An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and
other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war" One of the best informed and …

This article rejects the paradigm of “ancient sectarian hatreds” to explain the turmoil in the
Middle East. Instead, the political context that illuminates the question of sectarianism is the …

How did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?
The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political history is that the country was …

A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments
in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the …

This article challenges the sectarian narrative of Syria's current civil war, which relies on
several false assumptions about the nature of political identity. It first questions how …

Toby Matthiesen traces the politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from
the nineteenth century until the present day. This book outlines the difficult experiences of …

In the wake of its" Caliphate" declaration in 2014, the self-described Islamic State has been
the focus of countless academic papers, government studies, media commentaries and …

Understanding Sectarianism successfully accomplishes its important purpose of replacing
the unhelpful term 'Sectarianism'with more restrictive and descriptive terms like 'sectarian …

Many Westerners have offered interpretations of Iraq's nation-building progress in the wake
of the 2003 war and the eventual withdrawal of American troops from the country, but little …

The meme of the Arab Spring is characterized by bottom-up change, or the lack thereof, and
its effects are still unfurling today. The Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring seeks to …