Events
AJCS seminar draws lessons from first wave of coronavirus pandemic ahead of the second
Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:12
A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is likely but it will not be as severe as those of the first because of the experience gained; and unless Arab states ease constraints on society and cooperate with one another, they will be no better in the second wave than they are in the first.
Policy Briefs
The Sirte-Jufra line: a front in the war or the basis of negotiations?
Sun, 08/02/2020 - 22:55
Policy Briefs
The Mechichi government: Will it resolve the Tunisian crisis or deepen it?
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 21:17
Policy Briefs
Moment of truth: Mali teeters between President Keïta and the protest movement
Mon, 07/27/2020 - 16:04
President Keïta is currently facing a mass movement demanding he step down. Decrying rampant corruption, election rigging, a collapsing economy and rising unemployment, a lack of security, and ethnic conflict,…
Reports
COVID-19: The Lingering Conflict and the Regional Balance of Power in Yemen
Sun, 07/26/2020 - 20:50
The longer the pandemic lasts, with its detrimental financial and social effects, the higher the chances for terrorist groups to increase their influence in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria and spread this to neighbourin…
Policy Briefs
States within the state: Kadhimi’s challenge is to bring Shia militias under control
Wed, 07/22/2020 - 20:02
The security crisis facing the Kadhimi government and the Iraqi state is a major obstacle to stability and economic development in Iraq, representing a significant drain on the country’s resources and capacitie…
Policy Briefs
The Sirte-Jufra line: a front in the war or the basis of negotiations?
Sun, 08/02/2020 - 22:55
Although all indications are that most of the principal players favour a political resolution, the military situation will remain volatile as long as Haftar’s forces are in Sirte and remain in control of the ec…
The Mechichi government: Will it resolve the Tunisian crisis or deepen it?
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 21:17
Tunisian President Kais Saied tapped Hichem Mechichi to form a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Elyas Fakhfakh, whose government lasted a brief, though stormy, five months marred by a…
Moment of truth: Mali teeters between President Keïta and the protest movement
Mon, 07/27/2020 - 16:04
President Keïta is currently facing a mass movement demanding he step down. Decrying rampant corruption, election rigging, a collapsing economy and rising unemployment, a lack of security, and ethnic conflict,…
Reports
COVID-19: The Lingering Conflict and the Regional Balance of Power in Yemen
Sun, 07/26/2020 - 20:50
The longer the pandemic lasts, with its detrimental financial and social effects, the higher the chances for terrorist groups to increase their influence in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria and spread this to neighbourin…
The Islamic Group and Lebanon’s Popular Uprising*
Mon, 07/20/2020 - 10:42
While a number of key and effective groups within the Lebanese regime stood against the Hirak movement, other parties, though few in number, provided the popular movement with unconditional support, as in the c…
The Pandemic Makes Politics Worse: The Unites States as a Case Study
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 14:32
Covid-19 makes politics worse because it has generated not only greater awareness about many inequalities in the US, but it also has sharpened those inequalities. Unfortunately, inequalities such as those discu…
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How Arab States Take on Coronavirus: Morocco as a Case Study
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 17:14
Tremendous socio-economic and political challenges are facing Morocco during the Coronavirus crisis. Regardless of the promising signs of a short-term momentum in unity and institutional trust, the institutiona…
Reports
The Shifting Geopolitics of Coronavirus and the Demise of Neoliberalism – (Part 1)
Thu, 03/19/2020 - 11:30
One should highlight the distance between fiction and reality. However, a number of China politics observers and Western military officials have claimed a strong link between Coronavirus and recent research con…
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The Emergence of Another African Conflict: Egypt, Ethiopia and Geopolitics of the Renaissance Dam
Thu, 03/05/2020 - 11:58
Very few consider that despite the possibility of conflict or cooperation, such changes in the exploitation of the Nile River resources are due to changing relations and the need to address long-standing unfair…
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The Shifting Geopolitics of Coronavirus and the Demise of Neoliberalism – (Part 2)
Sun, 03/22/2020 - 10:30
What is needed now, more than ever, is a public debate of moral autonomy of citizens in redefining the rights and obligations of the state and reconstructing their moral authority. The debate needs to kick off…
Reports
China’s Battle with Coronavirus: Possible Geopolitical Gains and Real Challenges
Sun, 04/19/2020 - 12:10
China has tried to take advantage of the Coronavirus crisis to boost its international role and status. Nonetheless, China’s own mistakes in battling the virus as well as diplomatic aggressiveness have raised d…
Policy Briefs
What Comes after the Pandemic?: Predicting the World to Come*
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 08:00
There is no doubt that it is a terrible pandemic, but it seems that modern humans have yet to gain the level of wisdom necessary to see through to the catastrophic consequences of their way of life, organizatio…
Publications
The Experience of Good Governance in Qatar: Levers of Sustainable Development and Social Empowerment (1995–2013)
Sun, 12/23/2018 - 09:02
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has released a new book, The Experience of Good Governance in Qatar: Levers of Sustainable Development and Social Empowerment (1995–2013), that aims to encourage further academic i…
Intra-Gulf Relations: The Dilemma of Strategic Void and Fragmentation (1971-2018)
Mon, 12/03/2018 - 08:05
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has recently published a book entitled Intra-Gulf Relations: The Dilemma of Strategic Void and Fragmentation (1971 –2018) by Dr. Mohammed Al-Misfer.
Federalism in Somalia: Aspirations of Partition and Challenges to Unity
Wed, 10/24/2018 - 08:04
AJCS published a new book this month entitled Federalism in Somalia: Aspirations of Partition and Challenges to Unity by Shafei Abtidoon. It sheds light on the impact of federalism on Somalia's present and…
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Media in Political Transition: The Case of Turkey
Wed, 04/17/2019 - 08:11
As part of the research project between AJCS and the University of Cambridge entitled, Media in Political Transition: The Case of Turkey, these studies present the findings of the original research conducted in…
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AJCS explores the implications of Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 22:01
AJCS hosted Dr. Hani al-Masri, Director General of the Palestinian Centre for Policy Research and Strategic Studies (Masarat) in an online roundtable discussion to discuss Israel’s annexation of lands in the We…
AJCS launches its Lubab magazine 5th edition
Thu, 02/13/2020 - 13:58
The newly-established magazine Lubab has devoted its fifth number to two set of strategic and media related themes: