Al Jazeera Network http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/ http://studies.aljazeera.net/Media/images/logo-print.jpg http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/ © 2013 Aljazeera Network feedback@aljazeera.net webmaster@aljazeera.net Aljazeera Generator The factors that have detonated people’s power protest in Turkey call for special attention: authoritarian space, single leadership cult, neo-liberalism, and youth dynamism. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/06/2013618111850423294.htm 2013618111850423294 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:08:05 GMT Although protests in Taksim Square started as a peaceful gesture of disapproval of the demolition of Gezi Park, many argue that they actually reflect the dissatisfaction of a certain division of the Turkish society with Erdogan and his policies and rule despite Turkey's economic and diplomatic rise. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/06/201361082945877212.htm 201361082945877212 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:34:43 GMT After elections in early March 2013 and the Jubilee Coalition's rise to power, change in Kenya’s policies, especially in foreign affairs, is expected. However, many doubt the new regime will make major shifts as although the new leadership is young, it is seen as representative of the old order. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/06/2013668593465518.htm 2013668593465518 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:10:59 GMT The fifth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit held in Durban in March and the declarations emerging from it have resulted in the need for an objective assessment of the bloc’s efficacy to be undertaken and methods for its improvement conceptualized. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/06/20136474134190632.htm 20136474134190632 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:31:41 GMT In light of the developments witnessed by the Qatari-Ethiopian relations, which saw complete severance in 2008 and the return of diplomatic ties in 2013, it is important to understand the contexts that pushed these relations to such levels. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/2013528104610736526.htm 2013528104610736526 Tue, 28 May 2013 11:07:44 GMT AFRICOM’s establishment is not as altruistic as its developmental component might lead one to believe and were it allowed to continue its activities unhindered, the African continent will witness drastic consequences, including an intensification of the second ‘scramble for Africa’. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/2013521122644377724.htm 2013521122644377724 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:36:21 GMT Since Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani blessed his sons’ detention, there have been cautious expectations that the "ninety minutes man" – as he has been nicknamed – intends to return to the centre of political activity and run in the Iranian presidential elections scheduled for mid-June. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/2013520133342235449.htm 2013520133342235449 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:00 GMT Hassan Nasrallah has emphasised that Hezbollah’s military involvement in the Syrian conflict reflects a pro-regime position. This heavily burdens Hezbollah, as it must face developments in Syria that are to be responded to according to agreements conforming to major Iranian strategies in the region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/201351583630252325.htm 201351583630252325 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:04 GMT In the past decade, relations between Iran and Turkey have steadied along three mutual concerns: economic transactions, opposition to a separate Kurdistan and support for a Palestinian state. Despite competition and dispute, these created cordial relations amidst occasional outbreaks of rivalry. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/20135139554264452.htm 20135139554264452 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:14:51 GMT Being one of the largest countries in area and population, India is one of the top ten largest economies and will continue to grow. It is hence becoming increasingly dependent on the Middle East for energy security. But, it is also in the interest of the Middle East to pursue good relations with it. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/2013512114447892821.htm 2013512114447892821 Sun, 12 May 2013 12:00:57 GMT After the bloodshed of the past 12 years, parties in the Afghan conflict have concluded that a solution to the issue lies in dialogue and negotiation. Now convinced that the use of force is fruitless, the parties have mapped out a number of practical steps toward dialogue and reconciliation. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/20135811747329630.htm 20135811747329630 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:23:23 GMT Pakistan's general elections are scheduled for 11 May 2013, with the democratically-elected government having completed its term successfully. This paper discusses the upcoming elections and possibilities for traditionally-dominant and rising political powers. It also discusses possible changes. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/201356114548705792.htm 201356114548705792 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:27:39 GMT The Arab Spring has left permanent scars on the course of domestic and foreign policies of Turkey and Iran. The relations between the two countries have always been complicated and multidimensional. However, maintenance of mutual ties can contribute to the regional security. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/05/20135572011282586.htm 20135572011282586 Sun, 05 May 2013 07:33:03 GMT With its loans, vast investments, and expanding trade with Africa, China is a fierce rival to countries seeking energy security and so on; and overall, African states are quite pleased with their Chinese partners. But how is the China-Africa partnership affecting the process of democratisation? http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/04/201343011415424904.htm 201343011415424904 Wed, 01 May 2013 09:36:40 GMT Tammam Salam's designation to form a new Lebanese government is a mystery. Most Lebanese forces consented although they contend over the Syrian file and are aligned with international powers. Some of them are loyal defenders of the Syrian president while others seek to overthrow his regime. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/04/2013429103357611395.htm 2013429103357611395 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:42:11 GMT Despite China's veto on the UN resolution for Syria, and as a result of the resentment that caused among Arab masses, China currently seeks to clarify its position, detach itself from Russia, and establish friendly relations in the Arab region to guarantee a steady supply of energy and expand trade. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/04/201341611204179344.htm 201341611204179344 Sun, 12 May 2013 07:42:30 GMT Although Hindu political parties such as BJP are committed to a "civilisational" tie to Israel, their political weakness makes for dialogue about the consequences. Also, the government's censure of Israel for Cast Lead and Pillar of Defence shows there are currents loyal to the Palestinian cause. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/04/201347114923799215.htm 201347114923799215 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:34:18 GMT The upcoming Iranian presidential elections will be a referendum confirming the legitimacy of the Iranian regime and provide an opportunity for the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, to put President Ahmadinejad’s term in the past. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/03/2013324950532105.htm 2013324950532105 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:44:43 GMT The activities of militant Islamist sects in north Nigeria is now a growing source of security concern to the West. Driving much of the attention is Boko Haram's violent attacks on diverse civilian and military targets using such violent tactics like placement of explosive devices & suicide bombing. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/04/20134412740282470.htm 20134412740282470 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:26:30 GMT The Sadrist movement is unique among the Shi’a groups in the current crisis in Iraq in that it is in a partnership with Nouri Al Maliki’s government yet it engages in protests that oppose his policies. This position is part of a long-standing tradition that gives the movement a wide margin to manoeuvre and jump from the sidelines to the centre of the political process in a short space of time. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/03/201331384858751104.htm 201331384858751104 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:41:07 GMT The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came into power in 2009 with promises of bringing long-term change to the Japanese political system: giving the cabinet policy making power, changing the U.S.-Japan security relationship and moving away from massive infrastructure and public works spending. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/2013225115522814626.htm 2013225115522814626 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:18:59 GMT The decision of Bulgarian authorities to speak up about the available evidence concerning the Burgas attack has failed to stir up a diplomatic storm. Nonetheless, the issue will not simply go away; it is firmly on the EU agenda and has implications on Europe’s relations with both Israel and the US. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/20132248493380835.htm 20132248493380835 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:44:12 GMT An instrumental step towards toppling the dictator in Syria was the formation of the “Syrian National Coalition” after two years of armed uprising against Assad’s regime. However, forming a representative interim government and building consensus on the transitional period priorities and time line, are equally important steps still needed to avoid the transitional hardships. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/20132209526299197.htm 20132209526299197 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:53:44 GMT To ECOWAS, the AU and the UN, the crisis in Mali indicates the need for shift of mission and focus from purely hard security to building a legitimate democratic state that can deliver. Securitising and democratising Mali requires more resilient democratic states in the Sahel region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/20132148940690455.htm 20132148940690455 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:28:56 GMT Lebanon stands amid a paradox. The country is currently seeking to formulate an electoral law that will rid the state of its sectarian character and aims at doing that through consensus between sectarian political powers. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/20132673918235210.htm 20132673918235210 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:52:40 GMT Jordan’s new parliament suffers from numerous shortcomings because of the boycott by certain major political forces of its recent election. As a result of the boycott, parliament now consists mostly of former members of parliament and is based on tribal forces who are not experienced in parliamentary politics. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/201323111215861709.htm 201323111215861709 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:55:43 GMT Shinzo Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan’s (LDP) leader, is back in power for his second stint as prime minister, six years after his first. Abe is known inside and outside Japan as an ultra-nationalist with often hawkish views on combating Chinese power in the region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/20132375353689375.htm 20132375353689375 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:54:50 GMT While Obama has used hard and soft power to maintain a stable course, he has neither tapped into the presidency’s extraordinary power nor fully utilised extraordinary events in the Middle East after the Arab uprisings to effect change in America’s interaction with the region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/201313195532579566.htm 201313195532579566 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:10:12 GMT Although Obama’s rhetoric had given the impression of heightened US involvement and commitment to the region, his actual foreign policy priorities lie elsewhere. Still, by the end of Obama’s first term, the major Arab popular uprisings that forced him to become more involved in the region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/2013130113522813837.htm 2013130113522813837 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:11:03 GMT The promotion of the Qatar-Ukraine cooperation in the field of energy guarantees the reformulation of the main active and influential elements in the international arena and may result in significant changes in the political map of the world. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/02/20132711047377684.htm 20132711047377684 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:08:49 GMT As the United States prepares to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014, the region is abuzz with developments over the country’s future, particularly in the context of the Taliban’s role. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/2013124111354190395.htm 2013124111354190395 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:36:54 GMT Despite the separation of north Mali in March 2012, security and political problems are not contained within this region. The south is also facing a political stalemate which, if not dealt with, can lead to the collapse of the state in which case would make it impossible to regain the north. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/2013116123125579338.htm 2013116123125579338 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:41:18 GMT This paper touches on the most important aspects of the eighth general conference of the Communist Party of China and its outcomes and decisions – such as electing a new leadership for the party and the country. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/201311012238939521.htm 201311012238939521 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:14:51 GMT Conflict between Baghdad and Erbil over areas of influence has escalated into armed clashes. This is fuelled by the policies of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki which incline towards autocracy, and the divisions that impact on the establishment of a coherent Iraqi force that might provide stability to Iraq and ensure its unity. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/20131893838188845.htm 20131893838188845 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:39:40 GMT Although the BH had incubated in northern Nigeria for over a decade, it was not until July 2009 when it provoked a short-lived anti-government uprising in northern Nigeria that it became a subject of serious security concern in national and international security desks. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/12/2012122491416595337.htm 2012122491416595337 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:35:52 GMT The political situation in Jordan is no different from that of other Arab countries which have experienced revolutionary uprisings over the past two years. In particular, strong similarities exist in terms of political despotism, absolute autocracy and the emergence of a ruling elite. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/12/2012121995612798705.htm 2012121995612798705 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:23:14 GMT Algerians are concerned that foreign military intervention in Mali will exacerbate the already explosive conditions in the Sahel. To them, separating Tuareg groups from terrorist organisations and establishing dialogue between Ansar Dine and MNLA are a better alternative to resolving the situation. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/11/2012112595748907324.htm 2012112595748907324 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:06:31 GMT With its celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the constitution half a century ago, the state of Kuwait is witnessing a fragile moment and milestone in its contemporary political history, which is the occurrence of holding early elections for the fourteenth National Assembly beginning in December. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/11/2012112564831970746.htm 2012112564831970746 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:13:50 GMT After having pointed fingers at the Syrian regime for the assassination of the Intelligence Chief of the Internal Security Forces, Lebanon’s most prominent security branch, Brigadier General Wissam Al-Hassan some crucial questions were raised in Lebanon. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/11/20121120114428938339.htm 20121120114428938339 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:15:21 GMT On 23 November 2012, the General Assembly of the United Nations issued resolution No. 67/19 with a majority of 138 votes against 9 with 41 countries abstaining, by which it ruled to upgrade the status of Palestine in the United Nations to the description of “nonmember state”. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/01/2013115104944924689.htm 2013115104944924689 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:23:45 GMT Although the former regime and president were overthrown, remnants of the regime, its socially-constructed society and regional and international forces ensured the abortion of the revolution thus facilitating a political settlement that reflected the internal balance of power and foreign influence. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/11/20121111115648204431.htm 20121111115648204431 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:14:12 GMT Iran’s Green Movement failed to formulate a new political discourse and seemed content with populist, impromptu slogans. The next period will focus on the opposition's different sections and its ability to withstand the burdens of change. It will, however, not focus on the Green Movement alone. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/11/20121159103533337.htm 20121159103533337 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:24:39 GMT A recent series of attacks has struck at the seeming core of the international military strategy in Afghanistan. The mistrust generated by these so-called 'green-on-blue' incidents has forced a rethink of some operational procedures, but the transition process will remain largely unaffected. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/10/2012101012944517383.htm 2012101012944517383 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:28:36 GMT Beating Mahmoud Jibril by a few votes, Mustafa Abushagur now has unlimited challenges to face as prime minister; and the fact that he was selected because of the lack of choice of candidates and was a deputy prime minister in the previous administration only renders matters more complex. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/10/2012108961188893.htm 2012108961188893 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:18:01 GMT There is great turmoil today in the Arab countries, and as the turmoil unfolds, there are a large number of countries which are pursuing their interests in the region. The principal problem however, is that there is now no hegemonic power. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/09/201292794341783224.htm 201292794341783224 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:06:22 GMT The green, white, and red flag with a centered sun has been flying high in the Kurdish areas of Syria since President Bashar al-Assad withdrew government forces. The Syrian Kurds have had their first taste of autonomy and have prevented both government and Free Syrian Army troops from entering the territory. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/09/201291910402907471.htm 201291910402907471 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:46:17 GMT With the battle of secession in war-torn north Mali and the control of both religious and secular armed groups, the country finds itself torn between local, regional and international forces. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/10/2012101124126298613.htm 2012101124126298613 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:43:07 GMT Through its serial attacks on Christians and mainstream Muslims in pursuit of implementing shari'ah law, Boko Haram continues to threaten the already weak unity of Nigeria with the indirect help of poor political and socioeconomic conditions in the country. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/07/20127316859987337.htm 20127316859987337 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:55:28 GMT The Salafi movement has grown in Sudan in recent years. Traditional Salafism had focused its activities on correcting the ways in which the Islamic faith was practised, fighting against polytheism and branding individuals as heretics. Recently, Sudan witnessed the emergence of Jihadist Salafism which has begun branding political leaders and entire regimes as heretical and which has resorted to the use of violence. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/07/20127395530326675.htm 20127395530326675 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:30:20 GMT This report reviews Salafism across the Western coastal region of Africa and argues that Purist Salafism in the Sahel and Maghreb region as a whole stems from the movement of Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab and its tributaries, which are influenced by the jurisprudence of Ibn Taymiyyah. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/07/20127177719710292.htm 20127177719710292 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:43:04 GMT The federal political system in Iraq is one of the reasons for the country’s political crisis. This is due to the way this system has been implemented, with provincial governments granted more power than the central government, as is the case in the Kurdistan region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/06/201262772222186732.htm 201262772222186732 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:50:31 GMT The resurgence of piracy in African waters is now a subject of serious concern to African states and indeed the international community. For the last decade, it was concentrated in three main regions: the East African Coast, Nigeria’s territorial waters, and the Mozambique Channel. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/06/2012612123210113333.htm 2012612123210113333 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:55:21 GMT The Syrian revolution has redefined the structure of the forces of political Islam by identifying regime loyalists and revolution supporters and redefining the latter's form and role, particularly the alliance of the Muslim Brotherhood and secular forces seeking to depose the Syrian regime http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/06/2012610962880192.htm 2012610962880192 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:24:49 GMT Uncertainty still lingers over Kenya’s coming election date. This is largely a result of the 2010 Constitution adopted in a referendum that set the election date but whose interpretation remains divisive and controversial. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/05/20125171220389752.htm 20125171220389752 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:24:19 GMT Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) was hosted in cities and university campuses around the world. In South Africa the campaign was taken from university lecture rooms to communities during the country’s Human Rights month of March. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/05/201251511343828397.htm 201251511343828397 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:31:34 GMT By continuing its settlement policy, Israel is eliminating the possibility of the establishment of a Palestinian state. In this it has enjoyed the active support of the international Quartet on the Middle East, which has in effect given political legitimacy to a powerful Israel’s isolation of a weak Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile, the Arab states are immersed in internal challenges and perturbations. This has seen the Palestinian cause take a back-seat in their priorities. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/05/201251394125380663.htm 201251394125380663 Mon, 14 May 2012 11:37:53 GMT Bal’ur set out to establish the foundations for a jihadist Salafist entity, one that would later be known as the Sahara Emirate of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. This part of Al-Qaeda has come to be classified as the part that is ‘larger than the whole’. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/04/20124301421966601.htm 20124301421966601 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:53:27 GMT Turkey approaches the Syrian crisis through a series of factors that it considers to be basic axioms. Among these is that the Syrian situation is a regional and international responsibility and not solely its own, but that it may intervene if the Syrian crisis places its national security at risk. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/04/2012423112649482734.htm 2012423112649482734 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:48:24 GMT Asia’s economic resurgence and cumulative financial strengths in the last two decades have contributed to the global shift of power to Asia. Today, Asia overshadows the United States and Europe in economic and financial strength which has led to the growth of its political leverages internationally. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/04/2012417114036228445.htm 2012417114036228445 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:03:14 GMT BRICS represents the first important non-Western global initiative in the post-Cold War world. It brings together five major emerging powers located in different parts of the world — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, with the first letter in their names making up the acronym BRICS. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/04/201248135926654219.htm 201248135926654219 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:47:03 GMT The history of South Sudan is replete with war that remains with unclear end. Independence ushered in tribal wars. Al Bashir’s Sudan seem to have unfinished business with South Sudan. There are intermittent fights along the borders of the two countries. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/03/201232915424885341.htm 201232915424885341 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:10:59 GMT Somalis are still debating the conclusions of the London conference and the consequences it will have on their cause and country. There is a general feeling that this conference will actually resonate although no one is able predict how and whether it would be positive or negative. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/03/201232811303921589.htm 201232811303921589 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:04:10 GMT U.S. power in the world is undisputably eroding but not declining. Multipolarity erodes U.S. supremacy because other actors are entering the global competition. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/03/2012325113036551664.htm 2012325113036551664 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:23:34 GMT In what seems to be an extraordinary shift in its involvement in Africa, Turkey is fast becoming an ally – and international actor – in Somalia's theater. Lately, Ankara has shown an increasing interest and willingness to intervene to the devastating situation caused by the acute drought, in Somalia http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/03/2012322134148266334.htm 2012322134148266334 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:48:53 GMT African and Arab youth have started a new conversation about their futures and their countries. This is a conversation that the men and women in the corridors of power never bothered to engage in. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/03/201238111034543391.htm 201238111034543391 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:47:31 GMT United States strategic planners are carrying out a fundamental reconfiguration of America's military presence throughout the world. The shift came to light in November 2011, when President Barack Obama announced that some 2500 U.S. Marines were going to take up permanent positions at a training base on the northern tip of Australia. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/20122298351562628.htm 20122298351562628 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:13:26 GMT The extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, is now feared for its ability to mount both ‘low-scale’ and audacious attacks in Nigeria. Since July 2009 when it provoked a short-lived anti-government uprising in northern Nigeria, the sect has mounted serial attacks that have placed it in media spotlight, both locally and internationally. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/201222911305194897.htm 201222911305194897 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:40:23 GMT Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and its international and regional backers have sought military victory over the extremist group of al-Shabaab, branded by the U.S. and many Europeans as a terrorist entity. After three years of fighting, Somali government forces and the African Union troops control the capital Mogadishu. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/201222072248106446.htm 201222072248106446 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:29:40 GMT Recent parliamentary elections that took place on 2 February came in the wake of popular mobilisation that ousted the former government and saw the dissolving of parliament. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/2012229115257131991.htm 2012229115257131991 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:15:38 GMT Mid-January marked a new stage in the long historical struggle between the Malian government and the Touareg rebels. This new chapter emerges in a time where Malians are preparing for legislative and presidential elections expected to be held on 29th April 2012. The Malian Constitutional Council has yet to make any decisions on whether it will hold the elections on the due date or adjourning them to a more proper time. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/2012219113630111169.htm 2012219113630111169 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:51:21 GMT The Asia-Pacific is the world’s most economically dynamic region, where the specter of a power imbalance looms large. The new U.S. strategy — part of President Barack Obama’s 2012 strategic guidance for the Pentagon — calls for “rebalancing toward the Asia-Pacific.” http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/201221510840446905.htm 201221510840446905 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:17:55 GMT The Arab states of the Gulf suffer from a triad of weaknesses and vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities relate to areas of conduct, diplomacy and development - and pose a threat to their interests. Saudi Arabia proposed the idea of a ‘Gulf Union’ as a way to address these vulnerabilities. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/20122784257115371.htm 20122784257115371 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:23:48 GMT The 18th African Union Summit was held from 23-30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU 2012 January Summit will be different from the previous summits for the various reasons. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/02/20122111410505510.htm 20122111410505510 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:47:03 GMT Europe, like other global hegemons, failed to predict the ‘Arab Spring’. In part their inability to foresee the uprisings is suggestive of the nature of the traditional relations between Europe and authoritarian regimes in the region. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/01/201212991355540876.htm 201212991355540876 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:33:13 GMT The second stage of the Egyptian parliamentary elections was held in nine other provinces in two rounds: the first on Wednesday and Thursday, 14th-15th December, and the second a mere week later, 21st-22nd December 2011. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/01/201215105048964756.htm 201215105048964756 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:33:58 GMT While following news stories of all the Arab revolutions whether in Arab or Western media, one can find Edward Said in the center of all of them. One just needs to have in mind Said’s wholehearted arguments around the themes related to these events like the question of democracy,Islam and so forth http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/01/201211913435601659.htm 201211913435601659 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:52:08 GMT In this paper, we look not only at the American role in the Somali famine and Western media coverage of Somali suffering, but also at the roles played by Somalia's neighbors, international organizations, and as local and international Islamic organizations. As merely a descriptive account, this paper is by no means a comparison between the Western role and its local Islamic counterpart. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2012/01/2012111125057766583.htm 2012111125057766583 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:06:44 GMT The first stage of the Egyptian parliamentary elections has been an expected success for the Muslim Brotherhood, a surprising advance for Salafis and a historical defeat for the Wafd Party as well as a collapse for the formations that came from the National Party, which had dominated political life. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/12/20111228101331749188.htm 20111228101331749188 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:36:23 GMT The high unlikelihood of the occurrence of an American attack on Iran soon will not prevent the next U.S. administration from using the accusation to justify a military strike on Iran which will be in favor of neither Iran nor Saudi Arabia. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/12/201112813535779510.htm 201112813535779510 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:30:12 GMT Sponsored by Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, this is an introductory report that has a prime research focus on the experience of Muslims as victims of violence, intimidation and discrimination in the UK. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/events/2012/01/20121892050808389.htm 20121892050808389 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:41:12 GMT When the Americans occupied Iraq, they announced that they were going to stay there for decades, and that they would make Iraq their main base that would replace the US base of Incirlik and even that of Al-Siliyya. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/12/20111211123428231891.htm 20111211123428231891 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:43:03 GMT Africa remains a continent of contradictions – where the poor and rich live in unsettled harmony and despots and democrats share advice at the grand union – and home to recurrent crisis. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/11/20111130135852969213.htm 20111130135852969213 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:20:04 GMT On 21st October, President Barack Obama pointed out that the United States will complete the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq by the end of this year. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/11/2011113012411334501.htm 2011113012411334501 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:50:48 GMT The aim of this essay is to examine the historical bases of the opposition forces behind the making of the revolutionary coalition in Libya, which led the struggle and defeated the dictatorship of Muammar Qaddafi on 21st October 2011. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/11/2011112713835218952.htm 2011112713835218952 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:30:51 GMT On 25th September, the Saudi monarch, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, issued a decree that allowed Saudi women to enter the shura council and be nominated for candidacy in municipal elections. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/11/20111127125217581492.htm 20111127125217581492 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:55:43 GMT This paper was originally produced and presented for the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2011 on behalf of Al Jazeera Centre for Studies. It was then published by the Doha-based Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in English and Arabic. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/11/2011116121952681103.htm 2011116121952681103 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:12:17 GMT Eight months after the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, disappointment and doubts seem to dominate the scene of the Arab revolutions. One wonders if the Arab spring has not turned into a summer of discontent. One also wonders if the rapid elimination of Ben Ali and Mubarak was not the exception. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/09/201191312121163597.htm 201191312121163597 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:08:32 GMT Chinese-Israeli relations offer a unique example of the kind of shifts in international relations for which it is difficult to employ classical international relations literature and most contemporary theories in the field for the provision of a consistent interpretation. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/12/2011125121056279259.htm 2011125121056279259 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:23:07 GMT Israel has recently witnessed a mass protest movement, unprecedented in its history, calling for the introduction of a radical change of priorities directing the policies of Netanyahu's government toward the Israeli public... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/09/201198103556410562.htm 201198103556410562 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:40:26 GMT After ten years of alliance against what is described as terrorism, U.S-Pakistani relations have become unprecedentedly tense, following US allegations of Pakistani collaboration with Sirajuddin Haqqani’s network, http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/12/201112781713196303.htm 201112781713196303 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:54:20 GMT The legacies of conflict and violence have beleaguered much of Uganda before and after independent periods. From Idi Amin’s military coup in 1971 to 1986 when Yoweri Museveni took power at least fourteen insurgencies have been registered... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/2011823922435163.htm 2011823922435163 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:59:51 GMT Like other youth in the country, Sufi youth participated in the 25 January Egyptian revolution, and joined the demonstrations in Tahrir Square with their peers. However, they were not as visible as the youth of other groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood or the Salafis... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/20118239227716260.htm 20118239227716260 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:07 GMT Beyond the current fascinations concerning the “Arab Spring”, there are strategic economic and diplomatic dimensions that require deeper analysis and understanding... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/2011810115520864418.htm 2011810115520864418 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:39 GMT It seems too early to accept the prevailing impression outside Saudi Arabia that the Kingdom has succeeded in overcoming the repercussions of the Arab Spring... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/2011810101722611992.htm 2011810101722611992 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:01:07 GMT Relations between the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have certainly been seriously impaired... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/201183115620801924.htm 201183115620801924 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:01:31 GMT It is true that the constitutional reforms - submitted to the King of Morocco by an appointed committee and voted in a referendum by 70% of the country's 13 million registered voters—have triggered an endless debate among the political elites of the country... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/201172812293359651.htm 201172812293359651 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:01:47 GMT The government presided by Silvio Berlusconi, that was already weakened by several electoral setbacks... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/201173094159554623.htm 201173094159554623 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:13:40 GMT Jordanian-Israeli relations, as viewed through the lens of international relations, are a typical example of a non-zero-sum game... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/20117301128755652.htm 20117301128755652 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:02:36 GMT Relations between the ‘brotherly’ Maghreb states – Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya – have been, and continue to be, marked by a structural specificity that sets them ... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/2011730113026179590.htm 2011730113026179590 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:42:33 GMT Ever since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has been a vexing foreign policy conundrum for the United States. The relationship turned acrimonious almost from the start of the revolution... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/20117301203642159.htm 20117301203642159 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:05:19 GMT Since 2002 the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has been governing Turkey with remarkable success in all areas of economic development. Its case is unique in Turkish... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/2011730121259478399.htm 2011730121259478399 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:04:07 GMT The United States has had an erratic relationship with Yemen, at times being overly involved and at others not at all. The lens through which Washington has looked at Yemen has been... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/2011730123232766113.htm 2011730123232766113 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:04:50 GMT Bin Laden’s death may be a watershed moment for al-Qaeda, but for the war in Afghanistan and for the Taliban it changes little. This is not to understate the importance... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/2011730122656119865.htm 2011730122656119865 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:05:49 GMT Omar Suleiman’s announcement on the 11th of February, 2011 of Hosni Mubarak’s decision to step down and transfer his presidential authorities to the Military Supreme Council was a watershed event in the country’s history... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/201173012398602912.htm 201173012398602912 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:06:07 GMT Part one identified similarities and differences between the Egyptian and Tunisian popular revolutions on the one hand and conditions for a similar uprising in Ethiopia on the other hand... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/20117309164305268.htm 20117309164305268 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:06:29 GMT China- Africa Relations can be traced from the 1955 Bandung Conference in Indonesia. From the 19050s until the late 1970s, China offered African countries politically motivated aid... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/201173010540824183.htm 201173010540824183 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:06:58 GMT On June 12th 2011, King Abdullah announced that he supported proposals for a new electoral system and a political party’s law suggesting that the country was moving towards forming parliamentary... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/07/2011730103423239216.htm 2011730103423239216 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:07:19 GMT The debate about America’s decline is as old as the country itself. George Washington, John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson were all afraid that if the new republic entered ‘entangling alliances’ – in the words of Jefferson – or went ‘abroad in search of monsters to destroy... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/20118241145680896.htm 20118241145680896 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:07:35 GMT The formation of the Salam Fayyad government in the West Bank has been a striking and noteworthy phenomenon in the history of modern Palestine. This is due to the fact that his government was the product of internal division among the Palestinians... http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/201182411931929942.htm 201182411931929942 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:07:53 GMT Obama’s recent jive with school children in Delhi symbolises the nature of the new relationship that is emerging between India and the United States of America: the US, it seems, dances to the tune of India. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/2011824115218150761.htm 2011824115218150761 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:09:13 GMT The resounding defeat of the Democratic Party in the United States midterm congressional elections has clearly weakened President Barack Obama’s hand on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/201182412922108261.htm 201182412922108261 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:09:04 GMT Recently concluded strategic dialogue between US and Pakistan in Washington has clearly brought out the urgency to forge a road map for post US withdrawal from Afghanistan. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/2011824121338847572.htm 2011824121338847572 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:08:58 GMT The referendum date on self-determination for southern Sudan approaches; the people of the south will vote in a referendum on 9 January 2011 to determine their future. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2011/08/201182412581914444.htm 201182412581914444 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:12:56 GMT The Guardian Council rejected the candidacy of the former President, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in the presidential elections scheduled for 14 June 2013 without providing a legal reason for doing so. http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2013/06/201364105156549735.htm 201364105156549735 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:25:54 GMT