Drawing on contemporary archival and manuscript sources, Marc Baer unfolds the most fascinating story of Sultan Mehmed IV. Although his reign was...

When Barack Obama became president of the United States in January 2009, expectations were unprecedented. Although Obama had proven his ability to...

Andrew March, starting from John Rawls’s concept of overlapping consensus, examines whether or not Islamic political ethics provides a legitimate...

This volume is the first monographsized publication on the most important initiative towards interfaith dialogue between the Abrahamic religions in...

Ursula Wokoeck’s book is a dissertation written at the School of History, Tel Aviv University. Known by her articles on Ibn Khaldun, Theodor...

In this book, the author focuses on Muslim people’s social and legal situation and their legal attitudes from various points of view. The book has...

This slim volume examines a relationship that is pivotal for the stability of the Gulf and the wider Arab world and has major implications for...

There is a growing literature on what political settlements are to be adopted in deeply divided (or post-conflict) societies and in protracted...

Lately, the search for the revival of a European spirit to respond to the continent’s pervasive crises in economic, social, cultural, and political...

The EU’s neighborhood policy presents an alternative perspective to its position on enlargement and membership. As such, it complements the EU’s...

Scholars and politicians debating the future of Europe usually fall into two camps. There are the Euro-enthusiasts, claiming that Brussels – backed...

There are many institutions playing a role in weaving the ideals of democracy into Turkey’s social fabric. Many political actors in Turkish...

Within a larger trend of critically rewriting the history of the early Turkish Republic, the history of the Jews in 20th century Turkey has...

This book is a coherent and informative study of international migration with a specific focus on the reception of migrants in the West, in the...

American political philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002) became world-famous when his A Theory of Justice (1971) was published and soon translated...

Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov’s book focusing on recent theoretical analysis of economic and sociological history, is a text of limitless...

Christian Joppke’s study is an ambitious project that tries to examine the different ways in which European countries respond to the increased...

Redeploying the State is a book about statehood, which can also be called state strength, capacity, or effectiveness. In order to address this...

An increase in world’s energy needs coupled with a decrease in available resources has created a trend that will lead to the militarization of...

The quest to incorporate non-material factors into international relations has continued apace into the twenty-first century. After religion,...

Religions of the Book adds to a growing body of scholarship on Christian perceptions of Muslims and Jews. The collection is somewhat uneven, but...

This book examines the role of clans in Central Asia from the 19th century up to 2004. Most studies of regime transition focus on formal...

Spiritual conflict with Islam has a long lineage in Christian thought. Bernard Lewis, the dean of Western scholars of Islam, points out that the...

The Magna Carta tradition that has been enshrined in Anglo-American law and celebrated in liberal political culture focuses almost exclusively on...