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Book Review: “The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness” by Kenneth M. Pollack

Joseph Hammond 20 December 2024

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Book Review: “Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East” by Jonathan Wyrtzen

Joseph Hammond 6 December 2024

Forthcoming Book: “Iran and the Security Order in the Persian Gulf: The Presidency of Hassan Rouhani”

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Forthcoming Book: “Iran and the Security Order in the Persian Gulf: The Presidency of Hassan Rouhani”

Dr. Javad Heiran-Nia 11 June 2024

Book Review - "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare" by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez.

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Book Review – “How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare” by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez.

Marc Martorell Junyent 2 May 2024

Islamist Approaches to Governance

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Book Review: “The Rule is for None but Allah: Islamist Approaches to Governance”, by Joana Cook and Shiraz Maher, eds.

Marc Martorell Junyent 14 November 2023

Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings

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Book Review: “A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings” by Mohamed Zayani, ed.

Marc Martorell Junyent 18 May 2023

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Book Review: “Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism” by Spyros Sofos

Marc Martorell Junyent 5 January 2023

Oman

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Book Review: “Sultan Qaboos and Modern Oman, 1970-2020” by Allen James Fromherz and Abdulrahman al-Salimi, eds.

Marc Martorell Junyent 3 October 2022

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Book Review – “Street-Level Governing: Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey” by Elise Massicard

Marc Martorell Junyent 21 August 2022

Iran

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Book Review: “Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat” by Ervand Abrahamian

Marc Martorell Junyent 2 July 2022

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