Vol. 8 No. 043 (2020): Issue 043

The ACRPS has published the 43rd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes: "The Arab-Islamic Geopolitical Axis and Structuring the International System: Towards a New Approach" by Kadhim Niama; "Shifts in the US Decision-Making Process on Jerusalem" by Ahmad Jamil Azem; "Europe's Stand on Jerusalem and the US "Deal of the Century" by Adeeb Ziadeh; "Good Governance against Administrative Corruption After Arab Spring: The Cases of Tunisia and Egypt" by Mohamed Arafa. Also included in this issue is the paper "The Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period: A Reading of the Sudanese Consensus" by Abdou Moussa and Somaiya Madebo, alongside a translation of André Lecour's "Political Issues of Paradiplomacy Lessons from the Developed World" by Mohammad K. Alsalih and Inass Abdulsada Ali. The issue includes Arab Opinion Index commentary by the Public Opinion Polling Unit, writing about "Lebanese Public Opinion Trends towards the Protests in Lebanon". This is followed by documentation of the Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/1/2020 - 29/2/2020 and Palestine Over Two Months 1/1/2020 - 29/2/2020. The issue ends with Mohammed Hemchi's review of the IMF Report on Regional Integration in the Maghreb (2018).

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Published: 2020-03-01

Articles

  • The Arab-Islamic Geopolitical Axis and Structuring the International System: Towards a New Approach

    Author: Kadhim Hashim Niama
    7-31
    The post-Cold War environment has produced a world distribution structure different from that of the system prevailing in the 1945-1991 period. Geographical regions of pivotal value have emerged as...
  • Shifts in the US Decision- Making Process on Jerusalem

    Author: Ahmad Jamil Azem
    33-50
    This study examines the shifts in the US decision-making process with regard to Jerusalem, spotlighting those taking place over the last decade and the structure and tendencies of Israeli lobby...
  • A Review of the IMF Report on Regional Integration in the Maghreb (2018)

    Author: Mohammed Hemchi
    147-163
    ​نشرت إدارة الشرق الأوسط وآسيا الوسطى في صندوق النقد الدولي، عام 2018، تقريرًا حول "الاندماج الاقتصادي في المغرب العربي"، واصفة إياه بمصدر النمو الذي "لم يُستغلّ بعد" . ينقسم التقرير إلى ثلاثة فصول...
  • Europe's Stand on Jerusalem and the US “Deal of the Century

    Author: Adeeb Ziadeh
    51-65
    The study discusses the position of the European Union on Jerusalem and the so-called "Deal of the Century," with US recognition of the city as Israel's undivided capital. In view of the special...
  • Good Governance against Administrative Corruption After Arab Spring: The Cases of Tunisia and Egypt

    Author: Mohamed Arafa
    67-78
    This is the second section of a study examining the application of good governance in Egypt and Tunisia. The first section, published in issue 42 of the Siyasat Arabiya journal, provided an...
  • Political Issues of Paradiplomacy Lessons from the Developed World

    Author: Mohammad K. Alsalih, Inass Abdulsada Ali, André Lecours
    99-109
    This study centers on the phenomenon of 'paradiplomacy' that has become prominent in Western industrialized liberal-democracies. It begins by distinguishing three layers of paradiplomacy, arguing...
  • The Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period: A Reading of the Sudanese Consensus

    Author: Abdou Moussa, Somaiya Madebo
    81-95
    This is the second section of a study examining the application of good governance in Egypt and Tunisia. The first section, published in issue 42 of the Siyasat Arabiya journal, provided an...
  • Lebanese Public Opinion Trends towards the Protests in Lebanon

    Author: Public Opinion Polling Unit
    113-127
    This study examines the features of the political reconciliation in Sudan following the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir's rule. It analyses the interim constitutional declaration in terms of content,...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    131-136
    Based on the Arab Index data, this paper aims to present the trends of Lebanese public opinion towards the protests in Lebanon. It focuses on two main axes to construct an image of the Lebanese...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    137-143
    Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/1/2020 - 29/2/2020