Abstracts
Studies
The Impact of Regional Variables on Gulf Development: «Normalization»
as a Model…………………………………………………. Hassan Al-Ashmar 7
This study inspects the Gulf Cooperation Council countries interest in the development process through examining the «visions» formulated by each country, and how such visions might unfold or be integrated in light of structural similarities and common economic and security challenges. The study also sheds light on the Gulf countries efforts to utilize normalization agreements with the Zionist entity in enhancing their own development process. The study attempts to reveal to what extent normalization impacts the development process in the Gulf region, and whether it is appropriate for these countries to bet on it in hopes of achieving development, all while Israel further securing its presence and influence in the region at the expense of the Arab countries, their stability, future and national security.
Keywords: Development, Development Visions, Normalization, Arab Gulf States, Israel, Economic Diversification, Regional Variables.
Popular movement in Algeria 2019: Can the Voice of a Marginalized
Community Be Heard?…………………………………. Mustafa Bousboua 27
This study examines and analyzes the role of marginalized football fans (also known as Ultras) in Algeria’s 2019 popular movements, through analyzing the narratives (songs, hymns) produced by such fans whether prior to or during movements. Where the voices of the marginalized society in Algeria heard? This study argues that for these marginalized segments, the popular movements were a means to be reintegrated within the crucible of society. Especially so after an Ultra song had become a major icon of the movements, which had a major impact in halting illegal immigration. Yet this matter did not last long and withered with the decline of the popular movements.
Keywords: Popular Movement, Football Fans, Ultras, Marginalized Society, Movement Songs, Immigration, Integration.
Land confiscation during the British Mandate and Israeli settler
colonialism in Palestine…………………………… Ruba Oubada Masodat 42
Land has always been of great importance in the Palestinian cause, especially since the Zionist occupation adopted land confiscation policies to bring about demographic change. The British Mandate era over Palestine is considered one of the most dangerous historical stages for the Palestinian territories, as Britain pledged to create a national home for the Jews in Palestine. Accordingly, Britain enacted and manipulated laws to serve Zionist goals in Palestine. This era’s importance is highlighted by the emergence of laws and legislations to organize lands in Palestine, which gave the High Commissioner the right to dispose of Palestinian lands, which later gave way to Israeli settler colonialism, a policy that remains the same till this day.
Keywords: The Palestinian Cause, The British Mandate, Settler Colonialism, The Zionist Project, Land Confiscation Laws.
Decomposing Capitalism: A Research in the Undermining
of the Common Human Environmental………….. Chougrani Elhoucine
& Belimir Abderrazak…….. 59
The study examines the social and cultural contexts of capitalism and its multiple effects on the common human environmental. Ever since the first industrial revolution, Capitalism has been in direct clash with nature and the workers, considering them as just THINGS. Thus, causing a great deal of misery to humans and nature as it adopted the following principle: «let it pass, let it pollute». Accordingly, the world was transformed into a global universal town under the standard of economic interdependence and capital accumulation to serve societies. The study argues how the capitalist system is an expansionist structure par excellence, as it denies equality and the sincere distribution of opportunities and wealth. The study also points out that governments are not the solution to our problem, in fact they are part of the problem. Arguing that action must be taken especially since global environmental risks, by their nature, challenge communities and transcend national borders.
Keywords: Capitalism, Environment, The Human Common, Equality, State Role.
Japan’s Foreign Policy in light of the Dominant Theories
of Foreign Policies…………………………………………. Alhouas Kaabush 66
Foreign policy is determined as the main pillar of the international relations theory, as a phenomenon that reflects the dynamic nature of units interaction in the international system, this dynamic can be seen in the Japanese external behavior, where it took an important space in the studies and researches of the major schools in this field, according to the analytical specificity provided by the Japanese external behavior, this behavior is based on a pragmatic vision for the role that Japan should play in the international system, but in parallel with the limitations of the mechanisms that it uses; The dimensions of the national interest and the role, the dimensions of pragmatism and internal perception for the behavior that tokyo must adopt to respond to the external stimuli, constitute pivotal variables for understanding the peculiarity of Japan’s foreign policy.
Keywords: Japan, Foreign Policy, Realism, Liberalism,
French media and the 2022 World Cup: an Analytical Reading of a sample
of French newspapers…………………….. Muhammad al-Fatih Hamdi,
Faisal Ezdarn and Hisham Akubash…. 84
This study explores the frameworks behind the French media’s coverage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, by identifying the topics that newspapers focused on, the nature of these topics, and identifying the motives and backgrounds that produced these media discourses towards the State of Qatar and its preparations for the FIFA World Cup; for this purpose, we relied on a qualitative content analysis approach of the French newspapers under study. One of the most important conclusions of the study: There is a propaganda campaign in order to make a negative image of the State of Qatar and the global football event that it will host. Among the backgrounds of this campaign is the central tendency of the European elites who refined their view about the other adopting an arrogante attitude.
Keywords: Media Treatment, French Media, World Cup, Sports Event.
The Critical Tendency of Ibn Rushd………………………. Radwan Al-Saadi 100
This article examines the critical tendency of Ibn Rushd through inspecting some issues that seized the focus and attention of philosophers and scholars of theology in the Middle Ages, such as the theology field and the naturalities field. In the field of theology, the article deals with the antiquity of the world, a topic of much dispute, as Al-Ghazali declared that philosophers are infidels, pushing Ibn Rushd to respond back. Then came the issue of the miracle, which Ibn Rushd took a rather different approach from other previous theologians and philosophers. In the field of natural sciences, the article dealt with causation, a topic which al-Ghazali was considered to be a pioneer, while Ibn Rushd responded by defending causation and the necessary interdependence between phenomena.
Keywords: Philosophy, Rationality, Theology, Naturalism, Causation, Antiquity of the World, The Enemy.
Flags
Khairuddin Al-Tunisi:
His last years in Istanbul………………………….. Hussein Jabbar Ibrahim 116
Articles and opinions
The National Identity of the State of Kuwait:
Crisis and Solution……………………………………. Hussein Ali Sabbagh 127
A Critical Reading of the Fragile State Concept………. Ahmed Almorabti 137
The role of think tanks and research
in making public policy……………………… Qadah Bin Abdullah Aisha
and Ayad Muhammad Samir………. 150
Books and readings
Women prone to multiple affiliations…………………………….. Fadia Hoteit 160
Books Summeries……………………………………………………………….. 164
Arabic Books: The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders who Barter Earth’s Resources; The State and Development in the Arab World: An Attempt to Anticipate Global Change in the Light of the Future Analysis Methodology; The Geostrategy of the Syrian Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges for International Actors.
Foreign Books: The Superpowers’ Playground: Djibouti and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century; The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism; No Politics But Class Politics; The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine
Research Papers: «We’ll Need Oil for Decades to Come-and OPEC Needs the High Price»; «How Countries Have Kept Up Domestic Support for the War in Ukraine».
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