OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy, by MartinIndyk. Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 688 pages. $35, hardcover.	17
Explaining the Decline Of Suicide Terrorism in Turkey	15
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,	11
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. $139	8
Bargain and Barter: China's Oil Trade with Iran	8
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
Lessons for Israel's Gaza War In America's Strategic Blunders	7
The US Impact on Qatar's Foreign Policy During the Gulf Crisis	7
Constitution Making and Enduring Challenges To Democracy in Turkey	7
The Winner Does Not Take All: Lessons from the Israel‐Hamas Conflict	7
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Countering Extremism in Iraq: The Influence of Ali Sistani	6
The Making of a Ruler: Haitham bin Tariq on the Omani Throne	6
China's Approach to the Iran‐Saudi Arabia Rivalry	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
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords	5
Information and War: A Case Study in Gaza	5
The Corridor War in the Middle East	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 Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al‐Nahdah By Mohammad DawoodSofi. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $43.99, paper.	5
The US Strategic Shifts Necessary For Stability in the Middle East	5
A Post‐American Middle East? US Realities Vs. Chinese and Russian Alternatives	4
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Iran's Water Security: An Emerging Challenge	4
Reinforcing the Resistance: Iran and the Levant in a Multipolar Middle East	4
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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs By Marc DavidBaer. Basic Books, 2021. 560 pages. $35, hardcover.	3
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 Deadli	3
How the Rise of the Rapid Support Forces Sparked Sudan's Meteoric Descent	3
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How to Address the Saudi Nuclear Program? An Israeli Dilemma	3
Can Sudan's Democratic Transition Be Salvaged?	3
Evaluating the Practice of Lawfare Against Pro‐Palestinian Groups	3
Iran's Strategies in Response To Changes in US‐China Relations	3
Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman	2
Turkey's Nuclear Security Regime: An Assessment	2
The June 2025 Israeli War: Iran's Assessment and Regional Consequences	2
Hydrogen: Fueling EU‐Morocco Energy Cooperation?	2
Ottoman Coup Traditions And the Republican Army's Legacy	2
The Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China	2
Turkey's Long Game in Syria: Moving beyond Ascendance	2
RETRACTED: Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East	2
The Struggle for Syria: Strategic Rivalry and the Risks of Escalation	2
Antinomies of Alignment Redux: The United Arab Emirates and the United States	2
Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya After the Arab Spring	2
Saudi Arabia's US‐China Hedging Strategy And Its Regional Impact	2
Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World By Robert J.Lieber. Yale University Press, 2022. 264 pages. $35, hardcover.	2
The Impact of Eurasianism On Turkey's Role in the Ukraine War	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
The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877–1923, by JeremySalt. University of Utah Press, 2019. 432 pages. $40, hardcover.	2
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
The Significance of ISIS's State Building in Syria	2
Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco That Pushed America and Its World to the BrinkEthanChorin. Hachette Books, 2022. 432 pages. $30, hardcover.	2
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‘Decisive Victory’ and Israel's Quest For a New Military Strategy	1
Azerbaijan, Israel, and Iran: An Unlikely Triangle Shaping the Northern Middle East	1
Iran's Annus Horribilis in 2024: Beaten, but Not Defeated	1
Iran's Neighborhood Policy: Parameters, Objectives, and Obstacles	1
Woman, Life, Freedom, One Year Later: Will the Iran Protests Succeed?	1
Russia and the Kurds: A Soft‐Power Tool for the Kremlin?	1
The Iran‐Israel Conflict: An Ultra‐Ideological Explanation	1
Assessing Israel's Motives In Annexing the Jordan Valley	1
The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Middle East	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 British and the Turks: A History of Animosity, 1893–1923JustinMcCarthy. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. 672 pages. $120, hardcover.	1
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Regime Change in Syria And the Emerging Israel‐Turkey Conflict	1
Do Turkey's 2024 Local Elections Signal the End of Erdoğan's Reign?	1
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Libya's Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict, by WolframLacher, London: I.B. Tauris, 2020. 304 pages. $30.95, paperback.	1
The Evolution of the Gulf: History and Theories Of a Complex Subregional System	1

How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt By OmarAshour. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 256 pages. $22.95, paper.	1
Russia's Diplomatic Maneuvering In the Israel‐Palestine War	1
The Perils of Nuclear Talks After the US‐Israel War on Iran	1
Between the Superpowers: Gulf States and Israel Navigate the New Mideast Dynamics	1
Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–2005	1
Western Sahara's Unlearned Lessons	1
Power Plays in the Eastern Mediterranean And the Decline of US‐Turkey Relations	1
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The Future of Security in the Middle East	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 Isra	1
The Future of Energy in the Middle East	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, paper	1