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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

8 Article

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

MBS Wants Saudi Arabia Fund to Reach $2 Trillion in Assets
The crown prince’s ambitious plan for the Public Investment Fund would change the kingdom’s dependence on oil while creating the world’s largest pool of institutional money, but questions remain.
Randy Diamond
Chief Investment Officer, 2021
7 Book

Beyond Sunni and Shia
The Roots of Sectarianism in a Changing Middle East
Frederic Wehrey
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Israeli National Security
A New Strategy for an Era of Change
Charles D. Freilich
Oxford UP, 2018
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

The New Arab Order
Power and Violence in Today’s Middle East
Marc Lynch
Foreign Affairs, 2018
7 Article

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

Turkey and the West
Fault Lines in a Troubled Alliance
Kemal Kirisci
Brookings Institution Press, 2017
8 Book

Kings and Presidents
Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR (Geopolitics in the 21st Century)
Bruce Riedel
Brookings Institution Press, 2017
7 Article

War in the North? Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Iran
Amatzia Baram
GIS, 2018
8 Article

How Syria Came to This
A story of ethnic and sectarian conflict, international connivance, and above all civilian suffering
Andrew Tabler
The Atlantic, 2018
7 Article

Iran on a knife edge – as nuclear deal goes up in smoke
EIU
EIU, 2018