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Middle Eastern Studies
June 23, 2022
The Fate of Abraham
Why the West is Wrong about Islam
Peter Oborne
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James M. Dorsey
Peter Oborne’s The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam (Simon and Schuster 2022) is as much a history of US, British, and French attitudes towards Islam …
Middle Eastern Studies
May 25, 2022
Wahhabism and the World
Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam
Peter Mandaville
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James M. Dorsey
Saudi global export of an ultra-conservative strand of Islam and its impact on Muslim countries and communities across the globe has been a hotly debate topic for more than two …
Middle Eastern Studies
March 21, 2022
Rivals in the Gulf
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-Uae Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis
David H. Warren
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James M. Dorsey
Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis (Routledge, 2021) goes to key questions of governance at the …
Middle Eastern Studies
February 23, 2022
Islam and the Arab Revolutions
The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy
Usaama Al-Azami
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James M. Dorsey
Usaama al-Azami’s Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy (Oxford UP, 2022) focuses on the responses of several prominent Muslim religious scholars towards the 2011 Arab …
Middle Eastern Studies
February 8, 2022
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The Saudi Struggle for Iraq
Katherine Harvey
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James M. Dorsey
Iraq has in the last year taken a lead in sponsoring talks between Middle Eastern arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran in an effort to prevent tension in the region spinning …
Middle Eastern Studies
January 25, 2022
Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder
Jason Pack
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James M. Dorsey
Libya stands out as an example of a complex, internecine Middle Eastern and North African conflict in which regional and global powers as well as jihadists exploit tribal and sectarian …
Middle Eastern Studies
November 25, 2020
Vision or Mirage
Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads
David Rundell
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James M. Dorsey
David Rundell brings to his book, Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads (I. B. Tauris, 2020), a granular analysis and insider’s understanding of the inner workings of the …
Middle Eastern Studies
November 3, 2020
Masters of the Pearl
A History of Qatar
Michael Quentin Morton
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James M. Dorsey
History is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of young, energy-rich monarchies of the Gulf that often punch above their weight in geopolitics and geoeconomics …
Middle Eastern Studies
October 16, 2020
Critical Reflections on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Alan Chong and Quang Min Pham
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James M. Dorsey
Political scientists Alan Chong and Quang Min Pham bring with their edited volume, Critical Reflections on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020), originality as well as dimensions and …
Middle Eastern Studies
September 4, 2020
The Tumultuous Decade
Arab Public Opinion and the Upheavals of 2010–2019
James Zogby
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James M. Dorsey
James Zogby’s The Tumultuous Decade: Arab Public Opinion and the Upheavals of 2010–2019 (Steuben Press, 2020) takes the reader on a decade-long tour of the Middle East as the region …
Middle Eastern Studies
July 29, 2020
Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East
Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek
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James M. Dorsey
Sports scholars Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek’s edited volume, Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019), makes a significant contribution to what remains a largely …
Middle Eastern Studies
July 21, 2020
The Gulf Region and Israel
Old Struggles, New Alliances
Sigurd Neubauer
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James M. Dorsey
Gulf scholar Sigurd Neubauer’s The Gulf Region and Israel: Old Struggles, New Alliances makes a significant contribution to our understanding of what drives shifting alliances in the Middle East, an …
Middle Eastern Studies
May 5, 2020
Iran and Saudi Arabia
Taming a Chaotic Conflict
Ibrahim Fraihat
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James M. Dorsey
Ibrahim Fraihat’s latest book, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) is much more than an exploration of the history of animosity between Saudi Arabia …
Middle Eastern Studies
March 25, 2020
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
A Global and Historical Comparison
Ahmet T. Kuru
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James M. Dorsey
Ahmet T. Kuru’s new book Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment, A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2019) is a ground-breaking history and analysis of the evolution of the state …
Middle Eastern Studies
February 19, 2020
More Noble Than War
A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine
Nicholas Blincoe
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James M. Dorsey
Nicholas Blincoe’s More Noble Than War: A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine (Bold Type Books, 2019) is a beautifully narrated and written history of a century of conflict between pre-state Jews …
Middle Eastern Studies
October 23, 2019
Dark Shadows
Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
Joanna Lillis
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James M. Dorsey
Joanna Lillis’ Dark Shadows, Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (I. B. Tauris, 2018) takes the reader on a penetrating, colourfully written journey into the recesses of a little known …
Literature
September 27, 2019
Singapore, Singapura
From Miracle to Complacency
Nicholas Walton
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James M. Dorsey
Nicholas Walton’s Singapore, Singapura: From Miracle to Complacency (Hurst, 2019) is far more than a portrait of the rise of a resource-poor nation that has become a model of economic …
Middle Eastern Studies
August 8, 2019
Changing Saudi Arabia
Art, Culture and Society in the Kingdom
Sean Foley
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James M. Dorsey
In Changing Saudi Arabia, Art, Culture and Society in the Kingdom (Lynne Rienner, 2019), Sean Foley offers eye-opening insights into a changing society that is under the international magnifying glass …
National Security
May 13, 2019
Divided Gulf
The Anatomy of a Crisis
Andreas Krieg
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James M. Dorsey
Andreas Krieg’s edited volume, Divided Gulf: The Anatomy of a Crisis (Palgrave, 2019), brings together a group of prominent Gulf scholars to discuss the Gulf crisis that pits a Saudi-United …
Middle Eastern Studies
January 17, 2019
China's Relations with the Gulf Monarchies
Jonathan Fulton
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James M. Dorsey
Jonathan Fulton's China's Relations with the Gulf Monarchies (Routledge, 2018) sheds light on China’s increasing economic role at a moment that the traditionally dominant role in international oil markets of …
Middle Eastern Studies
December 28, 2018
External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies
Jonathan Fulton and Li-Chen Sim, eds.
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James M. Dorsey
Jonathan Fulton and Li-Chen Sim’s edited volume, External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies (Routledge, 2018) is a timely contribution to understanding the increasingly diversified relations between the Gulf’s six oil-rich …
Middle Eastern Studies
December 20, 2018
Securing the Belt and Road
Risk Assessment, Private Security and Special Insurances Along the New Wave of Chinese Outbound Investments
Alessandro Arduino and Xue Gong
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James M. Dorsey
Alessandro Arduino and Xue Gong’s Securing the Belt and Road: Risk Assessment, Private Security and Special Insurances Along the New Wave of Chinese Outbound Investments (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) significantly contributes …
Middle Eastern Studies
November 29, 2018
The Politics of Common Sense
State, Society and Culture in Pakistan
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
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James M. Dorsey
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar’s The Politics of Common Sense: State, Society and Culture in Pakistan (Cambridge University Press, 2018) is an incisive study of continuity as well as change in Pakistan …
Middle Eastern Studies
November 28, 2018
India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism
Sumantra Bose
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James M. Dorsey
Sumantra Bose's new book Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism (Cambridge University Press, 2018) is a fascinating comparison of the rise of religious parties in …
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