19 Mar, 2021

Andrew F. March, The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought,
(Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2019), 328 pages, 9780674987838

Thomas Parker | 19 March 2021

Andrew F. March, The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought Finally, Islamic democracy would leave theory and see application. Or so it seemed to some as the Arab uprisings spread throughout [...]

Andrew F. March, The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought,
(Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2019), 328 pages, 97806749878382022-04-22T10:46:50+03:00
12 Mar, 2021

The Syrian Revolution’s Tenth Anniversary: The Autopsy of a Delayed Triumph
Mar 12, 2021

Sinan Hatahet | 12 March 2021 | AR | TR

Following the dramatic and quick deposing of Ben Ali in Tunis and Mubarak in Egypt, the younger and allegedly more popular Bashar al-Assad publically dismissed the possibility of himself witnessing a similar fate. Confident of his ability to navigate through murky waters and maintain a working relationship with the international community despite their previous attempts at alienation

The Syrian Revolution’s Tenth Anniversary: The Autopsy of a Delayed Triumph
Mar 12, 20212022-04-29T17:22:34+03:00
7 Mar, 2021

Christopher Phillips, The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
(New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2016).

Ümit Seven | 07 March 2021

Christopher Phillips, The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East. The conflict in Syria shortly assumed regional and global dimensions following the first protests in the southern city of Deraa in [...]

Christopher Phillips, The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
(New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2016).2022-04-22T11:38:05+03:00
7 Mar, 2021

Marib Conflict: The Limits of Biden’s Declaration to End Yemen’s War

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 07 March 2021

Marib Conflict: The Limits of Biden’s Declaration to End Yemen’s War Since US President Joe Biden administration’s announced on February 4 an end to “relevant” arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and a reversal of [...]

Marib Conflict: The Limits of Biden’s Declaration to End Yemen’s War2022-04-22T11:50:53+03:00
7 Mar, 2021

Kosovo and Israel: What is Behind their Mutual Recognition?

Harun Karcic | 07 March 2021 | TR

There has been a flurry of Israeli activity in the Balkan region over the past couple of years. The most recent example was the much publicized establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Israel and Kosovo, a Muslim-majority country

Kosovo and Israel: What is Behind their Mutual Recognition?2022-04-22T12:02:14+03:00
4 Mar, 2021

Toby Matthiesen, Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Stanford Briefs, 2013).        

Hamdallah Baycar | 04 March 2021

Toby Matthiesen, Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn't. In “Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t”, Toby Matthiesen explores the impact of sectarianism during the [...]

Toby Matthiesen, Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Stanford Briefs, 2013).        2022-04-22T12:21:12+03:00
3 Mar, 2021

The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015  

Aya Hossam | 03 March 2021

The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform. Three years after the onset of the Arab uprisings, Jason Brownlee, Tarek Masoud, and Andrew Reynolds explain in “The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform” [...]

The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015  2022-04-22T12:32:12+03:00
3 Mar, 2021

James Gelvin, The Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know
(Oxford University Press: New York), 2018, 208 pp, ISBN 9780190653989

Ferit Belder | 03 March 2021

James Gelvin, The Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know The Arab uprisings have transformed the nature of politics, source of political legitimacy, forms of political violence and the international politics of the region. [...]

James Gelvin, The Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know
(Oxford University Press: New York), 2018, 208 pp, ISBN 97801906539892022-04-22T12:45:49+03:00

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