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Politics of the Middle East

In this channel, you will find summaries on the Middle East, its history, its issues and its prospects.

Summaries

7 Book

Iran
What Everyone Needs to Know
Michael Axworthy
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Book

The Age of Jihad
Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East
Patrick Cockburn
Verso Books, 2016
8 Article

Turkey, you were doing so well!
An economic success story runs off the rails.
Noah Smith
Noah Smith, 2022
7 Article

Iran’s Real Enemy in Syria
At a time of economic hardship, Tehran has provided billions of dollars to help Assad crush Islamist rebels. The question is why.
Karim Sadjadpour
The Atlantic, 2018
7 Article

Saudi Arabia’s royals are readying a revolution from above
Zvi Mazel
GIS, 2018
8 Article

How the U.S. Is Making the War in Yemen Worse
Nicolas Niarchos
The New Yorker, 2018
9 Article

Aleppo After the Fall
Robert F. Worth
New York Times Magazine, 2017
7 Video

Iran in the World
Hassan Rouhani
World Economic Forum, 2014
7 Article

Israel and the US
Divergent views over Iran's nuclear threat
Jonathan Paris
GIS, 2012
8 Book

Osama bin Laden
Michael Scheuer
Oxford UP, 2011
8 Book

The Road to Democracy in Iran
Akbar Ganji
MIT Press, 2008
6 Book

The Islamic Republic and the World
Global Dimensions of the Iranian Revolution
Maryam Panah
Pluto Press, 2007