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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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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.18
Explaining the Decline Of Suicide Terrorism in Turkey14
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.11
Constitution Making and Enduring Challenges To Democracy in Turkey10
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. $1399
Lessons for Israel's Gaza War In America's Strategic Blunders8
Countering Extremism in Iraq: The Influence of Ali Sistani8
Outwardly Strong, Internally Brittle: Dissecting the MBS Regime7
The Winner Does Not Take All: Lessons from the Israel‐Hamas Conflict7
Bargain and Barter: China's Oil Trade with Iran7
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Social Perceptions in Yemen: Fragmented Power and Everyday Survival6
The Making of a Ruler: Haitham bin Tariq on the Omani Throne6
From Palestine Ally to Zionist Partner: India‐Israel Relations, 2014–20256
The US Impact on Qatar's Foreign Policy During the Gulf Crisis6
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords5
The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al‐Nahdah By Mohammad DawoodSofi. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $43.99, paper.5
The Corridor War in the Middle East5
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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.5
Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798–1864 By Hilmi OzanÖzavcı. Oxford University Press, 2021. 432 pages. $40, paper.5
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The US Strategic Shifts Necessary For Stability in the Middle East5
Information and War: A Case Study in Gaza5
America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region By MarcLynch. Oxford University Press, 2025. 272 pages. $34.99, hardcover.5
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
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In the Tunisian Opposition (Again): Ennahda's ‘Renaissance’ Through Failure?4
A Post‐American Middle East? US Realities Vs. Chinese and Russian Alternatives4
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.4
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs By Marc DavidBaer. Basic Books, 2021. 560 pages. $35, hardcover.4
How the Rise of the Rapid Support Forces Sparked Sudan's Meteoric Descent4
Reinforcing the Resistance: Iran and the Levant in a Multipolar Middle East4
Iran's Gas Sector in Conflict: Infrastructure Vulnerability & Market Implications4
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Turkey's Long Game in Syria: Moving beyond Ascendance3
The Struggle for Syria: Strategic Rivalry and the Risks of Escalation3
The June 2025 Israeli War: Iran's Assessment and Regional Consequences3
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.3
Evaluating the Practice of Lawfare Against Pro‐Palestinian Groups3
How to Address the Saudi Nuclear Program? An Israeli Dilemma3
RETRACTED: Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East3
The Torturous Turkey‐PKK Peace Process3
Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World By Robert J.Lieber. Yale University Press, 2022. 264 pages. $35, hardcover.3
Iran's Strategies in Response To Changes in US‐China Relations3
Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman3
Turkey's Nuclear Security Regime: An Assessment3
The Impact of Eurasianism On Turkey's Role in the Ukraine War3
The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877–1923, by JeremySalt. University of Utah Press, 2019. 432 pages. $40, 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
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 Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China2
Geopolitical Rebranding of the ‘New Syria’ amid the Turkey‐Gulf Rapprochement2
Hydrogen: Fueling EU‐Morocco Energy Cooperation?2
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Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya After the Arab Spring2
The Significance of ISIS's State Building in Syria2
Western Sahara's Unlearned Lessons2
Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–20052
Iran's Annus Horribilis in 2024: Beaten, but Not Defeated2
Ottoman Coup Traditions and the Republican Army's Legacy2
Antinomies of Alignment Redux: The United Arab Emirates and the United States2
Saudi Arabia's US‐China Hedging Strategy And Its Regional Impact2
Cryptocurrency Regulation in MENA: From Prohibition to Conditional Legalization2
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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
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The End of the Middle East Peace Process: The Failure of US Diplomacy By SamerBakkour. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $54.99, paper.1
‘Decisive Victory’ and Israel's Quest For a New Military Strategy1
The Evolution of the Gulf: History and Theories Of a Complex Subregional System1
Russia and the Kurds: A Soft‐Power Tool for the Kremlin?1
The Iran‐Israel Conflict: An Ultra‐Ideological Explanation1
Regime Change in Syria and the Emerging Israel‐Turkey Conflict1
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
Iran's Neighborhood Policy: Parameters, Objectives, and Obstacles1
Between Fatigue and Fear: West Bank Student Solidarity During the Gaza War1
Assessing Israel's Motives In Annexing the Jordan Valley1
Hayat Tahrir al‐Sham: Voices of Syria's New Leaders1
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Woman, Life, Freedom, One Year Later: Will the Iran Protests Succeed?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
Reagan: His Life and Legend By MaxBoot. Liveright, 2024. 880 pages. $45, hardcover.1
Fallen Cedar: Lebanon's Debt Diplomacy, 2015–20201
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
Do Turkey's 2024 Local Elections Signal the End of Erdoğan's Reign?1
Explaining Saudi Arabia's Inaction During the Gaza War: Why No Oil Embargo?1
Between the Superpowers: Gulf States and Israel Navigate the New Mideast Dynamics1
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Signals, Red Lines, and Collision: The Israel‐Iran Spiral and US Intervention1
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How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt By OmarAshour. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 256 pages. $22.95, paper.1
Erdoğan and the Demise of the Secular Republic1
Trajectories of Extremism: Child and Youth Radicalization and Recruitment in the Shadow of ISIS By HavalAhmad. Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. 181 pages. $109, ebook.1
The Future of Security in the Middle East1
Russia's Diplomatic Maneuvering In the Israel‐Palestine War1
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits By Rob GeistPinfold. Oxford University Press, 2023. 344 pages. $83, hardcover.1
The Perils of Nuclear Talks After the US‐Israel War on Iran1
Gulf Energy Transition: The UAE and Saudi Arabia1
The British and the Turks: A History of Animosity, 1893–1923JustinMcCarthy. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. 672 pages. $120, hardcover.1
Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society1
The Persian Gulf: Historical Perspectives, Maritime Silk Road, and Hydropolitics By NezameddinFaghih, S. AbolghasemForoozani, and S. SaraForoozani. Springer, 2025. 162 pages. $119, ebook.1
Power Plays in the Eastern Mediterranean And the Decline of US‐Turkey Relations1
Foreign Aid as Statecraft: Muslim Donors in the Horn of Africa1
The Future of Energy in the Middle East1
The EU and Justice in Palestine: An Interview with Grace O'Sullivan1
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