Mediterranean Politics

Papers
(The median citation count of Mediterranean Politics is 0. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Post-Salafism in Cambodia: From counterreligion to accommodation23
How does public weeping affect public approval rate of a politician?12
North Korean military proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling violence and instability North Korean military proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling violence11
Complex effects of international relations10
Russia Rising: Putin’s foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa Russia Rising: Putin’s foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa , by Bechev, Dimitar,9
Neoliberal citizenship: Sacred markets, sacrificial lives Neoliberal citizenship: Sacred markets, sacrificial lives , by Mavelli Luca, Oxford and New York, Oxford Univer8
Populists and diplomats: Negotiated agency of the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs8
The unfinished Arab Spring: Micro-dynamics of revolts between change and continuity6
Civil society, insecurity and Arab support for normalization with Israel: Contextualizing the Abraham Accords6
Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at its Margins5
The ‘Moroccogate’ scandal and European Parliament decision-making on Western Sahara5
Electoral engineering in autocracies: Effects of the 2021 electoral reform on Morocco’s parliamentary elections4
Visual frame analysis of the UKIP leave campaigns ‘Turkish migrant’ Brexit visuals4
Introducing the comparative study of electoral systems in Tunisia: populist attitudes, political preferences, and voting behavior4
Correction4
Supporting a revolution from afar: The construction of unity between generations of Sudanese exiles in France4
Armenians beyond diaspora: Making Lebanon their own Armenians beyond diaspora: Making Lebanon their own , by Tsolin Nalbantian, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 204
The continuation of criminalization by other means: the role of judicial agency in the Italian policing of humanitarian assistance at sea4
European neighbourhood policy, the Bologna model and EU-Egyptian cooperation in Higher Education4
Faith in numbers: Religion, sectarianism, and democracy4
The bidirectional relationship between social contracts and entrepreneurship: Syrian refugee entrepreneurs in Kurdistan Region of Iraq3
Trump sympathy in the Balkans: cross-border populist appeal3
“Always they look at you as a stranger”: affective encounters with the border among irregularised African migrants in Israel3
Unravelling anti-feminist social network in Turkey: An Analysis of Actors, relationships and political influence3
Islamist populism? Exploring the MENA region from a comparative and empirical perspective3
Interpreting Europe: Sonic politics and the affective foundation of multilingual negotiations3
China and Egypt’s comprehensive strategic partnership in the Xi-sisi era: a ‘role theory’ prism3
Performing (against) the state2
The role of security assistance in reconfiguring Tunisia’s transition2
Obstáculos y retos estructurales en la España constitucional ¿Otra España es posible?2
Jordanian Islamists and the war on Gaza2
Migration, agriculture and rural development2
Reframing coercive engineered migration theory: Ceuta and the Western Sahara2
Revolutionary burnout: Subjective crisis responses and the demobilization of mass protest in Lebanon2
Secular power Europe and Islam. Identity and Foreign policy Secular power Europe and Islam. Identity and Foreign policy , by Sarah Wolff, Ann Arbor, University of Michig2
Turkey, the EU, and the Middle East: Foreign policy cooperation and the Arab uprisings2
Egypt: A fragile power Egypt: A fragile power , by Eberhard Kienle, London and New York, Routledge, 2022, 228 pp., USD 42.70 (ebook), ISBN: 97804298054172
Democracy’s resilience to populism’s threat: Countering global alarmism2
The making of rivals and strange bedfellows: Patterns of Turkish and Russian security assistance in the Syrian and Libyan civil wars2
Protesting Jordan: Geographies of power and dissent2
On the scarcity and promise of survey-based studies of international relations and security affairs in the Middle East1
Yemen’s Islamists and the War in Gaza: The interplay of ideology, context, and strategy1
Who defines moderation? Adapting Islamist and Salafi identities in Tunisia to a changing religio-political field1
Understanding the persistence of competitive authoritarianism in algeria Understanding the persistence of competitive authoritarianism in algeria , Dalia Ghanem, Palgrav1
The autocratic parliament: Power and Legitimacy in Egypt, 1866-20111
Still on the same path? Italian foreign and defence policy in the Enlarged Mediterranean1
Security assistance to surrogates – how the UAE secures its regional objectives1
Rethinking Egypt’s ‘Failed’ Desert Cities: Autocracy, Urban Planning, and Class Politics in Sadat’s New Town Programme1
Cleft capitalism: The social origins of failed market making in Egypt1
The limits of China’s engagement in the Mediterranean: Role conflict and emerging mistrust in Spain–China relations1
A quarter-century of studying Euro-Mediterranean relations: A systematic literature review1
Externalising migration governance through civil society. Tunisia as a case study1
Critical junctures, labour unions, and social dialogue in Tunisia and Lebanon: Implications for the social contract1
Role dynamics and trust in France-China coopetition1
Fragile but resilient? Turkish electoral dynamics, 2002-2015 Fragile but resilient? Turkish electoral dynamics, 2002-2015 , by Ali Çarkoğlu and Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Ann Ar1
‘The politics of art: Dissent and cultural diplomacy in Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan’1
Changing focus while maintaining balance: Strategic adjustments behind the developing Sino-Saudi relations1
Post-salafism by learning: The indigenization of globalized, exclusivist Salafism in Tunisia and Morocco1
UN mediators in Syria: The challenges and responsibilities of conflict resolution1
Sovereignty suspended building the so-called state1
Spatial clustering of fighting during civil wars: insights from Syria1
Stability source or curse? Fossil fuels and Algeria’s regime stability in the light of EU’s green transition1
Campaigning for the revolution: Freedom, social justice and citizenship imaginaries in the Egyptian Uprising1
Which protests count? Coverage bias in Middle East event datasets1
Introduction: Socioeconomic reforms in times of political transformation: Conflicts over the political economy in Egypt and Tunisia post-20111
Populist securitization of migration: The anti-immigrant Zafer Party example in Türkiye1
Strategic misalignment: European security and P/CVE engagement in the Sahel1
Budget politics and democratization in Tunisia: The loss of consensus and the erosion of trust1
State, society and Islam in the Western regions of the Sahara: Regional interactions and social change State, society and Islam in the Western regions of the Sahara: Regional interactio1
Measuring ‘state-diffusion’ in post-conflict authoritarian Syria evidence from the 2021 public opinion survey1
Pandemic scepticism as politically driven talk: The case of Palestinian context0
International actors as critics of domestic freedoms: the role of expertise and benefits0
Connecting security with sustainable development in the Eastern Mediterranean and generating pay-offs for the European Union0
Populism and crisis: Evidence from the periphery of Europe0
The social contention over a new labour law in post- 2014 Egypt: Understanding regime choices and strategies0
Security assistance, securitization, security systems, and insecurity in the Mediterranean mashriq and maghreb0
The fourth ordeal: A history of the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt, 1968-2018 The fourth ordeal: A history of the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt, 1968-2018 , by Victor Willi, 0
Israeli cross-border assistance to Syrians: Creating bonds by giving?0
Fear of surveillance: Examining Turkish social media users’ perception of surveillance and willingness to express opinions on social media0
Visas and mobility: The EU’s ‘great shutdown’ that won’t stop population flows0
No roadmap, no global vision: Shortcomings and pitfalls of the first stage of decentralization reforms in Tunisia0
Moving towards smarter social contracts? Digital transformation as a driver of change in state–society relations in the MENA region0
Women reporters as experts on security affairs in Jordan? Rethinking gender and issue competency stereotypes0
Opposition inclusion and exclusion in the Arab world: Evidence from a new dataset0
The oil factor: Regulatory agency creation in the MENA region0
Militant Islamism in Lebanon and the War on Gaza0
Political narratives in the Middle East and North Africa. Conceptions of order and perceptions of instability0
Iranians as real estate purchasers and international students: Transformation of Turkish-Iranian migration corridor0
China in the Mediterranean: An Arena of Strategic Competition?0
China’s expanding footprint in North Africa and the European Union’s geopolitical awakening0
Disposable rebels: US military assistance to insurgents in the Syrian war0
Shifting paradigms: Social protection vs. social policy in Lebanon0
The EU in motion through emotions: Fear and migration policy in the Euro-Mediterranean context0
Labor politics in North Africa: After the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia Labor politics in North Africa: After the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia , by Ian M. Hartshorn, 0
The intimate politics of silence. Left-wing politicizations in Ben Ali’s Tunisia0
The origin of secular institutions: Ideas, timing, and organization The origin of secular institutions: Ideas, timing, and organization , by H. Zeynep Bulutigil, New Yor0
The European Green Deal: Implications for Turkey0
Salafism and dialectics of Muslim identity in Nigeria and the Sahel0
Making sense of the revolutions in the present temporalities, emotions, and the quest for dignity0
Salafis’ hybrid trajectories of socio-political engagement in Tunisia and Algeria. A social movement perspective0
Diaspora diplomacy: The politics of Turkish emigration to Europe Diaspora diplomacy: The politics of Turkish emigration to Europe , by0
How information warfare shaped the Arab Spring. The politics of narrative in Tunisia and Egypt0
Spiking up anger, nostalgia and disgust: The polarized dynamics of Turkish women’s volleyball0
Medical aid under the shadow of the Covid-19: A political crisis among the leadership in North Cyprus0
The international sources of prejudice against Shi‘a in the Middle East and North Africa: Original survey evidence from Morocco0
North Africa, Colonialism and the EU North Africa, Colonialism and the EU , by Volkan İpek, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 122 pp., £ 49.99 (hardcover), ISBN 9780
The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: Towards a New Path The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: Towards a New Path , edited by Adel Abdel Gh0
Multilateral financial flows and state–business relations in Morocco0
Islam, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment: A global and historical comparison Islam, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment: A global and historical comparison , by 0
The 2021 Portuguese Presidential Elections under extraordinary circumstances: Covid-19 and the rise of the radical right in Portugal0
Post-Salafism: From global to local Salafism0
Cultural diplomacy and the reconfiguration of soft power: Evidence from Morocco0
Qatar’s evolving role in conflict mediation0
Beyond the Lines: Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon0
The Arab spring Abroad: diaspora activism against authoritarian regimes The Arab spring Abroad: diaspora activism against authoritarian regimes , by Dana M. Moss, Cambri0
A theory of gender’s effect on vote shift with a test based on Turkish elections0
The use of the Macedonian name dispute on the candidates’ websites in Northern Greece’s regional and municipal elections of 20190
The intercommunal relations in Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic: Towards a fait accompli policy?0
Bridging the gap: The ‘revolutionary’ strategy of the Strong Egypt Party as a new attempt towards overcoming the secular/Islamist cleavage0
What explains the resilience of Muslim Brotherhood movements? An analysis of Hamas’ organizing strategies0
Books for Review0
Popular support for military intervention and anti-establishment alternatives in Tunisia: Appraising outsider eclecticism0
Captagon and conflict: Drugs and war on the border between Jordan and Syria0
Catalysts of change: Unveiling the nexus between protest movements and party politics in the Mediterranean0
Salafism, neo-salafism, and post-salafism. Evolutions of a radical current of Islam in France0
Party digitalization and members’ empowerment: A comparison of four Italian parties0
Remembering the Midan : Nostalgia and propaganda in Egyptian media and popular culture0
Salafism and the local: Negotiation, accommodation and Re-localization of Ethiopian Salafism0
Morocco’s dual realist and neoliberalism foreign policy: An examination of Morocco’s decision to strengthen ties with Israel, 2009–20230
Urban resilience and migration governance in Tunisia’s unstable political environment0
The use of intersectional tactics by Tunisia’s multicultural movement to build social capital and sustain collective action: It is not what we say or think that defines us but what we do0
‘De Mistura ideas to reality are like windmills to Don Quixote’: A UN mediator in the Syrian conflict0
Outsourcing warfare in the Mediterranean0
Taxing the rich but not the capitalists: Direct taxation in Sisi’s Egypt (2014-2021)0
Schooling the nation: Education and everyday politics in Egypt0
Ben Ali’s Tunisia: Power and contention in an authoritarian regime Ben Ali’s Tunisia: Power and contention in an authoritarian regime , by Wolf, Anne, Oxford, United Kin0
The European Green Deal: Challenges and opportunities for the Southern Mediterranean0
Hot contention, cool abstention: Positive emotions and protest behavior during the Arab spring Hot contention, cool abstention: Positive emotions and protest behavior during the Arab sp0
Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World , by Philippe Droz-Vincent,Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021,0
A Crowded Room? The Destabilising Effect of Oversized Coalitions on Cabinet Survival in Southern Europe0
The EU, NATO and the Libya conflict: Anatomy of a failure0
Competing visions for the EU’s southern strategy: Restraint, preventative engagement, and selective intervention0
The war on Gaza and Iraq’s resistance state0
China’s infrastructure diplomacy in the Mediterranean region under the Belt And Road Initiative: Challenges ahead?0
Extreme hardship, care ethics, and humanitarian protection: Lessons from Libya and Italy0
New horizons or old barriers? The 2023 EU anti-smuggling directive proposal and human mobility in the Mediterranean0
The illusion of sovereignty in the TRNC: The AKP regime in Turkey and changing dynamics in the de facto state in Cyprus0
Losing support to democracy: Political socialization, popular conceptualizations, and the formation of political grievances among marginalized youth in Tunisia0
Religion, identity, and power: Turkey and the Balkans in the twenty-first century0
The politics of sea migrants in Southern Europe: Public attitudes and policy implications0
Correction0
Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings0
Civil society’s development in Tunisia’s democratization process, 2011-20210
Clientelism and its discontents: The role of wasta in shaping political attitudes and participation in Jordan0
The elephant in the med: Postcoloniality and European security assistance practices0
After repression: How polarization derails democratic transition After repression: How polarization derails democratic transition , by Elizabeth Nugent, Princeton, Princ0
Understanding change in Egypt’s social contract since 20110
Programmatic change in Southern European radical left parties: The impact of a decade of crises (2010–2019)0
Drivers of change in social contracts: Building a conceptual framework0
The revolution within: State institutions and unarmed resistance in Palestine0
Disaggregating Jordan’s Syrian refugee response: The ‘Many Hands’ of the Jordanian state0
Grasping Arab Islamist responses to the war on Gaza0
Bad mothers vs good mothers of the nation: The dual faces of Tunisian women in terrorism and in preventing extremism0
Understanding Greece’s new foreign policy towards the Arab world: Instrumentalisation, balancing, and emerging opportunities0
Friends or foe: Militia intelligence and ethnic violence in the Lebanese Civil War Friends or foe: Militia intelligence and ethnic violence in the Lebanese Civil War , b0
Mobilizing for what? Polarized citizens and electoral turnout in transitioning Tunisia0
Towards an exclusionary social contract: Narratives of a revanchist city in (post)war Syria0
Hezbollah: A regional armed non-state actor (Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics) Hezbollah: A regional armed non-state actor (Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics)0
China in the Southern Mediterranean: Integrating the Greater Maghreb in the new silk road0
Syrian Jihadis’ reaction to the Gaza conflict0
Iran’s soft power in Syria after the Syrian civil war0
Crisis and transformation in post-Bouteflika Algeria0
EU delegations as intermediaries of perceptions of the EU: A view from the MENA region0
The 2023 Spanish general elections and the fourth Sánchez cabinet: A successful gamble for the left?0
Intermediary organizations, international cooperation and the changing social contract: Morocco’s new development model0
Forced migration governance in Tunisia: Balancing risks and assets for state-making during independence and democratization0
The war in Gaza, the decline of US leadership and the emergence of a networked regional order0
‘Quietist’ Salafis after the ‘Arab revolts’ in Algeria and Libya (2011–2019): Between insecurity and political subordination0
Towards a non-Western model of security assistance: How Iran assists militaries0
Stability and the Lebanese State in the 20th Century: Building Political Legitimacy0
Community policing in areas of limited statehood: The case of Lebanon0
The ambivalent ‘emotional legacies’ of the 2011 Egyptian and Syrian revolutions0
Israel, Gaza and the Politics of Palliative Peace: Colonialism, (de)mobilization and why the Two-State Solution is made to Fail0
Bounded knowledge: doctoral studies in Egypt Bounded knowledge: doctoral studies in Egypt , edited by Daniele Cantini, Cairo, Egypt, AUC Press, 2021, 228 pp., GBP 80 (ha0
The external dimension of Italian migration policy in the wider Mediterranean0
Between strategic neglect and geopolitical realities: Ukraine and North Africa in Light of Russian Aggression0
Democracy in Lebanon: Political parties and the struggle for power since Syrian withdrawal0
Trajectories of depoliticization and re-politicization: Petitioning to Moroccan municipalities0
Exploring the impacts of conspiracy theories on election dynamics in Spain and Turkey0
Nationhood cleavages and ethnic conflict: A comparative analysis of postcommunist Bulgaria, Montenegro, and North Macedonia0
Reaching for the heights: The inside story of a secret attempt to reach an Israeli-Syrian peace Reaching for the heights: The inside story of a secret attempt to reach an Israeli-Syrian0
(Re)ordering the Mediterranean: The evolution of security assistance as an international practice0
Turkey’s 2024 municipal elections. A turning point for democratic resilience?0
Who votes after a coup? Theory and evidence from Egypt0
Delta democracy: Pathways to incremental civic revolution in Egypt and beyond Delta democracy: Pathways to incremental civic revolution in Egypt and beyond , by Catherin0
Minister vs. Mufti the struggle over ‘moderate Islam’ in wartime Syria (2011–2021)0
Seeing the future through a rear-view mirror: On the politics of revitalizing secular bio-icons in the Middle East0
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