The rising economic insecurity and inequality in the West have undermined liberal internationalism’s social purpose. Thus, liberal internationalism...

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,...

Despite the three books’ noted shortcomings, they all provide solid information on how Eritrean nationhood and identity began to form and mature...

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

The three works reviewed in this article address Eurasia in different periods and different areas of concentration. Each one provides valuable...

This review article aims to provide broader nuances about Saudi Arabia amid the rapid developments taking place in the Middle East in general and...

Russian foreign policy is a popular subject on which scholars have lately conducted much research. The current stage of these studies is competent...

When the three books under review are examined together, it is possible to identify some common themes. One of them is that the European states and...

The three books selected for review here shed new light on the current popularity of Neo-Ottomanism and the bloody endgame of the Empire in 1918. 

Africa has been experiencing an appreciable measure of economic growth since 1995. This palpable improvement in the African condition has meant...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Western influence in the Persian Gulf has continued to expand; this process has also exposed several...

Yemen’s socio-political structure has a close connection with the tribes. Unlike the central and southern parts of the country, Yemen’s extreme...

There is a strong relationship between American journalists and scholars. One of the features that some American journalists and scholars have in...

Since the end of the Cold War, much of the turmoil in the Middle East has been caused by the religiopolitical identity of different countries of...

At no other time in the history of the world has the crisis in the global economy become a serious concern as it is currently the case. The promise...

The transformation of the discourses of the PKK since the 2000s is placed virtually at the center of Middle East politics as they relate to the...

Inspired by the centenary of World War I (WWI), a plethora of history books have been released recently. This article reviews four of the latest...

The study of European Islam is now experiencing an unprecedented revival. While most of its attention is dedicated to Islam as a minority in...

The field of cultural policies is novel and burgeoning; it harbors diverse and even contradictory approaches, with no universally recognizable...

Over the years, the term ‘globalization’ has acquired notoriety in all forms of intellectual exchanges in the social sciences and other...

The three books reviewed in this article do not seem closely related in the first impression. Younos’ book sheds light upon Islamic culture in the...

In one of his articles on the requirements of large-scale democracy and political institutions, Robert A. Dahl warns students of political science...

A culture of political violence is the configuration of factors which exist lastingly in a political subject’s milieu, and determine if and to what...

We are now witnessing a harvest of new history books on the making of the modern Middle East. Five are chosen for a critical review below. They are...