Aims and Scopes

The journal is concerned with the transformations in the Middle East region, its countries and its future. The Middle East region includes the entire Arab world in addition to Turkey and Iran from a geographical perspective. The journal is also concerned with global transformations related to the Middle East, and focuses on political, economic, social and strategic fields primarily in its various sections.

The most important goals that the journal seeks to achieve are:

  1. Enriching Arab scientific and intellectual output, by monitoring and analyzing local, Arab and global transformations.
  2. Forming a deep and accurate understanding of the reality of the Middle East and the transformations taking place in it.
  3. Providing studies and reports that provide analytical readings of the new Arab reality.
  4. Forming theoretical academic scientific additions in the fields of interest of the journal .


The research and studies published in the journal are subject to internationally recognized scientific arbitration rules. The journal has had an independent official status since March 7, 2000, and is issued four times a year (quarterly): January, April, July, and October.

The journal has a scientific editorial board consisting of the editor-in-chief, managing editor, editorial secretariat, and a selected group of academic professors specialized in history, politics, economics, sociology, and law.

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