Middle East Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Middle East Journal 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Seizing Nuclear Tehran: Obstacles to Understanding Iranian Nuclear Activities12
Modern History and Politics: Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies: Borders, Tribes and a History Shared , by Joshua Yaphe (book review)7
Egypt4
Toiling for Oil: A Social History of Petroleum in Iran4
Kurds: Kurdish Politics in the Middle East: Lessons from the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG in Iraq3
How Post–October 7 Wars Reshaped Iran-Huthi Ties3
Modern History and Politics: Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East , by Jonathan Wyrtzen (boo2
Recent Publications2
Israel: Searching for Peace: A Memoir of Israel , by Ehud Olmert. Translated by David Hazony (book review)2
Jordan: Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible2
Worse than Camp David? Revisiting the May 17, 1983, Lebanon-Israel Agreement1
Syria’s State-Rebuilding Challenge: Reintegrating the Border Peripheries1
Foreign Policy Agendas and Participation in Locally Led Informal Security Coalitions: Pakistan, Sudan, and the Yemen War Coalition1
Levant Affairs: Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace , by Frederic C. Hof (book review)1
United Arab Emirates: Reinventing the Sheikhdom: Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed bin Zayed's UAE , by Matthew Hedges (book review)1
Editor's Note1
Egypt: Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt ,by Andrew Simon (book review)1
Electoral Management in Iran: The Ministry of Interior’s Role in Parliamentary Elections1
Morocco: Killing Contention: Demobilizationin Morocco during the Arab Spring , by Sammy Zeyad Badran (book review)1
Yemen: South Yemen's Independence Struggle: Generations of Resistance , by Anne-Linda Amira Augustin (book review)1
Iran: The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards, by Annie Tracy Samuel (book review)1
Fixing America’s Failed Strategies in the Middle East1
Recent Publications1
The Case of Decentralization in Yalova, Türkiye1
Why Were They Not Radicalized? Young Members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Aftermath of Egypt's 2013 Military Coup1
Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization , by Elham Fakhro (book review)1
The Limits of Right-Wing Populism in Power and the Israeli Political Crisis of 2018–20211
Oman: Britain and the Dhofar War in Oman, 1963‐1976: A Covert War in Arabia , by Geraint Hughes (book review)1
Modern History and Politics: West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East1
Egypt: Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution , by Rusha Latif (book review)1
Yemen1
Turkey: Return to Point Zero: The Turkish-Kurdish Question and How Politics and Ideas (Re)Make Empires, Nations, and States , by Murat Somer (book review1
Economy: Dams, Power, and the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance , by Tom Lavers (book review)1
The GCC’s Economic Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar World1
Recent Publications0
Women: The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State , by Gina Vale (book review)0
Failed Leadership and the Endurance of the Two-State Solution0
Syria: Syria Betrayed: Atrocities, War, and the Failure of International Diplomacy , by Alex J. Bellamy (book review)0
Sudan0
Modern History and Politics: America’s Middle East: Ruination of a Region0
The Rashid Theater in Baghdad: The Drama of a Nation0
Editor’s Note0
Egypt: The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: Legacies and Consequences of the Fight for Independence , edited by H. A. Hellyer and Robert Springborg and 0
Gulf Affairs: The Gulf Monarchies after the Arab Spring: Threats and Security , by Cinzia Bianco (book review)0
Egypt: A Fragile Power , by Eberhard Kienle and Egypt under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge , by Maged Mando0
Arab Media Portrayals of Anti-Uyghur Repression: Chinese Propaganda, Anti-Islamist Anxiety, and Anti-Westernism0
Modern History and Politics: The Muslim Brotherhood: Ideology, History, Descendants , by Joas Wagemakers (book review)0
Local Governments in a Competitive Authoritarian Regime: Opposition-Run Metropolitan Municipalities in Turkey0
A Century of Changing Perceptions of "Christian Militias" in Iraq0
Can Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development Rebuild?0
Israel0
Saudi Arabia0
The World Cup: A Mixed Blessing for Qatari Soft Power (review article)0
Egypt: Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt , by Atef Shahat (book review)0
The Grimness of the Alternatives: Carter, Israel, and the Civil War in Lebanon0
Israel: Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom , by Maya Wind (book review)0
Syria: Moscow's Game of Poker: Russian Military Intervention in Syria , 2015–2017, by Tom Cooper0
Editor’s Note0
Saudi Arabia: Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam , edited by Peter Mandaville (book review)0
Worse than Camp David? Revisiting the May 17, 1983, Lebanon-Israel Agreement0
US Regional Policy: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East , by Steven A. Cook (book review)0
Eat the State (review article)0
Security and Empowerment as Justice: Yezidi Women's Demands and Perceptions of Post-Genocide Justice0
Modern History and Politics: Democracy or Authoritarianism: Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia, by Sebnem Gumuscu0
The Tale of a Feud: Domination, Resistance, and Agency in Highland Yemen , by Marieke Brandt (book review)0
Yemen: Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice amid War , by Stacey Philbrick Yadav (book review)0
Philosophy, Religion, and Science0
The Blocked Road to Democracy: Culture Wars in the Arab World and the End of Politics (review article)0
Complex Equation: Relations between Russia and the Middle East (review article)0
Modern History and Politics: Battleground: Ten Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East , by Christopher Phillips (book review)0
Modern History and Politics: Tribes and the State in Libya and Iraq: From the Nationalist Era to the New Order , by Alison Pargeter (book review)0
The Yemeni Civil War: The Arab Spring, State Formation and Internal Instability , by Elham Manea (book review)0
Modern History and Politics: The Politics of Immigration beyond Liberal States: Morocco and Tunisia in Comparative Perspective , by Katharina Natter (boo0
Pre-Twentieth-Century History: Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands , by Helen Pfeifer (book review)0
Problematic Archives: Documentary Knowledge of Modern Iraq between Ex- and Repatriation0
Zionism: Emotions, Language and Experience - New Hebrews: Making National Culture in Zion0
US Regional Policy: Grand Delusions: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East, by Steven Simon0
Modern History and Politics0
Syria0
Editor’s Note0
Iraq: The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq , by Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (book review)0
Modern History and Politics0
Peacebuilding, Patronage-Building, and Post-Conflict NGO Corruption: Barriers to Democratization in Anbar, Iraq0
The Dhofar War: British Covert Campaigning in Arabia 1965‐1975 , by Stephen Quick (book review)0
Surviving Genocide and Overcoming Collective Trauma: Yezidis from Sinjar in the Aftermath of 20140
Editor’s Note0
Gulf Affairs: Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States , by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (book review)0
Afghanistan: Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul , by Saad Mohseni with Jenna Krajeski (book review)0
Libya: Tribalism and Democracy in Libya: State Building and Identity after Gaddafi0
Recent Publications0
Palestine and Palestinians: The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine, 1850–1948 , by Roger Hardy (book review)0
Special Issue Introduction0
Beyond Instrumentalism: Arab Nationalism and the Foreign Policy of Kuwait in the 1960s and 1970s0
Israel: Continuity and Change in Political Culture: Israel and Beyond, edited by Yael S. Aronoff, Ilan Peleg, and Saliba Sarsar (book review)0
The Mo'talefeh (Islamic Coalition Society): From Revolutionary Allies to Challengers of Ayatollah Khomeini's Policies, 1979–19890
Bouteflika’s Foreign Policy in the Service of Algeria’s Internal Power Struggle, 1999–20040
Türkiye: The Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy: Islamism and Nationalism0
Türkiye0
The Evolution of a Contemporary Iraqi Intellectual: Reflections on Ahmed Saadawi's First Four Novels0
The Long Economic Shadow of the Twelve Day War0
Modern History and Politics: Policy of Deceit Britain and Palestine, 1914–1939 , by Peter Shambrook0
Syria: Syria Divided: Patterns of Violence in a Complex Civil War , by Ora Szekely0
Iran0
Iran: Triumph and Despair: In Search of Iran’s Islamic Republic , by Mehran Kamrava (book review)0
How to Upgrade US-Saudi Defense Relations0
The Trump Effect on Global Autocratization: Theory and Evidence from Israel and Türkiye0
Mission Manifest: American Evangelicals and Iran in the Twentieth Century , by Matthew K. Shannon (book review)0
Rethinking Islamophobia: Race, Empire, and Islam in a Global Context (review article)0
Tobacco Cultivation in Palestine: Struggles over Agriculture and Land Ownership in the West Bank0
Iraq: Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq , by Melvyn P. Leffler (book review)0
The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present0
Collective (Non-)Memory of the Iran-Iraq War and Sectarian Thinking among Veterans-Turned-Shi'i Militia Fighters0
Turkey: Crafting Turkish National Identity, 1919–1927: A Rhetorical Approach , by Aysel Morin (book reviews)0
Political Economy0
Changing Security Dynamics in the Persian Gulf after Epic Fury: A Preliminary Assessment0
Modern History and Politics: The Contemporary Middle East in an Age of Upheaval, edited by James L. Gelvin (book review)0
Modern History and Politics: Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring , by Sharan Grewal (book review)0
Iran: An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville , by Reza Aslan (book review)0
Iraq0
Activism and Community-Based Climate Adaptation in Kuwait0
Egypt: Youth in Egypt: Identity, Participation, and Opportunity, by Nadine Sika (book review)0
Gulf States0
Iraq: The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A. and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq , by Steve Coll (book review)0
Turkey: Street-Level Governing: Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey , by Elise Massicard (book review)0
The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Elusiveness of Defense Cooperation: The Revealing Effect of the 2017–2021 Crisis0
China0
Palestine and Palestinians: Becoming Palestine: Toward an Archival Imagination of the Future, by Gil Z. Hochberg, and Networked Re0
"King Bibi" and Israeli Illiberalism: Assessing Democratic Backsliding in Israel during the Second Netanyahu Era (2009–2021)0
Iran0
The Enduring Challenges of Middle East Security and the Evolving Role of the United States (review article)0
Turkey: Memory, Patriarchy and Economy in Turkey: Narratives of Political Power , by Meral Uğur-Çınar (book review)0
The Oil Thief of Baghdad: Understanding Saddam's Motives for Invading Iran0
Pakistan: Vigilante Islamists: Religious Parties and Anti-State Violence in Pakistan0
Modern History and Politics: Islam, Justice, and Democracy , by Sabri Ciftci (book review)0
Arab-Israeli Conflict0
Israel: Jewish Women and the Defense of Palestine: The Modest Revolution , 1907–1945, by Meir Chazan0
Party Practices in the Context of Lebanon’s Sectarian Political System: Explaining the Unachieved Goals of the Free Patriotic Movement0
Turkey: Turkey and the Kurdish Peace Process: Actors, Issues, and Context , by Arin Y. Savran (book reviews)0
Demographic Transition, Development Potentials, and Policy Requirements: A Comparative Study of the Kurdish Regions of Iran and Iraq0
Afghanistan: Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan , by Elisabeth Leake (book review)0
Tunisia: The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al-Nahdah , by Mohammad Dawood Sofi (book review)0
Egypt: Cronyism and Elite Capture in Egypt: From Businessmen Cabinet to Military Inc. , by Sarah Smierciak (book review)0
Pre-Twentieth-Century History: The Lost and Untold History of the Kurds: Rediscovering the Beginning of the Western Civilisation and the Origin of the Indo-European Languages ca0
Sports and Entertainment0
Israel: Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth , by Asaf Elia-Shalev (book review)0
Environment0
Recent Publications0
Making Sense of the Arab State0
Syria: Statelet of Survivors: The Making of a Semi-Autonomous Region in Northeast Syria , by Amy Austin Holmes (book review)0
Editor's Note0
Egypt: The Muslim Brothers in Society: Everyday Politics, Social Action, and Islamism in Mubarak's Egypt , by Marie Vannetzel. Translated by David Tresil0
Editor’s Note0
The Logic of Political Independence Endures0
Urbanism, Climate Change, and the Public Utility of Greening Cairo0
Modern History and Politics: The Aftermath of the Arab Uprising: Towards Reconstruction, Democracy and Peace , edited by Samir Makdisi and Raimundo Soto0
Afghanistan: The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan , by Ahmad Shuja Jamal and William Maley (book review)0
Egypt: Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo , by Yoram Meital (book review)0
United Arab Emirates: The UAE after the Arab Spring: Strategy for Survival , by Khalifa Al-Suwaidi, and New Order in the Gulf: The0
Gulf Affairs: The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: Interests, Influences and Instability , edited by Robert Mason and Simon Mabon (book review)0
Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Arab World (review article)0
E-Government, Corruption, and Administrative Reform in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries0
Book Reviews0
Iraq: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq , by Katherine Harvey (book review)0
Algeria: Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak , by Michael J. Willis (book review)0
Bordering on War: A Social and Political History of Khuzestan , by Shaherzad Ahmadi (book review)0
Editor's Note0
The Use and Misuse of Palestinian Statehood Recognition0
Levant Affairs: In Search of Greater Syria: The History and Politics of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party , by Christopher Solomon and 0
Water Issues: Reflections: Understanding Our Use and Abuse of Water, by Mark Zeitoun0
Turkey: The Nation or the Ummah: Islamism and Turkish Foreign Policy , by Birol Başkan and Ömer Taşpınar (book review)0
Iran: The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions0
Israel: The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled , by Dahlia Scheindlin0
Dueling Legacies: Which Sultan Deserves Credit for Oman's Oil-Driven Development?0
Gender: History, Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East: From Orientalism to the Arab Spring , by Lisa Pollard and Mona L. Russell (book review)0
Tunisia: Rethinking Islamic Politics in Tunisia: A Gramscian Analysis0
Modern History and Politics: Entrepreneurs of Identity: The Islamic State's Symbolic Repertoire , by Christoph Günther (book review)0
Libya0
Tunisia: A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings , edited by Mohamed Zayani (book review)0
Iraq0
Jordan: Time and Power in Azraq Refugee Camp: A Nine-to-Five Emergency , by Melissa Gatter0
Libya: Violence and Social Transformation in Libya , edited by Virginie Collombier and Wolfram Lacher0
Israel: Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond , edited by Ranen Omer-Sherman (book review)0
Local Governments in a Competitive Authoritarian Regime: Opposition-Run Metropolitan Municipalities in Turkey0
Yemen: Yemen Model: Why U.S. Policy has Failed in the Middle East , by Alexandra Stark (book review)0
Saudi Arabia: Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism , by Nora Derbal (book review)0
Recent Publications0
Palestine: The Social and Cultural History of Palestine: Essays in Honour of Salim Tamari, edited by Sarah Irving0
Can Trump Break the Middle East’s Non-Tariff Barriers?0
From the Mountains to the Élysée: The Precarious International Legitimacy of the Syrian Kurdish YPG and PYD0
Turkey: Turkey under Erdoğan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West , by Dimitar Bechev and Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’0
Iraq: Mosul under ISIS: Eyewitness Accounts of Life in the Caliphate , by Mathilde Becker Aarseth (book review)0
Kurds0
A Two-State Solution Remains a Core American Interest0
Israel’s Clan Strategy in Gaza: Using Disorder to Create Order?0
Jordan0
Baghdad behind Walls: Mapping Urban Heritage for Spatial Justice0
Palestine: Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System , by Anne Irfan0
Policing Copts: Sadat, Shenouda, and the Transnational Diaspora Politics of Cold War Egypt0
Modern History and Politics: Women's Political Representation in Iran and Turkey: Demanding a Seat at the Table , by Mona Tajali0
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the limits of Gulf Unity0
Iran: Revolution of Things: The Islamism and Post-Islamism of Objects in Tehran , by Kusha Sefat (book review)0
Iran0
The Re-Enchantment of the Orient: Mista‘arvim and Their Special Status in Jewish-Israeli Society0
Libya: Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder , by Jason Pack (book review)0
Modern History and Politics: Seeing Is Disbelieving: Why People Believe Misinformation in War, and When They Know Better0
Modern History and Politics: When Parliaments Ruled the Middle East: Iraq and Syria, 1946–63 , by Matthieu Rey (book review)0
Philosophy, Religion, and Science: Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama between Democracy and Autocracy , by Usaama al-Azami (book review)0
Morocco: Immigration Nation: Aid, Control, and Border Politics in Morocco, by Lorena Gazzotti (book review)0
Recent Publications0
A Wall of Despair: The Interplay of the Turkish Wall and Foreign Policy in Syria0
Philosophy, Religion, And Science: Islam, Revival, and Reform: Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-First Century , edited by Natana J. DeLong-Bas (book r0
The AKP's Syria Policy and the Emergence of Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey0
A New Project of a Gulf-Based Regional Order in the Middle East0
Police, Protests, and State Power: Confronting Order and Disorder in Jordan (review article)0
Iran: What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom , by Arash Azizi (book review)0
Biography: Years of Glory: Nelly Benatar and the Pursuit of Justice in Wartime North Africa, by Susan Gilson Miller (book review)0
Book Reviews0
Egyptian State Media in Opposition: Al-Ahram under Morsi, 2012–20130
Book Reviews0
Iraq: Iraq against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post–Cold War Order, by Samuel Helfont0
Morocco: L’Affaire Ben Barka: La fin des secrets0
Editor's Note0
Sheikh, Beik, and Muallim: Kamal Jumblatt and the Lebanese Political Elites0
Editor’s Note0
From Securitization to National Rebranding: Saudi–Muslim Brotherhood Relations since 20100
Symposium Introduction0
Iran: Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy0
Israel: We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight over Israel , by Eric Alterman (book review)0
Palestinians in Israel: Bare Citizenship during the Gaza War0
Surviving Genocide and Overcoming Collective Trauma: Yezidis from Sinjar in the Aftermath of 20140
Iran: Iran's Soft Power in Afghanistan and Pakistan , by Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Ali Akbar0
Recent Publications0
Iran: Wars of Ambition: The United States, Iran, and the Struggle for the Middle East , by Afshon Ostovar (book review)0
Palestine: The Hamas Intelligence War against Israel , by Netanel Flamer (book review)0
Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq0
Iran: The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement , by Mahnaz Afkhami (book review)0
Contesting “Moderate Islam”: Religious Legitimacy in Post–Civil War Algeria0
Modern History and Politics: God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State, by Nada Moumtaz (book review)0
Syria0
Iraq: God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani , by Sajad Jiyad (book review)0
The Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism in Türkiye0
Iran: Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization , by Kian Tajbakhsh (book review)0
Modern History and Politics: Understanding the New Proxy Wars: Battlegrounds and Strategies Reshaping the Greater Middle East, edited by Peter Bergen, Candace Rondeaux, Daniel R0
Historical Trajectories of Qatar’s Survival Strategy0
Egypt: Egypt: Revolution, Failed Transition and Counter-Revolution , by Azmi Bishara. Translated by Mandy McClure, Chris Hitchcock, and Peter Daniel (boo0
Recent Publications0
North African Affairs: Shouting in a Cage: Political Life after Authoritarian Co-Optation in North Africa , by Sofia Fenner0
Red Sea: Power Competition in the Red Sea: Testing the Post-Liberal International Order0
Recent Publications0
Syria: Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria , by Max Weiss (book review)0
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