The General Trends in the Study of the Arab World in International Politics: the Arab Political Speech during the Spring (2011-2019) Case Study

Abstract

This research attempts to illustrate the general trends in the study of the Arab World in international politics through means of interpreting the nature of the Arab political speech during the period of the Arab Spring. The significance of this study appeared in the context of the Arab world’s reality and effects of the internal and external environment in light of the use of systems analysis studies and international policy’s realistic trends. This study depended mostly on the content analysis methodology in an attempt to answer the key research question; what is the nature and features of the Arab political speech during the period of the Arab Spring (2019-2011). The finding of the study has concluded a set of recommendations including the following: The period of the Arab spring has affected and changed the shape and characteristics of the Arab political discourse. This related to the nature of transformations in the internal environment. The emergence of a clear revolutionary Arab informal discourse associated with symbolism, rituals, popular mobilization, and persuasion, in exchange for an official political speech characterized by incitement and accusation of conspiracy, glorification of power, which was reflected in the general form of the Arab political speech as “a rhetorical discourse that involves sedition, mutual accusation and demonization of the other.this study recommended the necessity of enhancing scientific studies that investigate the Arab political speech and promoting the Arab’s initiations that focus on unifying the form of the Arab political speech in a way that inspires national dimensions.