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Volume XXIV Spring 2017 Number 1

Editor's Note

Spring 2017 Editorial

Journal Essays

U.S. Commitments in the Middle East: Advice to the Trump Administration

U.S. Commitments in the Middle East: Advice to the Trump Administration

Syria and Its Neighbors: Introduction to Chatham House Special Section

Syria and Its Neighbors: Introduction to Chatham House Special Section

Eyes Bigger than Stomachs: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria

Eyes Bigger than Stomachs: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria

Syria's Spillover on Iraq: State Resilience

Syria's Spillover on Iraq: State Resilience

The Syrian War: Spillover Effects on Lebanon

The Syrian War: Spillover Effects on Lebanon

Sowing Division: Kurds in the Syrian War

Sowing Division: Kurds in the Syrian War

Social Change, Network Formation and Syria’s War Economies

Social Change, Network Formation and Syria’s War Economies

Israel, Palestine and Nonterritorial Governance: A Reconfigured Status Quo

Israel, Palestine and Nonterritorial Governance: A Reconfigured Status Quo

The GCC and the Muslim Brotherhood: What Does the Future Hold?

The GCC and the Muslim Brotherhood: What Does the Future Hold?

Qatar's LNG: Impact of the Changing East-Asian Market

Qatar's LNG: Impact of the Changing East-Asian Market

Review Essay: Lawrence of Arabia

Review Essay: Lawrence of Arabia

Book Reviews

The Field of Fight: How to Win the Global War against Radical Islam and Its Allies

Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel

The New Arab Wars

Vol XXIII Winter 2016 Number 4

Editor's Note

Winter 2016 Editorial

Journal Essays

The Middle East and the Next Administration: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations

The Middle East and the Next Administration: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations

Operation "Retribution": Putin's Military Campaign in Syria, 2015-16

Operation "Retribution": Putin's Military Campaign in Syria, 2015-16

Liberating Mosul: Beyond the Battle

Liberating Mosul: Beyond the Battle

Jihadism in the Arab World after 2011: Explaining Its Expansion

Jihadism in the Arab World after 2011: Explaining Its Expansion

EU Action in the Mediterranean: Structural Impediments Post-2011

EU Action in the Mediterranean: Structural Impediments Post-2011

EU Policies in the Mashreq: Between Integration and Security Partnership

EU Policies in the Mashreq: Between Integration and Security Partnership

Libya's Future: Uncertain, Despite a Political Agreement

Libya's Future: Uncertain, Despite a Political Agreement

Erdoğan and the Decline of Turkey

Erdoğan and the Decline of Turkey

The Turkish Coup Attempt: The Gülen Movement vs. the State

The Turkish Coup Attempt: The Gülen Movement vs. the State

What Can Peacekeepers Do If There Is No Peace to Keep?

What Can Peacekeepers Do If There Is No Peace to Keep?

Book Reviews

Who Rules the World?

Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution

The Fires of Spring

ISIS: A History

Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare

Volume XXIII Fall 2016 Number 3

Editor's Note

Fall 2016 Editorial

Journal Essays

Economic Reform and Political Risk in The GCC: Implications for U.S. Government and Business

Economic Reform and Political Risk in The GCC: Implications for U.S. Government and Business

Security Assurances for the Gulf States: A Bearable Burden?

Security Assurances for the Gulf States: A Bearable Burden?

Lower for Longer: Saudi Arabia Adjusts to the New Oil Era

Lower for Longer: Saudi Arabia Adjusts to the New Oil Era

Oman and the GCC: A Solid Relationship?

Oman and the GCC: A Solid Relationship?

"Early" Transitional Justice in the Arab World: Lessons Learned

"Early" Transitional Justice in the Arab World: Lessons Learned

Lebanon's Electoral System: Is Reform Possible?

Lebanon's Electoral System: Is Reform Possible?

The Turkish Military as a Political Actor: Its Rise and Fall

The Turkish Military as a Political Actor: Its Rise and Fall

Chemical Attacks in Syria: How U.S. Intel Went Wrong

Chemical Attacks in Syria: How U.S. Intel Went Wrong

Shopping for Armageddon: Islamist Groups and Nuclear Terror

Shopping for Armageddon: Islamist Groups and Nuclear Terror

Dabiq, the Islamic State's Magazine: A Critical Analysis

Dabiq, the Islamic State's Magazine: A Critical Analysis

Review Essay: Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Review Essay: Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Book Reviews

Captive Society: The Basij Militia and Social Control in Iran

The Kurds: A Modern History

Fall of the Sultanate

Doomed to Succeed

America's Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East