Middle Eastern Politics

Conflict and War in the Middle East: From Interstate War to New Security

By Bassam Tibi

Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War: The Turkish Secret Service, the US and the UK

By Egemen Bezci

Kurds in Turkey: Ethnographies of Heterogeneous Experiences

By Adnan Celik, Ayhan Isik, Lucie Drechselova, Davut Yesilmen, Isabel Kaser

Gaining Freedoms: Claiming Space in Istanbul and Berlin

By Berna Turam

Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World

By Ussama Makdisi

Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions

By Joy Gordon

Holy Places of Jerusalem in Middle East Peace Agreements: The Conflict Between Global and State Identities

By Enrico Molinaro

The Future of Kurdistan: The Iraqi Dilemma

By Kerim Yildiz

Documenting Syria: Film-making, Video Activism and Revolution

By Josepha Ivanka Wessels (Malmoe University, Sweden)

After the Caliphate: The Islamic State & the Future Terrorist Diaspora

By Colin P. Clarke (Carnegie Mellon University)

Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

By Rashid Khalidi

Anticipating a Nuclear Iran: Challenges for U.S. Security

By Jacquelyn Davis (Pls note: Prof. Pfaltzgraff is primary contact), Robert Pfaltzgraff Jr. (Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis)

Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank

By Yael Berda

Turkey-Syria Relations: Between Enmity and Amity

By OEzlem Tur, Raymond Hinnebusch

Social Media and Politics in Turkey: A Journey through Citizen Journalism, Political Trolling, and Fake News

By Erkan Saka

The Future of Petroleum in Lebanon: Energy, Politics and Economic Growth

By Sami Atallah, Bassam Fattouh (SOAS, University of London, UK)

The Nuclear Question in the Middle East

By Mehran Kamrava

How Capitalism Failed the Arab World: The Economic Roots and Precarious Future of the Middle East Uprisings

By Richard Javad Heydarian

At the Doors of Paradise: Discourses of Female Self-Sacrifice, Martyrdom and Resistance in Palestine

By Lisa Maria Franke

Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World

By Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University), Marc F. Plattner (Editor, National Endowment for Democracy)

U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue

By Abbas Maleki, John Tirman

The Circassians of Turkey: War, Violence and Nationalism from the Ottomans to Ataturk

By Caner Yelbasi

Harold Wilson: The Winner

By Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East

By Mahamood Riad

Democracy and Its Limits: Lessons from Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East

By Howard Handelman, Mark Tessler

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran

The Awakening of Muslim Democracy: Religion, Modernity, and the State

By Jocelyne Cesari

The Roots of Revolt: A Political Economy of Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak

By Angela Joya (University of Oregon)

Democracy and Civil Society in Arab Political Thought: Transcultural Possibilities

By Michaelle L. Browers

Islam and Politics in the Middle East: Explaining the Views of Ordinary Citizens

By Mark Tessler