PAX SYR1ANA: THE STAYING POWER OE BASHAR AL ASSAD
Kamal Alam………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Afshin Shahi ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18
POLITICS WITHOUT PARTIES: AFGHANISTAN’S LONG ROAD TO DEMOCRACY
David Loyn ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….40
MYANMAR’S ROHINGYA’ CONFLICT: MISCONCEPTIONS AND COMPLEXITY
Anthony Ware and Cosi as Laoutides………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 60
GULF STATES’ POLICY TOWARDS SYRIAN REFUGEES: CHARITY BEFORE HOSPITALITY
Gadi Hitman ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….80
UZBEKISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES: INTERESTS AND AVENUES FOR COOPERATION
Charles J. Sullivan ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….102
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN SAUDI ARABIA: A STUDY OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR
Ala’a Bakur Alshaikh ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………112
OBITUARY – THE HON IVOR THOMAS MARK LUCAS CMG 25 JULY 1927-7 APRIL 2018
Sir Harold Walker …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….124
BOOK REVIEWS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………128
OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..177