Middle East Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of Middle East Policy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy, by MartinIndyk. Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 688 pages. $35, hardcover.16
Explaining the Decline Of Suicide Terrorism in Turkey12
Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused and Conflicted, by DanielSokatch. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. 375 pages. $27.00, hardcover.Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel, 9
The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands By AmirTibon. Little, Brown and Company, 2024. 352 pages. $30, hardcover.9
Countering Extremism in Iraq: The Influence of Ali Sistani8
Bargain and Barter: China's Oil Trade with Iran8
The US Impact on Qatar's Foreign Policy During the Gulf Crisis8
Constitution Making and Enduring Challenges To Democracy in Turkey7
Between Diplomacy and Non‐Diplomacy: Foreign Relations of Kurdistan‐Iraq and Palestine Edited by GülistanGürbey, SabineHofmann, and Ferhad IbrahimSeyder. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2023. 332 pages. $1396
Social Perceptions in Yemen: Fragmented Power and Everyday Survival6
The Winner Does Not Take All: Lessons from the Israel‐Hamas Conflict6
Lessons for Israel's Gaza War In America's Strategic Blunders6
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Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798–1864 By Hilmi OzanÖzavcı. Oxford University Press, 2021. 432 pages. $40, paper.5
Information and War: A Case Study in Gaza5
The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al‐Nahdah By Mohammad DawoodSofi. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $43.99, paper.5
The Making of a Ruler: Haitham bin Tariq on the Omani Throne5
Iran's Water Security: An Emerging Challenge5
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People By Walter RussellMead. Knopf, 2022. 672 pages. $35, hardcover.5
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords4
A Post‐American Middle East? US Realities Vs. Chinese and Russian Alternatives4
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The Corridor War in the Middle East4
Reinforcing the Resistance: Iran and the Levant in a Multipolar Middle East4
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The US Strategic Shifts Necessary For Stability in the Middle East4
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Iran's Strategies in Response To Changes in US‐China Relations3
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Turkey's Long Game in Syria: Moving beyond Ascendance3
How the Rise of the Rapid Support Forces Sparked Sudan's Meteoric Descent3
In the Tunisian Opposition (Again): Ennahda's ‘Renaissance’ Through Failure?3
Evaluating the Practice of Lawfare Against Pro‐Palestinian Groups3
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs By Marc DavidBaer. Basic Books, 2021. 560 pages. $35, hardcover.3
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees, MatthieuAikins, Harper, 2022. 336 pages. $27.99, hardcover.My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadli3
Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman3
The Impact of Eurasianism On Turkey's Role in the Ukraine War2
Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World By Robert J.Lieber. Yale University Press, 2022. 264 pages. $35, hardcover.2
Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya After the Arab Spring2
The Politics of Islam: The Muslim Brothers and the State in the Arab Gulf By BirolBaşkan. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 256 pages. $27.95, paper.2
Western Sahara's Unlearned Lessons2
Iran's Annus Horribilis in 2024: Beaten, but Not Defeated2
Ottoman Coup Traditions and the Republican Army's Legacy2
Turkey's Nuclear Security Regime: An Assessment2
RETRACTED: Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East2
The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877–1923, by JeremySalt. University of Utah Press, 2019. 432 pages. $40, hardcover.2
Antinomies of Alignment Redux: The United Arab Emirates and the United States2
The Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China2
Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–20052
Saudi Arabia's US‐China Hedging Strategy And Its Regional Impact2
Hydrogen: Fueling EU‐Morocco Energy Cooperation?2
The June 2025 Israeli War: Iran's Assessment and Regional Consequences2
The Struggle for Syria: Strategic Rivalry and the Risks of Escalation2
Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco That Pushed America and Its World to the BrinkEthanChorin. Hachette Books, 2022. 432 pages. $30, hardcover.2
The Significance of ISIS's State Building in Syria2
Iran's Neighborhood Policy: Parameters, Objectives, and Obstacles2
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Geopolitical Rebranding of the ‘New Syria’ amid the Turkey‐Gulf Rapprochement2
Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump By Michael R.Gordon. Picador, 2023. 512 pages. $21, paper.2
How to Address the Saudi Nuclear Program? An Israeli Dilemma2
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Regime Change in Syria and the Emerging Israel‐Turkey Conflict1
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The Other Saudi Transformation1
Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy by Usaamaal‐Azami. Oxford University Press, 2022. 392 pages. $70, hardcover.1
Bahrain's Vision in the New Gulf Order1
The EU and Justice in Palestine: An Interview with Grace O'Sullivan1
The End of the Middle East Peace Process: The Failure of US Diplomacy By SamerBakkour. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $54.99, paper.1
Russia's Diplomatic Maneuvering In the Israel‐Palestine War1
Assessing Israel's Motives In Annexing the Jordan Valley1
Fallen Cedar: Lebanon's Debt Diplomacy, 2015–20201
The Evolution of the Gulf: History and Theories Of a Complex Subregional System1
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Do Turkey's 2024 Local Elections Signal the End of Erdoğan's Reign?1
The British and the Turks: A History of Animosity, 1893–1923JustinMcCarthy. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. 672 pages. $120, hardcover.1
Between the Superpowers: Gulf States and Israel Navigate the New Mideast Dynamics1
Woman, Life, Freedom, One Year Later: Will the Iran Protests Succeed?1
Explaining Saudi Arabia's Inaction During the Gaza War: Why No Oil Embargo?1
Legacy of the British Mandate: Eliminating The Palestinian Right to Self‐Determination1
Hezbollah's Coercion And the Israel‐Lebanon Maritime Deal1
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits By Rob GeistPinfold. Oxford University Press, 2023. 344 pages. $83, hardcover.1
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The Future of Security in the Middle East1
Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society1
The Perils of Nuclear Talks After the US‐Israel War on Iran1
Reagan: His Life and Legend By MaxBoot. Liveright, 2024. 880 pages. $45, hardcover.1
The Future of Energy in the Middle East1
Russia and the Kurds: A Soft‐Power Tool for the Kremlin?1
Power Plays in the Eastern Mediterranean And the Decline of US‐Turkey Relations1
Instability in the Middle East: Structural Changes and Uneven Modernisation 1950–2015 By KarelČerný. Translated by PhillJones. Karolinum Press, 2017. 478 pages. $25.95, paper.1
How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt By OmarAshour. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 256 pages. $22.95, paper.1
The Iran‐Israel Conflict: An Ultra‐Ideological Explanation1
Power Competition in the Red Sea: Testing the Post‐Liberal International Order By FedericoDonelli. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. 296 pages. $82.80, ebook.1
Erdoğan and the Demise of the Secular Republic1
Hayat Tahrir al‐Sham: Voices of Syria's New Leaders1
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People By Walter RussellMead. Knopf, 2022. 672 pages. $35, hardcover.We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight Over Isra1
The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Middle East1
Libya's Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict, by WolframLacher, London: I.B. Tauris, 2020. 304 pages. $30.95, paperback.1
Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa By GuilainDenoeux, RobertSpringborg, and HichamAlaoui. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2025. 347 pages. $29.95, paper1
‘Decisive Victory’ and Israel's Quest For a New Military Strategy1
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