Leonid Issaev
& Iliya Kusa

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHERN AFRICA REGION. AN INTRODUCTION

3

Thematic Articles

Ruslan Zaporozhchenko

RETHINKING THE ARAB SPRING IN THE CONTEXT
OF GEOHISTORICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

10

Leonid Issaev, Egor Fain
& Andrey Korotayev

IMPACT OF THE ARAB SPRING
ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN THE SAHEL

34

Alisa Shishkina
& Georgy Shishkin

INTIFADA: UPRISING BEYOND
THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT

50

Maria João Barata

CONSTITUTING THE SELF IN SELF-DETERMINATION.
AN IR APPROACH WITH AN ANALYSIS
OF THE WESTERN SAHARA CASE

68

Nawar Kassomeh
& Jalal Qanas

WEALTH AND THE PERSISTENCE
OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE GULF STATES:
ECONOMIC PRIVILEGE OR A CULTURAL PHENOMENON?

92

Nikolay Kozhanov

GEOPOLITICS OF QATAR NATURAL GAS
IN THE ERA OF HYDROCARBON MARKETS TRANSFORMATION: SMALL STATE APPROACH

109