Description of Subtheme:
Today's world is marked by a dynamic landscape shaped by a multitude of international crises and events, impacting state relations and prompting the emergence of new issues with diverse dimensions. These challenges necessitate thorough examination and proposed solutions, serving as focal points for research in the field of international relations, spanning from master's theses to doctoral dissertations.
Simultaneously, within the confines of individual states, a plethora of political, economic, and social crises manifest, affecting nations in various ways. Understanding the nature, causes, and repercussions of these crises is paramount for students of law and political science, enabling them to proactively engage with events within their respective countries. Consequently, these internal challenges serve as imperative research topics for advanced academic studies, facilitating informed discourse and constructive solutions to foster national resilience and progress.
There are political, economic, or social crises and problems that states and non-states actors may encounter. The latter are not immune to these crises and problems that could afflict them, at any given time, and be affected by them, negatively or positively. These crises and problems vary according to different states. Every crisis or problem has its nature, causes, and consequences. The study of these crises and problems is important for students of law or political science, who must keep abreast of events, especially in their own countries (mainly Lebanon and other Arab countries in the case of BAU students), by researching, addressing, and proposing solutions to them so that the state can overcome their potential negative effects and mitigate relevant risks. Therefore, these crises and problems are supposed to be research points for master’s theses and doctoral dissertations in law or political science.
Each of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) is relevant to this multidisciplinary and holistic topic: No Poverty; No hunger; Good health and well-being; Quality education; Gender equality; Clean water and sanitation; Affordable and clean energy; Decent work and economic growth; Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Reduced inequality; Sustainable cities and communities; Responsible consumption and production; Climate action; Life below water; Life on land; Peace, justice and strong institutions; Partnerships for sustainable development goals.
Therefore, the research action plan is based on tackling each of these SDG in a review paper alone first. Afterwards, a holistic and comprehensive research paper shall analyze all SDGs as a whole in the light of the SDG Progress Report for year 2023 and the Global Sustainable Development Report for year 2023. In fact, it is crucial to assess SDG’s implementation progress in the framework of contemporary international and national developments, crises and conflicts.
Prominent Research:
Assistant Professor Dr. Ghadir El Alayli’s relevant publications are the following:
Forthcoming 2024 Book (in Arabic): Arab Public Policies in the light of comparative law, & Peace Prospects in the MENA region
Nov. 2021 Research Paper: Lebanese Crises, State of Emergency and Policing: Revolt, Demonstrations, Pandemic Measures and Blast, Journal of Afro-Asian Studies, Democratic Arab Center (Berlin), 11th issue, pp.112-125
March 2017 Research Paper in Adyan Institute’s book (in Arabic): Religious freedom in civil-religious dialogue in Lebanon; Beirut
May 2015 Research Paper (in Arabic): The sacredness of the right to defense (The case of Lebanon), Al-‘Adl official magazine of the BBA, N.1/2015, pp.60-63 (Petro Trad Award at the BBA Competition dated Oct. 2013), Beirut
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