: Hoda Rizk
    119-129
    عنوان الكتاب: الطائفة، الطائفية، الطوائف المتخيلة. المؤلف: عزمي بشارة. سنة النشر: 2018. الناشر: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات. عدد الصفحات: 822 صفحة.