OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Middle East Policy is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Lessons for Israel's Gaza War In America's Strategic Blunders	14
Constitution Making and Enduring Challenges To Democracy in Turkey	12
The US Impact on Qatar's Foreign Policy During the Gulf Crisis	9
Bargain and Barter: China's Oil Trade with Iran	8
Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy, by MartinIndyk. Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 688 pages. $35, hardcover.	7
Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused and Conflicted, by DanielSokatch. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. 375 pages. $27.00, hardcover.Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel,	7
The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands By AmirTibon. Little, Brown and Company, 2024. 352 pages. $30, hardcover.	6
Explaining the Decline Of Suicide Terrorism in Turkey	6
The Winner Does Not Take All: Lessons from the Israel‐Hamas Conflict	6
Between Diplomacy and Non‐Diplomacy: Foreign Relations of Kurdistan‐Iraq and Palestine Edited by GülistanGürbey, SabineHofmann, and Ferhad IbrahimSeyder. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2023. 332 pages. $139	5
Iran's Regional Influence in Light of Its Security Concerns	5
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China between Iran and the Gulf Monarchies	5
The Corridor War in the Middle East	4
The Making of a Ruler: Haitham bin Tariq on the Omani Throne	4
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People By Walter RussellMead. Knopf, 2022. 672 pages. $35, hardcover.	4
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords	4
The Afghan Peace Process: Domestic Fault Lines	4
Iran's Water Security: An Emerging Challenge	4
The US Strategic Shifts Necessary For Stability in the Middle East	4
Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798–1864 By Hilmi OzanÖzavcı. Oxford University Press, 2021. 432 pages. $40, paper.	4
The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al‐Nahdah By Mohammad DawoodSofi. Routledge, 2022. 192 pages. $43.99, paper.	4
Information and War: A Case Study in Gaza	4
China's Approach to the Iran‐Saudi Arabia Rivalry	4

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Changes in Palestinian and Israeli Leadership: Implications for US Policy	3
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In the Tunisian Opposition (Again): Ennahda's ‘Renaissance’ Through Failure?	2
Transforming Yemen? Divergent Saudi and Emirati Intervention Policies	2
Evaluating the Practice of Lawfare Against Pro‐Palestinian Groups	2
Can Sudan's Democratic Transition Be Salvaged?	2
Turkey's Long Game in Syria: Moving beyond Ascendance	2
The Impact of Eurasianism On Turkey's Role in the Ukraine War	2
Reinforcing the Resistance: Iran and the Levant in a Multipolar Middle East	2
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How the Rise of the Rapid Support Forces Sparked Sudan's Meteoric Descent	2
Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman	2
Iran's Strategies in Response To Changes in US‐China Relations	2
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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs By Marc DavidBaer. Basic Books, 2021. 560 pages. $35, hardcover.	2
A Post‐American Middle East? US Realities Vs. Chinese and Russian Alternatives	2
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees, MatthieuAikins, Harper, 2022. 336 pages. $27.99, hardcover.My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadli	2
How to Address the Saudi Nuclear Program? An Israeli Dilemma	2
Iran's Annus Horribilis in 2024: Beaten, but Not Defeated	1
Hydrogen: Fueling EU‐Morocco Energy Cooperation?	1
The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877–1923, by JeremySalt. University of Utah Press, 2019. 432 pages. $40, hardcover.	1
Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco That Pushed America and Its World to the BrinkEthanChorin. Hachette Books, 2022. 432 pages. $30, hardcover.	1
Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East	1
Between the Superpowers: Gulf States and Israel Navigate the New Mideast Dynamics	1
Iran's Neighborhood Policy: Parameters, Objectives, and Obstacles	1
The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Middle East	1
Woman, Life, Freedom, One Year Later: Will the Iran Protests Succeed?	1
Azerbaijan, Israel, and Iran: An Unlikely Triangle Shaping the Northern Middle East	1
Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–2005	1
Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump By Michael R.Gordon. Picador, 2023. 512 pages. $21, paper.	1
Peace Is Relative: Qatar and Agreements with Israel	1
Turkey's Nuclear Security Regime: An Assessment	1
Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya After the Arab Spring	1
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Western Sahara's Unlearned Lessons	1
Russia's Diplomatic Maneuvering In the Israel‐Palestine War	1
Russia and the Kurds: A Soft‐Power Tool for the Kremlin?	1
The Future of Security in the Middle East	1
Do Turkey's 2024 Local Elections Signal the End of Erdoğan's Reign?	1
The British and the Turks: A History of Animosity, 1893–1923JustinMcCarthy. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. 672 pages. $120, hardcover.	1
Antinomies of Alignment Redux: The United Arab Emirates and the United States	1
The Significance of ISIS's State Building in Syria	1
Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World By Robert J.Lieber. Yale University Press, 2022. 264 pages. $35, hardcover.	1
The Politics of Islam: The Muslim Brothers and the State in the Arab Gulf By BirolBaşkan. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 256 pages. $27.95, paper.	1
The Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China	1
Power Plays in the Eastern Mediterranean And the Decline of US‐Turkey Relations	1
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‘Decisive Victory’ and Israel's Quest For a New Military Strategy	1