Vol. 12 No. 069 (2024): Issue 069

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 69th issue of Siyasat Arabiya, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of political science and international relations. This issue contains the following articles: “The Epistemic Violence of Positivist Theories of International Relations: Breaking Free of the Single Narrative” by Lourdes Habash; “Political Culture and Democratic Transition in Tunisia” by Chaker Houki; “The Military and the Sudanese State: A Recurring Syndrome of Governance” by Hani Mousa; “Political Organizations as Social Expressions: The Urban Poor, the Rise of Social Islam, and the Cases of the Moroccan Justice and Charity Group and the Unity and Reform Movement" by Rachid Jarmouni; “The Competition between the United States, Russia, and China over Latin America" by Atwa Imteer. This issue also documents key events in the democratic transition in the Arab world and Palestine over the two-month period from 1 May to 30 June 2024. Additionally, it features Mounir Kchaou's review of Spin Dictators by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.

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Published: 2024-07-01

Articles

  • The Epistemic Violence of Positivist Theories of International Relations: Breaking Free of the Single Narrative

    Author: Lourdes Habash
    9-27
    This study explores epistemic violence afflicting the field of international relations and the way it relates to Eurocentrism. It probes the consequences this has had for international relations...

  • Political Organizations as Social Expressions: The Urban Poor, the Rise of Social Islam, and the Cases of Justice and Charity Group and the Unity and Reform

    Author: Rachid Jarmouni
    This paper discusses the proposition of the rise of social Islam in Morocco by studying the country's two largest political Islam movements, the Justice and Charity Association (jamāʿat al-ʿadl...

  • Spin Dictators

    Author: Mounir Kchaou
    121-130
    Spin Dictators explores a new breed of dictators, growing in prevalence in recent years, who exploit the vast potential of the information age to tighten control and surveillance over society and...

  • Political Culture and Democratic Transition in Tunisia

    Author: Chaker Houki
    28-45
    Most initial readings have exhausted their explanations for failure, or stumbling, of the democratic transition process in Tunisia. Given the country’s weak political performance, lack of economic...

  • The Military and the Sudanese State: A Recurring Syndrome of Governance

    Author: Hani Mousa
    47-65
    This study addresses a longstanding and renewed subject in the case of Sudan: the continual interference of military formations and elites in political authority and the instability of...

  • The Competition between the United States, Russia, and China over Latin America

    Author: Atwa Imteer
    85-102
    This paper discusses international competition in Latin America between the United States, Russia, and China. Whilst the United States aims to maintain its traditional influence in the region based...

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    105-107
    ​This paper discusses international competition in Latin America between the United States, Russia, and China. Whilst the United States aims to maintain its traditional influence in the region...

  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    108-112
    ​This section tracks the most significant political documents related to democratic transformation in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish two documents from Tunisia covering the period from 1...

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    113-118
    ​This section tracks the most significant political documents related to democratic transformation in the Arab world. In this issue, we publish two documents from Tunisia covering the period from 1...