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Qatari Women: a New Generation of Leaders?
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Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain
( Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar , 2008 , Article)Bahrain has entered into a more ‘progressive’ phase of its history under King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Various parliamentary and legislative restructuring, in addition to discernable changes within civil society, have ... -
Libya's Arab spring: The long road from revolution to democracy
( SAGE , 2012 , Article)This article presents a critical account of Libya's incipient democratization, contextualizing it within the Arab Spring élan. This first line of inquiry is twofold: it critically assesses the meaning of democratization ... -
Unruliness through space and time: Reconstructing ‘peoplehood’ in the arab spring
( Taylor and Francis , 2014 , Book chapter)This chapter presents a critical account of the phenomenon of the ‘Arab Spring’. This it does via an unorthodox interpretation of why the Arab Spring élan represents a departure point from many 20th-century revolutions. ... -
In-formalized polity and the politics of dynasty in Egypt and Libya
( Taylor and Francis , 2014 , Book chapter)The Arab Middle East has entered a moment of revolution, inevitable counterrevolution, and transition. Integral to this moment is a dialectical dynamic in which the formal and the informal conjugate, through unsettled ... -
Preface: The meme of the arab spring
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Routledge handbook of the arab spring: Rethinking democratization
( Taylor and Francis , 2014 , Book)The self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia in December 2010 heralded the arrival of the ‘Arab Spring, ' a startling, yet not unprecedented, era of profound social and political upheaval. The meme of the Arab Spring ... -
Preface : Shifting Priorities in Russia's Foreign and Security Policy
( Ashgate Publishing Ltd , 2014 , Other)The editors wish to express their appreciation to the authors of the chapters in this volume. They are grateful both for the quality of their analyses and for the authors’ willingness to revise and update early drafts of ... -
Shifting priorities in Russia's foreign and security policy
( Ashgate Publishing Ltd , 2014 , Book)Given the resurgence of Russian economic capabilities and of Russia's role as a regional, even global, political actor, much of the literature written more than 4-5 years ago is already dated. The editor and contributors ... -
Russian and European foreign policy towards the middle east: An energy security analysis
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L'OTAN et le Maghreb
( L'Harmattan , 2014 , Book)Le Maghreb n’a jamais eu de place majeure dans les politiques et les stratégies de l’OTAN. Pourtant, après la chute de l’Union Soviétique, des approches visant à intégrer dans un dispositif coopératif simplifié les États ... -
Le partenariat du Maroc avec l’OTAN : un cran de sécurité supplémentaire
( L'Harmattan , 2014 , Book chapter)Les relations du Maroc avec les pays membres de l’OTAN au cours et après la période de la Guerre froide s’expliquent par sa politique pro-occidentale depuis son accès à l’indépendance, mais aussi par la conception qu'il a ... -
Moderate salinity stimulates growth and photosynthesis of Phragmites karka by water relations and tissue specific ion regulation
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)The domestication of non-food salt resistant plants could be helpful for biofuel as well as phyto-remediation of salt-affected lands. Limited eco-physiological studies on halophytes are the major bottleneck in developing ... -
Challenges of Palestinian Security Sector Reform: Blame Israeli Occupation or Internal Political Fragmentation?
( International Publishing House for China's Culture , 2014 , Article)The debate on Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Palestine has emerged within the context of the peace process between Israel and Palestinians, in particular following the Oslo agreement in 1993. There are different perceptions ... -
GCC’s Defense Cooperation: Moving towards Unity
( Foreign Policy Research Institute , 2014 , Article)For more than 30 years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has attempted to establish a collective defense regime to protect its six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This ... -
The Persistence of Autocracy: Jordan, Morocco and the Gulf
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Article)Through the ebbs and flows of the Arab Spring, Arab monarchies have remained securely in place. In fact, for much of their history, the resilience of autocracy has been a key feature of the Arab monarchies' survival. While ... -
The impact of the Arab spring on the gulf cooperation council
( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)It is apposite to interrogate the notion of ‘monarchical exceptionalism’ when testing the idea that the ‘Arab Spring’ has not affected the so-called ‘ruling bargain’ in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Arab Spring ... -
Piracy in the Horn of Africa Waters: Definitions, History, and Modern Causes
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2015 , Article)Throughout history, ocean piracy was common in different parts of the world, but it was rare in the Horn of Africa waters. Although international law clearly defines piracy, the term is often carelessly used interchangeably ... -
Avoiding Somalia: what prevents onshore solutions to piracy?
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2015 , Article)The United Nations Security Council has repeatedly stated that onshore solutions have to be carried out in Somalia in order to end piracy in the Horn of Africa. Yet, the primary responses from the international community ... -
Towards a ‘democratic knowledge’ turn? Knowledge production in the age of the Arab Spring
( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)This contribution (and the special issue as a whole) marks a modest attempt to initiate an investigation into what is called here ‘democratic knowledge’. This is done with special reference to the Arab Maghrib (in this ...
