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Saudi Arabia and Iran: Spoilers or Enablers of Conflict? 沙特阿拉伯和伊朗：冲突的搅局者还是推动者？

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12808

Banafsheh Keynoush

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The China Factor in US-Saudi Talks for a Defense Pact 美沙防务协议谈判中的中国因素

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12806

Ghulam Ali, Peng Nian

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Middle Powers and Limited Balancing: Syria and the Post-October 7 Wars 中等大国和有限平衡：叙利亚和10月7日战争后

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12805

Chen Kertcher, Gadi Hitman

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The Factors Driving Lebanon's Medical Brain Drain 导致黎巴嫩医疗人才流失的因素

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12800

Mohamad Zreik, Houssein Mallah, Mohamad Mokdad

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How to Address the Saudi Nuclear Program? An Israeli Dilemma 如何解决沙特核计划问题？以色列进退两难

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12802

Niv Farago

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Negotiating the Impossible? A WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East 谈判不可能？中东无大规模杀伤性武器区

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12803

Robert Mason

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Out of Proportion: Israel's Paradox In China's Middle Eastern Policy 不成比例：以色列在中国中东政策中的悖论

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12794

Yitzhak Shichor

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Biden's Gaza Failure, the Syrian Revolution, And the Folly of US Middle East Policy 拜登的加沙失败，叙利亚革命，以及美国中东政策的愚蠢

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12797

A.R. Joyce

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Conjuring an Enemy: US Discourse and Policy on Iran, 1979–88 召唤敌人：1979 - 1988年美国对伊朗的言论和政策

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Middle East Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1111/mepo.12793

Annie Tracy Samuel

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The Making of a Ruler: Haitham bin Tariq on the Omani Throne 一个统治者的形成：阿曼王位上的海瑟姆·本·塔里克