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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
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 Turkey13
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
Bargain and Barter: China's Oil Trade with Iran9
Constitution Making and Enduring Challenges To Democracy in Turkey8
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.8
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. $1397
Outwardly Strong, Internally Brittle: Dissecting the MBS Regime6
The US Impact on Qatar's Foreign Policy During the Gulf Crisis6
The Winner Does Not Take All: Lessons from the Israel‐Hamas Conflict6
Lessons for Israel's Gaza War In America's Strategic Blunders6
Countering Extremism in Iraq: The Influence of Ali Sistani6
Social Perceptions in Yemen: Fragmented Power and Everyday Survival5
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 US Strategic Shifts Necessary For Stability in the Middle East5
From Palestine Ally to Zionist Partner: India‐Israel Relations, 2014–20255
Information and War: A Case Study in Gaza5
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords5
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The Making of a Ruler: Haitham bin Tariq on the Omani Throne5
Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798–1864 By Hilmi OzanÖzavcı. Oxford University Press, 2021. 432 pages. $40, paper.5
The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al‐Nahdah By Mohammad DawoodSofi. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $43.99, paper.5
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The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11By NathanielGreenberg. Columbia University Press, 2026. 352 pages. $36, paper.4
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America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region By MarcLynch. Oxford University Press, 2025. 272 pages. $34.99, hardcover.4
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The Corridor War in the Middle East4
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Urban Displacement: Syria's Refugees in the Middle East Edited by Are JohnKnudsen and Sarah A.Tobin. Berghahn Books, 2024. 330 pages. Open access, ebook.3
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs By Marc DavidBaer. Basic Books, 2021. 560 pages. $35, hardcover.3
How the Rise of the Rapid Support Forces Sparked Sudan's Meteoric Descent3
Reinforcing the Resistance: Iran and the Levant in a Multipolar Middle East3
Iran's Strategies in Response To Changes in US‐China Relations3
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A Post‐American Middle East? US Realities Vs. Chinese and Russian Alternatives3
Evaluating the Practice of Lawfare Against Pro‐Palestinian Groups3
In the Tunisian Opposition (Again): Ennahda's ‘Renaissance’ Through Failure?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 Deadli2
The June 2025 Israeli War: Iran's Assessment and Regional Consequences2
The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877–1923, by JeremySalt. University of Utah Press, 2019. 432 pages. $40, hardcover.2
The Significance of ISIS's State Building in Syria2
Ottoman Coup Traditions and the Republican Army's Legacy2
The Impact of Eurasianism On Turkey's Role in the Ukraine War2
How to Address the Saudi Nuclear Program? An Israeli Dilemma2
The Struggle for Syria: Strategic Rivalry and the Risks of Escalation2
Antinomies of Alignment Redux: The United Arab Emirates and the United States2
Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco That Pushed America and Its World to the BrinkEthanChorin. Hachette Books, 2022. 432 pages. $30, hardcover.2
Saudi Arabia's US‐China Hedging Strategy And Its Regional Impact2
The Torturous Turkey‐PKK Peace Process2
RETRACTED: Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East2
Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman2
Turkey's Long Game in Syria: Moving beyond Ascendance2
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
Hydrogen: Fueling EU‐Morocco Energy Cooperation?2
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
Turkey's Nuclear Security Regime: An Assessment2
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The Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China1
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Woman, Life, Freedom, One Year Later: Will the Iran Protests Succeed?1
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
Power Plays in the Eastern Mediterranean And the Decline of US‐Turkey Relations1
How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt By OmarAshour. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 256 pages. $22.95, paper.1
Between the Superpowers: Gulf States and Israel Navigate the New Mideast Dynamics1
Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society1
Regime Change in Syria and the Emerging Israel‐Turkey Conflict1
The Perils of Nuclear Talks After the US‐Israel War on Iran1
The Future of Security in the Middle East1
Geopolitical Rebranding of the ‘New Syria’ amid the Turkey‐Gulf Rapprochement1
Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–20051
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.1
Russia and the Kurds: A Soft‐Power Tool for the Kremlin?1
‘Decisive Victory’ and Israel's Quest For a New Military Strategy1
The Iran‐Israel Conflict: An Ultra‐Ideological Explanation1
Iran's Neighborhood Policy: Parameters, Objectives, and Obstacles1
The Future of Energy in the Middle East1
Signals, Red Lines, and Collision: The Israel‐Iran Spiral and US Intervention1
The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Middle East1
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
Russia's Diplomatic Maneuvering In the Israel‐Palestine War1
Western Sahara's Unlearned Lessons1
Cryptocurrency Regulation in MENA: From Prohibition to Conditional Legalization1
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Explaining Saudi Arabia's Inaction During the Gaza War: Why No Oil Embargo?1
Assessing Israel's Motives In Annexing the Jordan Valley1
Do Turkey's 2024 Local Elections Signal the End of Erdoğan's Reign?1
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
The Persian Gulf: Historical Perspectives, Maritime Silk Road, and Hydropolitics By NezameddinFaghih, S. AbolghasemForoozani, and S. SaraForoozani. Springer, 2025. 162 pages. $119, ebook.1
Between Fatigue and Fear: West Bank Student Solidarity During the Gaza War1
The British and the Turks: A History of Animosity, 1893–1923JustinMcCarthy. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. 672 pages. $120, hardcover.1
Fallen Cedar: Lebanon's Debt Diplomacy, 2015–20201
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Iran's Annus Horribilis in 2024: Beaten, but Not Defeated1
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