... circumstances, political and economic trends in the Middle East require a degree of theoretical conceptualization. The authors of this report analyze the current political and economic trends in the region’s Arab countries and non-Arab states, including Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Additionally, the authors examine key foreign policy trends in Middle Eastern states.
Regional Trends in the Middle East: Political and Economic Dynamics
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Such assessments are mainly characteristic of political scientists in the West who reflexively view the processes in the Arab world from an ideological angle, as a dichotomy of autocracies and democracies.
The second school
is not so straightforward ... ... democracy” and what development model may take root in the Arab East. All known regional models – Egyptian, Turkish, Saudi, Iranian – have been discredited. “Political Islam”, at the current stage, has failed and is in a state of critical self-analysis,...
... had withstood the effects of the Arab Spring but have become aware of threats stemming from radical Sunnis (
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The Egyptian Case
The short-lived rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has brought ... ... political activity, among other things through its Al Jazeera TV channel and claim a strong leadership role in the swiftly changing Arab World.
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Petr Stegniy:
Syrian Issue Cannot Be Resolved Through Force
The Qataris generously financed ...
