Vol. 11 No. 062 (2023): Issue 062

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 62nd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue features six studies in a special issue on the water diplomacy and trans-boundary water conflicts. The articles include an introduction: "Transboundary Waters in the Arab Region: From Conflict to Benefit-Sharing and Regional Cooperation" by the guest editor of this issue Mohammad Al-Saidi, in addition to "Water Diplomacy: Its Importance and How Does It Work?" by Hussam Hussein, Zoe Campbell, Josephine Leather, and Patrick Ryce; "The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Evolution of International Water Law" by Joni Aasi; "The Iraqi - Syrian - Turkish Conflict Over the Tigris and Euphrates Waters: A Geopolitical Reading" by Abdelkarim Daoud; "Towards Understanding the Water Conflict in the Eastern Nile: The GERD Issue and Common Misconceptions" by Mohammad Al-Saidi, and Mohammed Basheer; "Water in Egypt: A Complex Crisis with a Limited Response" by Ghassan ElKahlout; "Litani River as It Connects the Sects: Towards Better Rebuilding in Lebanon" Hussein Abdulmunim Amery. The issue also contains the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/3-30/4/2023, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Khaled Torki Alkhaldi's book review of The Horn of Africa: A Gulf Strategic Depth by Madoukh Ajmi Al-Otaibi.

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Published: 2023-05-01

Articles

  • Water Diplomacy: Its Importance and How Does It Work?

    Author: Hussam Hussein, Zoe Campbell, Josephine Leather, Patrick Ryce
    13-24
    The shared nature of transboundary water resources often raises tensions regarding their allocation and use, potentially leading to strained relations and cooperation among nations. With 153...
  • Towards Understanding the Water Conflict in the Eastern Nile: The GERD Issue and Common Misconceptions

    Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi, Mohammed Basheer
    66-82
    Transboundary rivers have been a source of increasing disputes due to growing populations and economies, as well as the consequences of environmental change. With the increase in river flow...
  • The Horn of Africa: A Gulf Strategic Depth

    Author: Khaled Torki Alkhaldi
    139-146
    This book examines the political, economic, historical, cultural, and linguistic relations between GCC countries and the Horn of Africa, highlighting the region's strategic significance to the Gulf.
  • Transboundary Waters in the Arab Region: From Conflict to Benefit-Sharing and Regional Cooperation Cited once

    Author: Mohammad Al-Saidi
    7-12
    This special issue focuses on academic discussions in the field of water cooperation and diplomacy, which have garnered increased attention in recent decades due to growing threats to the use of...
  • The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Evolution of International Water Law Cited once

    Author: Joni Aasi
    25-39
    An increasing number of countries are turning to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to resolve their water disputes. This is a positive development, as it allows the court to establish and...
  • The Iraqi - Syrian - Turkish Conflict Over the Tigris and Euphrates Waters: A Geopolitical Reading

    Author: Abdelkarim Daoud
    40-65
    The paper studies the Iraqi-Syrian-Turkish conflict over the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, from a geopolitical perspective. It argues that this conflict has historical and political roots, not...
  • Water in Egypt: A Complex Crisis with a Limited Response

    Author: Ghassen Elkahlout
    83-102
    The paper studies the Iraqi-Syrian-Turkish conflict over the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, from a geopolitical perspective. It argues that this conflict has historical and political roots, not...
  • Litani River as It Connects the Sects: Towards Better Reconstruction in Lebanon

    Author: Hussein Abdulmunim Amery
    103-112
    This study addresses the vital importance of the Litani River in Lebanon and tackles the environmental challenges resulting from severe pollution in the river, where approximately 40 million cubic...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    115-119
    This study addresses the vital importance of the Litani River in Lebanon and tackles the environmental challenges resulting from severe pollution in the river, where approximately 40 million cubic...
  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    120-130
    This section monitors the most prominent political documents related to the democratic transition in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish a collection of documents from Tunisia, Sudan, Iraq,...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    131-136
    This section monitors the most prominent political documents related to the democratic transition in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish a collection of documents from Tunisia, Sudan, Iraq,...