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The Perils of Nuclear Talks After the US-Israel War on Iran 美以对伊朗战争后核谈判的危险

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-13 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70011

Banafsheh Keynoush

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The June 2025 Israeli War: Iran's Assessment and Regional Consequences 2025年6月以色列战争：伊朗的评估和地区后果

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70008

Ali Bagheri Dolatabadi

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Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective By Gilbert Achcar. University of California Press, 2025. 256 pages. $22.95, paper.Road to October 7: A Brief History of Palestinian Islamism By Erik Skare. Verso, 2025. 240 pages. $24.95, paper. 《加沙灾难：世界历史视角下的种族灭绝》吉尔伯特·阿恰著。加州大学出版社，2025。256页。22.95美元,纸。《通往十月七日之路：巴勒斯坦伊斯兰主义简史》埃里克·斯卡雷著。左页,2025年。240页。24.95美元,纸。

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70010

A.R. Joyce

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RETRACTION: Turkey's Hydropolitics: Building Order in the Middle East 撤回：土耳其的地缘政治：在中东建立秩序

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-07 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70003

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Arab-Israeli Gas Diplomacy: Interdependence and a Path Toward Peace? 阿以天然气外交：相互依存与和平之路？

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70006

Gawdat Bahgat

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Dehumanization of Disregard: The Case of Gaza 漠视的非人化：加沙的案例

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70004

Yagil Levy

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After Assad: How Russia Is Losing the Middle East 《在阿萨德之后：俄罗斯如何失去中东

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-18 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70005

Namig Abbasov, Emil A. Souleimanov

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Forgotten Fighters in Their Own Words: Pan-Arab Volunteers in Syria-Iraq 被遗忘的战士用他们自己的语言：泛阿拉伯志愿者在叙利亚-伊拉克

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70002

Djallil Lounnas, Israa Mezzyane

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The Development and Political Effects Of a Pan-Arab Corporate Elite 泛阿拉伯企业精英的发展及其政治影响

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Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.70001

Hannes Baumann, Alice Hooper

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Iran and the Security Order in the Persian Gulf By Javad Heiran-Nia. Routledge, 2025. 170 pages. $170, hardcover. 《伊朗与波斯湾的安全秩序》作者：Javad Heiran-Nia。劳特利奇,2025年。170页。170美元,精装书。