Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World from March 1, 2019 - April 30-2019.
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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 (ISSN 2307-1583/E-ISSN 2789-326X) dedicated to political science, international relations, and strategic affairs.
This report chronicles some of the most significant developments relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1/1/2016و to 29/2/2016.
This report provides an account of the main Palestinian events related to the Arab-Israeli conflict during the period from March 1 to April 30, 2025.
Book Title: How I Stopped Being a Jew [Hebrew] Author: Shlomo Sand
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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Book Title: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Scholarship explains impediments to democratic transition in Middle Eastern countries as forms of neopatrimonialism - a combination of patrimonial tradition and cosmetic electoral procedures. However, this approach conflates two spheres of governance: firstly, the government as a sphere of appointed or elected politicians, secondly, the state's bureaucracy as a sphere of administrative staff necessary for the government to execute its planned actions. The impediments Hamas governments (2006-2007) faced highlight the difference between the two spheres. Accordingly, I conceptually differentiate between two types of government: government in office and government in power. While the Hamas government was supposed to rule, the administrative personnel refused to comply. Thus, the elected government in office faced local-institutional and external constraints which prevented its functioning, and provoked power struggles that led to internecine war and the collapse of the electoral democracy.
This report chronicles some of the most significant developments relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict during the period from January 1 to February 28, 2017.
This study measures Arab public opinion regarding Palestine, whether it is considered a central Arab issue or only a Palestinian one. It analyses how Arab citizens define themselves as either “one nation”, meaning that every Arab populace is part of a larger nation with shared concerns and destiny or as belonging to individual “nation states”, where country is defined by its own specific characteristics and concerns. It also analyses the relationship of this belief to their outlook on the Palestinian issue. This study focuses on the ACRPS Arab Opinion Index results since 2011.
What is "democratic" depends on the values one attaches to democracy. The distinction that determines the answer is between minimalist and maximalist conceptions of democracy. Defending democracy requires a positive, forward-looking program of reform.
