Vol. 10 No. 056 (2022): Issue 056

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 56th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This special issue on "Studies on the Horn of Africa," includes the articles: "Somalia's State-Building Project Dilemma: Obstacles and Structural Gaps" by Mohamed A. Razak Hussein & Tamer Qarmout; "The Development of Civil-Military Relations in Ethiopia" by Madoukh Ajmi Al-Otaibi; and "Understanding the Secession of Somaliland: History of the Formation and Failure of the Somali State (1960 - 1991)" by Suhaib Mahmoud. Also included is "Appraisal of India's Policy towards the Gulf Crisis (2017-2021)" by Emad Kaddorah; and "Exclusion Strategy and Sectarianization of the Idlib Governorate in Syria" by Samer Bakkour & Rama Sahtout. The issue presents a debate paper titled "The Decline of Grand Theory: A Critique of Analytical Eclecticism in International Relations," by Sidahmed Goudjili, followed by Mohammed Hemchi's paper "What Analytical Eclecticists do with Grand Theories: Collectors or Selectors?"The issue includes a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Hicham Raïq, "The Digital Divide and Political Apathy: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of a Sample of Arab Opinion Index Data." Also included in this issue is documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/3-30/4/2022, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World.The issue ends with Hikmat al-Abd al-Rahman's review of The European Union and the Arab Region: Problematic Issues from a Realist Perspective by Ahmed Qasem Hussein.

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Published: 2022-05-01

Articles

  • Somalia's State-Building Project Dilemma: Obstacles and Structural Gaps

    Author: Mohamed A.Razak Hussein, Tamer Qarmout
    7-23
    Academic studies on Somalia lack focus on analyzing the gaps and problems facing the state-building project. Drawing on an in-depth literature review of post-war and conflict state-building...
  • The Development of Civil-Military Relations in Ethiopia

    Author: Madoukh Ajmi Al-Otaibi
    24-39
    ​This article analyses the development of civil-military relations in Ethiopia and how they are affected by politics, culture and ethnicity whilst drawing on compatibility theory. It explores a...
  • The European Union and the Arab Region: Problematic Issues from a Realist Perspective Cited twice

    Author: Hikmat al-Abd al-Rahman
    189-198
    This book belongs to the field of political books and books on international relations, as it focuses on the analysis of the course of European integration and analyses European behaviour towards a...
  • Understanding the Secession of Somaliland: History of the Formation and Failure of the Somali State (1960 - 1991)

    Author: Suhaib Mahmoud
    41-66
    ​This article seeks to understand the secession of Somaliland by exploring its historical, political and legal motives and rationales. It suggests that the secession is a notable outcome of the...
  • Appraisal of India's Policy towards the Gulf Crisis (2017-2021)

    Author: Emad Y. Kaddorah
    69-80
    India adopts a cautious policy towards the GCC states during the emergence of differences between them, such as the Gulf crisis of 2017 - 2021. This stems from many considerations: First, the...
  • Exclusion Strategy and Sectarianization of the Idlib Governorate in Syria

    Author: Samer Bakkour, Rama Sahtout
    82-98
    The splitting, renaming and merging of factions can lead to the start of new rivalries, or in some cases, end existing ones. A new faction may inherit the original faction's previous rivalries with...
  • The Decline of Grand Theory A Critique of Analytical Eclecticism in International Relations Cited twice

    Author: Sid Ahmed Goudjili
    101-121
    ​The splitting, renaming and merging of factions can lead to the start of new rivalries, or in some cases, end existing ones. A new faction may inherit the original faction's previous rivalries...
  • What Analytical Eclecticists do with Grand Theories: Collectors or Selectors? Cited once

    Author: Mohammed Hemchi
    123-135
    ​In recent years, Analytical Eclecticism has emerged as a promising theoretical trend and has attracted great attention from researchers and practitioners of international relations theory....
  • The Digital Divide and Political Apathy: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of a Sample of Arab Opinion Index Data

    Author: Hicham Raïq
    139-155
    ​This study seeks to measure the digital divide and its impact on political participation in selected Arab countries. It focuses in particular on assessing the role of demographic and...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    159-163
    ​This study seeks to measure the digital divide and its impact on political participation in selected Arab countries. It focuses in particular on assessing the role of demographic and...
  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    16-182
    ​In this section you will find the most important documents on democratic change in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish documents highlighting the political movement in Tunisia demanding...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    183-185
    ​In this section you will find the most important documents on democratic change in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish documents highlighting the political movement in Tunisia demanding...