With Emiratis constituting only 15% of the total population of UAE, the majority non-citizen residents have come to be perceived as a challenge to both national security and emergent identity. This dual threat has been responsible for the UAE’s use of highly restrictive migrant labor policies for which it has been so widely criticized. Although it is necessary and inevitable that the UAE address the human rights concerns arising from this, this article focuses mainly on the factors that have created the need for these labor policies, clarifying the role of securitization discourse in the creation of their terms.

The Libyan Arab Spring led to the inauguration of a new chapter in the country's history. What is most challenging in the foreseeable future is who is going to be the leading player of the transitional process or else who is going to set the hierarchy of needs in the Libyan state in order to prevent further confrontation and polarization. The rule of law and democratic principles cannot be instilled into Libyan people overnight. Tremendous effort is needed in order to fulfil “the responsibility to protect the civilians”.

The purpose of this article is to examine the current socio-political situation in Iraq and how it has been influenced by foreign economic plans. Its main argument is that the neo-liberal economic model, which has been chosen by the occupying powers is not beneficial for the majority of the Iraqi population. It is instead increasing insecurity and unemployment while simultaneously fueling the insurgency.

Ο συγγραφέας με το παρόν έργο επιχειρεί μια σφαιρική ανάδειξη και ερμηνεία των γεωπολιτικών εξελίξεων στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Μέσης Ανατολής, κατά το 2011. Αρχικά (1η ενότητα), επιδιώκει την εισαγωγή του αναγνώστη στον αραβικό κόσμο, εν γένει, και στη συνέχεια, προχωρεί (2η ενότητα) σε μια λεπτομερή ανάλυση των περιπτωσιολογικών μελετών εξέτασης, ήτοι των χωρών, οι οποίες επηρεάστηκαν από την Αραβική Άνοιξη. Τέλος (3η ενότητα), προσεγγίζει ερμηνευτικά τα αίτια και τις συνέπειες των αραβικών εξεγέρσεων, προσβλέποντας σε μια ενδελεχέστερη παρουσίαση και εξήγηση αυτών.