Comprehensive Study on the Non-formal Political Actors in the Arab East

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24310179
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: AOYAMA Hiroyuki 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (60450516)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUECHIKA Kota 立命館大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (70434701) ; NISHIKIDA Aiko 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 准教授 (70451979)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 地域研究 / 西アジア・北アフリカ / アラブの春 / テロとの戦い / イスラーム国 / アル=カーイダ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we looked into the ‘unofficial political actors’ that came into power and regained impetus under the political turmoil of the Arab world called ‘the Arab Spring’, and aimed to elucidate what influences their activities were giving to the politics of the Eastern Arab countries.
In the field researches and information gathering each of researchers conducted, we focused on accurately understanding the activities of ‘unofficial political actors’ instead of seeing the recent political movements in the Eastern Arab countries confined in the paradigm of ‘democratization’ and ‘war on terror’. And as a result of the study, it was revealed that the ‘unofficial political actors’ that were hoped to complement the countries’ national functions ended up rather weakening them further.

Free Research Field

複合新領域