Vol. 9 No. 048 (2021): Issue 048

​The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 48th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: "Disguised Protectionism: Economic Nationalism in a Borderless World" by Rabah Zaghouni; "Hegemony in International Relations: A Conceptual Review of the US Policy" by Lourdes Habash; "Mauritania between the Enormity of the Humanitarian Legacy and the Intractability of Transitional Justice" by Ahmed NDary; "International Protection for IDPs: Protection for People or Borders?" by Houria Ait Kaci; and "Protection for Refugee Rights: International and Regional Instruments" by Omar Rouabhi. The issue also presents a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Dana El Kurd, " Assessing Arab Public Opinion towards US Foreign Policy". Further included in this issue is a translation of Nadine Méouchy's "Minorities and the National Structure in Assad's Syria". This is followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/11/2020 - 31/12/2020, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue concludes with reviews of Ning An's Confucian Geopolitics: Chinese Geopolitical Imaginations of the US War on Terror by Kamel Bounab.

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Published: 2021-01-01

Articles

  • Disguised Protectionism: Economic Nationalism in a Borderless World

    Author: Rabah Zeghouni
    7-20
    Mercantilism presents itself as an explicit model of economic nationalism. Since its early application to the new protectionism, economic nationalism has theorized that economic activities must be...
  • Hegemony in International Relations: A Conceptual Review of US Policy

    Author: Lourdes Habash
    21-44
    This study examines US foreign policy and the changes that occurred under former President Donald Trump, compared to other post-Cold War administrations, assessing their impact on the future of US...
  • "Confucian Geopolitics: Chinese Geopolitical Imaginations of the US War on Terror"

    Author: Kamel Bounab
    171-179
    ​عنوان الكتاب: الجيوبوليتيك الكونفوشيوسي: تصوّرات الصين الجيوبوليتيكية للحرب الأميركية على الإرهاب. عنوان الكتاب في لغته: Confucian Geopolitics: Chinese Geopolitical Imaginations of the US War on...
  • Mauritania between the Enormity of the Humanitarian Legacy and the Intractability of Transitional Justice

    Author: Ahmed NDary
    46-60
    This paper determines whether the steps taken by the state towards transitional justice in Mauritania are commensurate with the heavy legacy of human rights violations witnessed in the country. It...
  • International Protection for IDPs: Protection for People or Borders?

    Author: Houria Ait Kaci
    61-78
    International protection for internally displaced persons, who far exceed the number of refugees, has become a major issue in recent years. This is reflected in the international community's search...
  • Protection for Refugee Rights: International and Regional Instruments

    Author: Omar Rouabhhi
    80-94
    International protection for internally displaced persons, who far exceed the number of refugees, has become a major issue in recent years. This is reflected in the international community's search...
  • Minorities and the National Structure in Assad's Syria

    Author: نادين المعوشي
    97-110
    This study breaks from the prevailing discourse portraying minorities as victims, presenting them as multi-dimensional historical actors and analysing their relationship with political modernity...
  • Assessing Arab Public Opinion towards US Foreign Policy

    Author: Dana El Kurd
    113-118
    This study breaks from the prevailing discourse portraying minorities as victims, presenting them as multi-dimensional historical actors and analysing their relationship with political modernity...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    121-127
    This paper provides descriptive statistics on Arab public opinion towards the US over time, using the Arab Opinion Index from 2011 to 2019/2020. While Obama attempted to let pragmatism lead his...
  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    Author: The Project of Democratic Transformation and Transition Phases in The Arab Countries
    128-159
    ​يرصد هذا الباب أبرز الوثائق السياسية ذات الصلة بالتحول الديمقراطي في الوطن العربي. وننشر الوثائق الخاصة بالحراك الاحتجاجي في العراق، ومطالبة العديد من القوى والفصائل العراقية بتشكيل حكومة. ونقف،...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    160-168
    Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/11-31/12/2020.