| | | | Fayyadism is a term coined by New York Times columnist Tom Friedman that has gained widespread usage in the media and the quasi-academic literature emanating from various high-profile English-language think tanks. The term is named after the current prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Dr. Salam Fayyad, formally an economist at the IMF | |
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| | | | For more than two years, Kuwait has been witnessing a vicious cycle of recurring political disputes and struggles between the Parliament and the Council of Ministers (the Executive branch of Kuwait’s government). These recurring political impasses manifest themselves in a series of ministerial questionings.. | |
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| | | | Israel’s recent assassination of Zoheir Al Qaisi, secretary-general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), ignited a new round of aggression on the Gaza Strip. Over the course of the four-day attack on Gaza, Israeli Air Force jets bombed numerous targets, killed 26 Palestinians, and wounded dozens more. | |
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| | | | This paper seeks to identify a phenomenon that has emerged in recent years among Israeli Jewish settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, called the “price tag”. It appears to be a loose organization though it is directed by a central leadership. This organization seeks to further strengthen Jewish settlement | |
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| | | | | | The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) recently published the Arab Opinion Index report for 2011. The Arab Opinion Index project is currently the largest of its kind. It covers 12 countries, representing 85 percent of the population of the Arab world | |
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| | | | The Arab Spring revolutions varied according to the social environment and nature of each ruling regime, and depending on the degree of civility in surrounding environments, the momentum in achieving the revolution’s goals and was faster when charting the features of such revolutions. The revolts of Tunisia and Egypt were the fastest | |
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| | | | The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies has published on its website a series of articles entitled: “The Last Decade in Syria: The Dialectic of Stagnation and Reform,” by Mohammed Jamal Barout. These articles deal with the Syrian revolution, its background, its current path, and, briefly, its future prospects. | |
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| | | | The results of Iran’s ninth legislative elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution confirmed the expectations of many that supporters of the supreme leader, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, would defeat those of the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The results come at a time of increased economic difficulty, heightened sanctions and political impasse. | |
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Abdulkhaleq Abdullah 