This article rejects the paradigm of “ancient sectarian hatreds” to explain the turmoil in the
Middle East. Instead, the political context that illuminates the question of sectarianism is the …

Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East.
The Arab Spring that resides in the popular imagination is one in which a wave of mass …

A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments
in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the …

After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation
was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international …

“Invaluable to anyone wanting a fuller understanding of the economic, political, and religious
tensions within Bahrain.”—The Sociological Imagination The oil-producing states of the Arab …

Recent characterizations of publics–as expressed through concepts like 'networked
publics','hashtag publics','ad hoc publics','calculated publics', and 'engineered publics'–or …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has survived the revolutions in the Arab world largely
unscathed and entrenched itself as the undisputed leader of the Arab monarchies and the …

The'Arab Spring'has come to symbolise defeated hopes for democracy and social justice in
the Middle East. In this book, Jamie Allinson demonstrates how these defeats were far from …

Hostile relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are a major contributing factor to political
instability in the Middle East. This book argues that rapprochement between Tehran and …

The competing strategies of political rule observed in Bahrain since the 1999 succession of
King Ḥamad bin ʿĪsā Āl Khalīfa were brought into stark relief as a result of the popular …