Vol. 8 No. 044 (2020): Issue 044

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has published the 44th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: "From Militias to Political Parties: How and Why Do Armed Organizations Take Up Non - Violent Activism?" by Omar Ashour; "The Geopolitical Significance of the Gulf in India's Strategy" by Emad Y. Kaddorah; "Economic Liberalization Policies and Their Impact on Civil-Military Relations: Selected Arab Cases" by Khalid Osman Alfeel; "Virtual Communities on the Edge of Political Confrontation: Wikipedia and the Middle East Informatics Crises" by Sherif Abdul Rahman Seif El-Nasr; "Latin America's Truth Committees: A Comparative Study of Institutional Dynamics and Politics of Memory" by Mohamed Ahmed Bennis. Also included in this issue is a translation ofAidan Hehir's"The Myth of the Failed State and the War on Terror: A Challenge to the Conventional Wisdom," by Mohammed Hemchi. The issue includes Arab Opinion Index commentary by Dana El Kurd, "Palestinian Public Opinion on the Preferences of Unarmed and Armed Resistance". This is followed by documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/3- 30/4/2020 and of Palestine Over Two Months 1/3- 30/4/2020, alongwith select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Mohsen Bouazizi's book review of Tunis: A Revolution in the Land of Islam by Yadh Ben Achour and Azzam Al-Kassir's review of Arab Jihadismby Hassan Abu Hania.

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Published: 2020-05-01

Articles

  • The Geopolitical Significance of the Gulf in India's Strategy

    Author: Emad Y. Kaddorah
    20-35
    Today, India is actively engaged in projecting its influence beyond its geographic proximity. It has a proactive policy based on national interests and driven by its growing needs, particularly for...
  • Virtual Communities on the Edge of Political Confrontation: Wikipedia and the Middle East Informatics Crises

    Author: Sharif Abdul Rahman Al-Nasr
    57-76
    In an effort to understand the characteristics of "virtual communities" and specifically "information societies," this study attempts to test the argument that virtual communities, with their...
  • "Tunis: A Revolution in the Land of Islam" by Yadh Ben Achour

    Author: Mohsen Bouazizi
    155-160
    Yadh Ben Achour's thesis is based on the idea that every revolution has its own secret, charm, and uniqueness. There is no criterion that allows judgment for it or over it, except from within it...
  • From Militias to Political Parties: How and Why Do Armed Organizations Take Up Non - Violent Activism?

    Author: Omar Ashour
    7-19
    Today, India is actively engaged in projecting its influence beyond its geographic proximity. It has a proactive policy based on national interests and driven by its growing needs, particularly for...
  • Economic Liberalization Policies and Their Impact on Civil-Military Relations: Selected Arab Cases

    Author: Khalid Osman Alfeel
    36-56
    This study discusses the institutional legacy of economic liberalization policies in shaping the contemporary reality of civil-military relations in Arab Spring states, and the future challenges of...
  • Latin America's Truth Committees: A Comparative Study of Institutional Dynamics and Politics of Memory

    Author: Mohamed Ahmed Bennis
    77-94
    This paper seeks to uncover the roles played by truth commissions in Latin America in establishing transitional justice, in a comparative study that draws upon three main experiences: Argentina,...
  • The Myth of the Failed State and the War on Terror: A Challenge to the Conventional Wisdom

    Author: Aidan Hehir; Mohammed Hemchi (Translator)
    97-117
    This paper seeks to uncover the roles played by truth commissions in Latin America in establishing transitional justice, in a comparative study that draws upon three main experiences: Argentina,...
  • Palestinian Public Opinion on the Preferences of Unarmed and Armed Resistance

    Author: Dana El Kurd
    121-125
    The Palestinian Authority today is facing enormous pressure. Lack of international and regional political support, coupled with declining economic support and internal legitimacy, has led to a...
  • Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    129-133
    The Palestinian Authority today is facing enormous pressure. Lack of international and regional political support, coupled with declining economic support and internal legitimacy, has led to a...
  • Palestine Over Two Months

    143-151
    Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/3-30/4/2020.
  • Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World

    Author: The Project of Democratic Transformation and Transition Phases in The Arab Countries
    135-142
    Palestine Over Two Months 1/3-30/4/2020
  • "Arab Jihadism" by Hassan Abu Hania

    Author: Azzam Al-Kassir
    161-166
    عنوان الكتاب: الجهادية العربية: اندماج الأبعاد - النكاية والتمكين بين "الدولة الإسلامية" و"قاعدة الجهاد". المؤلف: حسن أبو هنية. سنة النشر: 2018. الناشر: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات. مكان...