{"title":"Iran: An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville, by Reza Aslan (book review)","authors":"N. Rahimieh","doi":"10.3751/77.1.304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.304","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49027277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The AKP's Syria Policy and the Emergence of Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey","authors":"M. Sarlis","doi":"10.3751/77.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The turbulence of Turkish domestic politics in 2015–16 coincided with the unraveling of the government's hyperactive policy in Syria and the expansion of Kurdish forces there under the People's Defense Units (YPG). This article argues that, since 2016, Turkey's Syria policy has been transformed into an infinite war against the YPG. This perpetual militarization has created an environment where Turkish domestic politics can be restructured in the name of national security, maximizing presidential power and accelerating the country's slide toward competitive authoritarianism. This process has also reshaped the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has shifted further toward nationalism and entered into a symbiotic relationship with the military.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"77 1","pages":"32 - 52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47832465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Egypt:Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt,by Andrew Simon (book review)","authors":"Kara S. Alaimo","doi":"10.3751/77.1.302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.302","url":null,"abstract":"Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt, by Andrew Simon. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2022. 304 pages. $30.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48570234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Yemen: Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice amid War, by Stacey Philbrick Yadav (book review)","authors":"C. Schmitz","doi":"10.3751/77.1.311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46836639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Iran: The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement, by Mahnaz Afkhami (book review)","authors":"Catherine Z. Sameh","doi":"10.3751/77.1.303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.303","url":null,"abstract":"The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement, by Mahnaz Afkhami. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 320 pages. $28 cloth, $22.99 e-book.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46061001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern History and Politics: The Muslim Brotherhood: Ideology, History, Descendants, by Joas Wagemakers (book review)","authors":"Morten Valbjørn","doi":"10.3751/77.1.313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42979737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Islamophobia: Race, Empire, and Islam in a Global Context","authors":"Nicole Nguyen","doi":"10.3751/77.1.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.30","url":null,"abstract":"The Rise of Global Islamophobia in the War on Terror: Coloniality, Race, and Islam,edited by Naved Bakali and Farid Hafez. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2022. 264 pages. $140 cloth.Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: 20 Years after 9/11, by Deepa Kumar. London: Verso, 2021. 304 pages. $19.95 paper, $9.99 e-book.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"77 1","pages":"100 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41348265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Publications","authors":"Philipp Moeller, Covadonga Romero, Hannah Szeto","doi":"10.3751/77.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Prepared with assistance from Philipp Moeller, Covadonga Romero, and Hannah Szeto","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134950759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Wall of Despair: The Interplay of the Turkish Wall and Foreign Policy in Syria","authors":"A. Sever, Radiye Funda Karadeniz","doi":"10.3751/77.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/77.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The wall constructed along the Turkish-Syrian border is one of the new wave of border barriers built in the twenty-first century and represents a radical shift in Turkey's Middle East policy. The decision to erect the \"Turkish Wall\" was the result of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government's desire to improve relations with the European Union, Russia, and the United States in the context of the Syrian Civil War. This article uses the concept of \"fortified boundaries\" as its framework to analyze the transformed border.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"77 1","pages":"31 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44950216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}