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The Foreign Policy of Islamist Political Parties Ideology in Practice

The Foreign Policy of Islamist Political Parties: Ideology in Practice

Book Reviews

The book enables the reader to compare the practice of an ideology in six countries. For each country, a meaningful discourse analysis for the...

China s Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East

China’s Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia

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this book presents a holistic perspective of China’s presence in the discussed countries. Even readers unfamiliar with Chinese foreign policy and...

The Fourth Ordeal A History of the Muslim Brotherhood in

The Fourth Ordeal: A History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, 1968-2018

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The book tries to frame the current predicament the Muslim Brotherhood is experiencing within the internal conflict between two schools of thought:...

A Political Theory of Muslim Democracy

A Political Theory of Muslim Democracy

Book Reviews

A Political Theory of Muslim Democracy is a fresh, timely, and groundbreaking work for readers and academics interested in the current...

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts

Book Reviews

This volume, Justice and Leadership, is a compendium of legal history in the early Islamic period with a focus on the concepts and practices in the...

Israel and the Syrian Crisis Ardent Desire and Restrain Risk

Israel and the Syrian Crisis: Ardent Desire and Restrain Risk

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This article addresses the strategic Israeli attitude concerning the Syrian crisis, linking the historical conceptualisation of Syria and its role...

Israel and the Syrian Crisis Ardent Desire and Restrain Risk

Israel and the Syrian Crisis: Ardent Desire and Restrain Risk

Articles

This article addresses the strategic Israeli attitude concerning the Syrian crisis, linking the historical conceptualisation of Syria and its role...

Iran and the Gulf The Era of Hassan Rouhani

Iran and the Gulf: The Era of Hassan Rouhani

Articles

The paper utilizes the theory of neoclassical realism as its theoretical foundation to understand the relations between the Islamic Republic of...

The Chaos of Constitutional System and Political Failure in Iraq

The Chaos of Constitutional System and Political Failure in Iraq

Commentaries

This study attempts to present and analyze the chaotic nature of the Iraqi constitutional system since 2005 and its impact on the...

The Role of Gulf Sates in Iraq after 2017

The Role of Gulf Sates in Iraq after 2017

Commentaries

The commentary analyzes the role of the Gulf in Iraq after 2017 in light of the complex process of Gulf-Iraqi relations from 2003 to 2017....

Iran in the Wake of Mahsa Amini s Death

Iran in the Wake of Mahsa Amini’s Death

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Demonstrations and violence in Iran have continued for the last three months. After Mahsa Amini’s death, the protests against the compulsory...

Different Perspectives on the Syrian Crisis

Different Perspectives on the Syrian Crisis

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As we observe and reflect on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Syrian civil war, the literature helps us make sense of the past, present,...

Small State Security Dilemma Kuwait after 1991

Small State Security Dilemma: Kuwait after 1991

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Despite its shortcomings, Small Security Dilemma: Kuwait after 1991is worth reading to augment the scope of studies on security, small states and...

Our Bodies Their Battlefields What War Does to Women

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: What War Does to Women

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The strength of the book lies in the fact that the author deftly contextualizes and explains the use of rape by men ‘as the easiest weapon’ 2022...

The 2021-2022 De-Escalation Moment in the Middle East A Net

The 2021-2022 “De-Escalation Moment” in the Middle East: A Net Assessment

Commentaries

Starting the end of 2020, the Middle East has witnessed an unprecedented de-escalation among its key regional rivals. Several major players,...

Understanding Israel s Foreign Policy from the Perspective of Identity

Understanding Israel’s Foreign Policy from the Perspective of Identity and Security

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The objective of this research paper is to apply an integration of two main theoretical frameworks, realism and constructivism, to explore the...

Türkiye and the Future of Normalization in the Middle East

Türkiye and the Future of Normalization in the Middle East

Articles

Following the Arab Spring, all the nations in the Middle East started to pursue a phase of regional softness after a protracted era of strife and...

Why and How Did Iran s Reformist Movement Perish Understanding

Why and How Did Iran’s Reformist Movement Perish? Understanding the Implications of U.S. Sanctions Policy

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Iran’s middle class appears to be on the slippery slope, switching from its dream of political reform to the reality of economic security. This...

Syria and the Neutrality Trap Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid

Syria and the Neutrality Trap: Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes

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The book can be very beneficial for those who study international relations and international law or who work in these fields both as an...

Trump s Jerusalem Move Making Sense of U S Policy

Trump’s Jerusalem Move: Making Sense of U.S. Policy on the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

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The book vividly presents the international political aspect of the topic and does not abstain from touching on social and internal affairs when...

Dünya Enerji Trendleri Rezervler Kaynaklar ve Politikalar World Energy Trends

Dünya Enerji Trendleri: Rezervler, Kaynaklar ve Politikalar (World Energy Trends: Reserves, Resources and Policies)

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World Energy Trends presents a detailed analysis of the energy policies of significant regions. It can be considered a reference book that fills an...

Dünya Enerji Trendleri Rezervler Kaynaklar ve Politikalar World Energy Trends

Dünya Enerji Trendleri: Rezervler, Kaynaklar ve Politikalar (World Energy Trends: Reserves, Resources and Policies)

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World Energy Trends presents a detailed analysis of the energy policies of significant regions. It can be considered a reference book that fills an...

The Road Before Me Weeps On the Refugee Road through

The Road Before Me Weeps: On the Refugee Road through Europe

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Perhaps the most important shortcoming of the book is its lack of a theoretical framework. Thorpe conducted his fieldwork with great effort,...

Controversial Actor of the International System Iran

Controversial Actor of the International System: Iran

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The three works examined here deal with Iran’s interaction with the international system from a historical perspective and across many dimensions....

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