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Volume XXV Summer 2018 Number 2

Editor's Note

Summer 2018 Editorial

Journal Essays

Turkey's Emerging Role in the Middle East

Turkey's Emerging Role in the Middle East

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Gulf Security after 2011: A Threat Analysis

Gulf Security after 2011: A Threat Analysis

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Russia's Syria War: A Strategic Trap?

Russia's Syria War: A Strategic Trap?

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Master of None: Trump, Jerusalem and the Prospects of Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Master of None: Trump, Jerusalem and the Prospects of Israeli-Palestinian Peace

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Football and Politics in the Shadow of the Cedars, 2000-2015

Football and Politics in the Shadow of the Cedars, 2000-2015

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Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars

Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars

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Book Reviews

Egypt

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Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring

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Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter

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Turkey's July 15th Coup: What Happened and Why

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The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East

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Volume XXV, Spring 2018, Number 1

Editor's Note

Spring 2018 Editorial

Journal Essays

Iranian Advances in the Arab World

Iranian Advances in the Arab World

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Iran's Supreme Leader: An Analysis of His Hostility Toward the U.S. and Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader: An Analysis of His Hostility Toward the U.S. and Israel

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Resistance in the Caliphate's Classrooms: Mosul Civilians vs IS

Resistance in the Caliphate's Classrooms: Mosul Civilians vs IS

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The Life and Death of Abdullah Azzam

The Life and Death of Abdullah Azzam

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Taking God Seriously: The Struggle against Extremism

Taking God Seriously: The Struggle against Extremism

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Book Reviews

The Soviet-Israeli War 1967-1973: The USSR's Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict

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Foreign Service: A Memoir

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Zionism: The Birth and Transformation of an Ideal

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Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State

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Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State

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Protection Amid Chaos: The Creation of Property Rights in Palestinian Refugee Camps

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Volume XXIV, Number 4, Winter 2017

Editor's Note

Winter 2017 Editorial

Journal Essays

The GCC Rift: Regional and Global Implications

The GCC Rift: Regional and Global Implications

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Understanding Qatar's Foreign Policy, 1995-2017

Understanding Qatar's Foreign Policy, 1995-2017

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Saudi Arabia's Motives in the Syrian Civil War

Saudi Arabia's Motives in the Syrian Civil War

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The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: A New Hinterland?

The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: A New Hinterland?

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Sanctions and Nuclear Rollback: The Case of Iran

Sanctions and Nuclear Rollback: The Case of Iran

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Why Was Muammar Qadhafi Really Removed?

Why Was Muammar Qadhafi Really Removed?

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The Impact of ISIS on Algeria’s Security Doctrine

The Impact of ISIS on Algeria’s Security Doctrine

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Tunisia's Jihadi Problem and How to Deal with It

Tunisia's Jihadi Problem and How to Deal with It

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Book Reviews

Jihadism Transformed: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State’s Global Battle of Ideas

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The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine

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Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance

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Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings

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