Vol. 13 No. 075 (2025): Issue 075

Siyasat Arabiya is a bi-monthly peer reviewed academic journal published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, dedicated to political science, international relations, and strategic affairs.

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Published: 2025-07-01

Articles

  • The Right to be Digitally Forgotten: The Dilemma of Rules and Rights

    Author: Azza El Hajj Sleiman
    9-23
    The right to be digitally forgotten is one of the rights that emerged as a result of the digital revolution, which included a transformation in the nature of rights and mechanisms of regulating...

  • Religious Usages of Social Media: Redefining Religious Authority in Morocco

    Author: Nadia Elalia
    43-63
    The main question of this study revolves around the nature of religious uses of social networks and their relationship to religious authority. We hypothesized that young people adapt technology to...

  • Post-Truth Discourse in Sudan's 2019 Revolution and Post-Revolutionary Transition: The Role of Social Media Cited once

    Author: Adiala Tabar
    64-79
    This study examines the impact of post-truth discourse during the 2019 Sudanese Revolution and the subsequent transitional period, as well as the role played by social media platforms in promoting...

  • Managing Ethnic and Social Diversity in the Military: A Comparative Study between Saudi Arabia and the United States

    Author: Muneera Alkhayareen
    24-41
    ​This study examines the management of ethnic and social diversity in the military by comparing the United States of America, a reference case, and Saudi Arabia, which is still in an early stage of...

  • Social Media Use, Trust and Surveillance in the Arab Region: Insights from the Arab Opinion Index 2024/ 2025

    Author: Laila Omar, Wajd Beshara, Nour Chibani
    80-97
    ​Drawing on data from the 2024/ 2025 Arab Opinion Index, this paper explores evolving public attitudes toward social media across 14 Arab countries. It examines how individuals use digital...

  • From Digital Positivism and Administrative Big Data Analytics towards Critical Digital and Social Media Research!

    Author: Christian Fuchs; Mohammed Hemchi (Translator)
    101-113
    ​​This essay argues for a paradigm shift in the study of the Internet and digital/social media. Big data analytics is the dominant paradigm. It receives large amounts of funding, is administrative...

  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    116-118
    ​​​​This report includes documentation of the main milestones in the process of democratic transformation in the Arab world during the period from May 1 to June 30, 2025.​​​

  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    119-125
    ​​​​This section highlights the most significant political document related to democratic transformation in the Arab world. In this issue, we present document from Syria covering the period from...

  • Palestine Over Two Months

    126-130
    ​​​This report provides an account of the main Palestinian events related to the Arab-Israeli conflict during the period from May 1 to June 30, 2025.​

  • The Quantum Turn in International Relations: A Review of Quantizing Critique and Quantum International Relations

    Author: Adel Zeggagh
    133-144
    This review examines two seminal books that are among the few works engaged in this line of inquiry, seeking to rethink the foundations of international relations by incorporating quantum concepts.