Ⅰ General Report
1 Turmoil and unrest: Arab world in 2013【Ma Xiaolin】/001
1. Arabs Mired in Endless Upheavals/002
2. Wax and Wane of Major Powers, and Interactions with Arab
Reconfiguration/009
3. Rapid Expansion of Terrorism/012
4. Expectations/014
Ⅱ Regional Situation and Foreign Relations
2 Continued intensification of sectarian conflicts in the Arab world【Wang Xiaoli】/015
3 The League of Arab States declines in differentiation and contradiction【Xin Jianqiang】/029
4 GCC economic integration process slowly advancing【Han Qinqin】/041
5 The grim situation of terrorism in the Arab region【Tu Longde】/051
6 Arab relations with the United States tends to be alienated【Gao Zugui】/063
7 Arab countries redeepen relations with Russia【Zhao Yuming】/074
8 Arab-EU relations are being marginalized【Zhou Hua】/088
9 Dramatic changes in the relations between the Arab countries and regional major powers【Wang Weimin】/099
10 Sino-Arab relations in steady development【Liu Fenghua】/113
Ⅲ Economy, Trade, Finance and Energy
11 Arab economy setting on a difficult re-sail【Guan Yichen】/125
12 Arab food security situation is not optimistic【Liu Dong】/141
13 An analysis of the relations between population development and employment in the Arab countries【Guan Yichen】/158
14 Arab direct financing markets developing in different ways【He Yuhai】/167
15 Arab economy setting on a difficult re-sail【Zhang Ruiliang】/183
16 An analysis of Arab sovereign wealth funds and the strategies【He Yuhai】/203
17 Arab oil and gas energy position being steady but not without challenges【Jiang Yingmei】/216
18 Arab petrochemical industry enhances competitiveness by strengthening innovation and refining research and development【Li Qi】/237
Ⅳ Environment, Society, Culture and Education
19 Positive results in desertification control in the Arab countries
【Zhou Hang】/253
20 Sino-Arab environmental cooperation to be further expanded
【Zhou Guomei,Li Xia and Zhou Ye】/266
21 Slowly rising Arab women’s status【Jiang Wei】/277
22 Arab higher education has a long way to go【Lu Yingbo】/289
23 Features and trends of Arab TV media【Li Zhenhua】/301
24 Development and challenges of the Confucius Institutes
in the Arab countries【Luo Lin,Wang Jiemin】/320
Ⅴ Appendix
25 2013 Arab memorabilia【Li Henan】/334
Description:
This book is the first academic research outcome by the Arab Research Center of Beijing Language and Culture University. And it takes the annual development of Arab countries as the main topic, which is initiated by domestic academic filed. Through solid investigation and rigorous writing, more than ten experts conduct a comparatively comprehensive and systematically introduce in the overall development status of Arab countries in 2013 from different angles. The book includes the regional political security situations, the diplomatic relations, the economy and trade, financial investment development, environment, social culture, media and so on, which has a strong academic reference value.