Vol. 7 No. 037 (2019): Issue 037

The ACRPS has published the 37th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes:  "Liberalization without Democracy: The Role of External Factors in the Stability of Moroccan Authoritarianism" by Mohamed Ahmed Bennis; "The Military Establishment in the Balance of the Libyan and Tunisian Revolutions" by Larbi Larbi; Crisis of the Yemeni State: Background and Determinants by Hani Mousa;  "Network Technology in the Face of Tyranny: from the Prisoner's Dilemma to the Jailer's Dilemma" by Sharif Abdul Rahman Al-Nasr; "The Small State's External Impact According to the Networks Analysis Approach: The Case of Jordan" by Samir Ramzy and "Gulf States and the Challenges of Energy Transformations by Rashid Bazeem. The issue also includes a review by Ali Hakim Salih of "The Origins of Political Order, Political Development and Decay: Review of Fukuyama's Two Books about the Origins of Political Order". The issue also included a paper prepared by Nabil Hussein on the Arab Opinion Index, entitled "Fragile State Index in Arab Public Opinion", in addition to documenting the most important " Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World" and "Palestine over two Months" in the period 1/1/2019 28/2/2019.

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Published: 2019-03-01

Articles

  • Liberalization without Democracy: The Role of External Factors in the Stability of Moroccan Authoritarianism

    Author: Mohamed Ahmed Bennis
    7-25
    This study monitors the role of external factors in the stability of Moroccan authoritarianism and controling the liberalization methods pursued by the government over two stages: the final years...
  • Gulf States and the Challenges of Energy Transformations

    Author: Rashid Bazeem
    100-112
    This study examines the ability of network technology to challenge despotism regimes. It thus applies two theoretical approaches. The first is the "Prisoner's dilemma" and the "despot/jailer's...
  • The Origins of Political Order, Political Development and Decay: Review of Fukuyama's Two Books about the Origins of Political Order

    Author: Ali Hakim Salih
    139-147
    This critique contests Francis Fukuyama's ideas in the first volume devoted to the study of political evolution from pre-human times until the French and American revolutions. The second volume...
  • The Military Establishment in the Balance of the Libyan and Tunisian Revolutions

    Author: Larbi Larbi
    27-47
    The Gulf states, as a center for oil and gas production, face the challenge of adapting to an increasingly uncertain energy landscape as new resources arrive in the market, and the reverberations...
  • Crisis of the Yemeni State: Background and Determinants

    Author: Hani Mousa
    49-66
    The contemporary Yemeni state is characterized by strife and complications involving all aspects of the state and society. These complexities go back to the era of its inception and continue today,...
  • Network Technology in the Face of Despotism: from the Prisoner's Dilemma to the Jailer's Dilemma

    Author: Sharif Abdul Rahman Al-Nasr
    67-83
    This study examines the ability of network technology to challenge despotism regimes. It thus applies two theoretical approaches. The first is the "Prisoner's dilemma" and the "despot/jailer's...
  • The Small State's External Impact According to the Networks Analysis Approach: The Case of Jordan

    Author: Samir Ramzy
    84-99
    The contemporary Yemeni state is characterized by strife and complications involving all aspects of the state and society. These complexities go back to the era of its inception and continue today,...
  • The Fragile State Index and the Arab Opinion Index

    Author: Nabil Hussein
    115-123
    This paper compares the results of the Fragile States Index issued by the Fund for Peace, a charitable organization, with indicators established in the Arab Opinion Index, an annual survey...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    127-130
    This paper compares the results of the Fragile States Index issued by the Fund for Peace, a charitable organization, with indicators established in the Arab Opinion Index, an annual survey...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    131-135
    Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World Between January 1, 2019- February 31, 2019.