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Wars of Ambition
A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex and important conflicts in the world--the battle to dominate the Middle East regional order, from 2003 to the present When President George W. Bush took office in January 2001, America's influence in the Middle East was relatively strong, and adversarial states were largely marginalized and contained. The September 11 attacks upended all of this and prompted the Bush administration's bold plan to remake the Middle East through a war in Iraq. By bringing liberal democracy to Iraq, Bush hoped that the country would be a springboard for the spread of democracy to neighboring authoritarian states, aiming to make the region not only more sta...
Vanguard of the Imam
Iran's Revolutionary Guards are one of the most important forces in the Middle East today, but remain poorly understood to outside observers. In Vanguard of the Imam, Afshon Ostovar has written the first comprehensive history of the organization. Situating the rise of the Guards in the contexts of Shiite Islam, Iranian history, and international affairs, Ostovar takes a multifaceted approach in demystifying the organization and detailing its evolution since 1979. The book documents the Guards transformation into a power-player and explores why the group matters now more than ever to regional and global affairs. It is simultaneously a history of modern Iran, and an engrossing entryway into the complex world of war, politics, and identity in the Middle East.
Beyond Sunni and Shia
Surveys the landscape of modern sectarianism within Islam in North Africa and the Middle East.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
A look at the history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, examining why the group failed to capitalise on its political advantage during the Syrian uprising and civil war.
Faith in Numbers
Why does religion sometimes increase support for democracy and sometimes do just the opposite? This book presents a theory of religion, sectarianism, and democracy. By examining religious and political preferences among both Muslims and non-Muslims in several religiously diverse settings, Faith in Numbers demonstrates that religious identities and sectarian interests play a major part in determining regime preferences and illustrates how Islam in particular can be mobilized for both pro- and anti-democratic purposes.
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War
An examination of how Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) view their history and their roles in the Iran-Iraq War.
The Violence Pendulum
Introduction -- 1. Why Islamist Opposition Groups Change their Tactical Outlook -- 2. The Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Potential for Violent Escalation -- 3. Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya: From Terrorism to Nonviolence -- 4. Darul Islam in West Java: The Rise and Fall of an Islamist Insurgency in Indonesia -- 5. Jemaah Islamiyah and the Ambiguities of Disengagement from Violence -- Conclusion -- Tables and Figures.
Contesting the Iranian Revolution
Examines the last forty years of Iranian and Middle-Eastern history through the prism of the Green Uprisings of 2009.
Hot Contention, Cool Abstention
Why did people mobilize for the Arab Spring? While existing research has focused on the roles of authoritarian regimes, oppositional structures, and social grievances in the movement, these explanations fail to address differences in the behavior of individuals, overlooking the fact that even when millions mobilized for the Arab Spring, the majority of the population stayed at home. To investigate this puzzle, this book traces the reasoning processes by which individuals decided to join the uprisings, or to refrain from doing so. Drawing from original ethnographic interviews with protestors and non-protestors in Egypt and Morocco, Dornschneider utilizes qualitative methods and computational ...
Networked Refugees
Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas? In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize information communication technology platforms to motivate reciprocity-a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services-and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Based on surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr ...
