In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editor’s Note

Jacob Passel
pp. 182-184
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Articles

Egypt’s New Authoritarianism under Sisi

Bruce K. Rutherford
pp. 185-208
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The Pre-2011 Roots of Syria’s Islamist Militants

Line Khatib
pp. 209-228
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Authoritarianism beyond Borders: The Iraqi Ba‘th Party as a Transnational Actor

Samuel Helfont
pp. 229-245
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Revolution and War: Saddam’s Decision to Invade Iran

Chad E. Nelson
pp. 246-266
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Basra’s Bid for Autonomy: Peaceful Progress toward a Decentralized Iraq

Benjamin Isakhan, Peter E. Mulherin
pp. 267-285
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Chronology: October 16, 2017 – January 15, 2018

pp. 287-323
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Book Reviews

Egypt

Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt: Dynamics of Continuity and Change by Nadine Sika, and: Youth Activism in Egypt: Islamism, Political Protest and Revolution by Ahmed Tohamy (review)

Daniela Pioppi
pp. 325-327
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Iraq

Saddam Husayn and Islam, 1968–2003: Ba‘thi Iraq from Secularism to Faith by Amatzia Baram (review)

Eric Davis
pp. 327-330
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Lebanon

The Charity of War: Famine, Humanitarian Aid, and World War I in the Middle East by Melanie S. Tanielian (review)

Leila Fawaz
pp. 330-331
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Tunisia

Tunisia’s National Intelligence: Why “Rogue Elephants” Fail to Reform by Noureddine Jebnoun (review)

Kevin Koehler
pp. 331-332
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Turkey

The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey by Soner Cagaptay (review)

Joshua D. Hendrick
pp. 333-334
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Yemen

Yemen Endures: Civil War, Saudi Adventurism, and the Future of Arabia by Ginny Hill (review)

Stacey Philbrick Yadav
pp. 334-336
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Modern History and Politics

Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring by Asef Bayat (review)

Michaelle Browers
pp. 336-338
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Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam by Lahouari Addi (review)

Tristan J. Mabry
pp. 338-339
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Voice of the Muslim Brotherhood: Da‘wa, Discourse, and Political Communication by Noha Mellor (review)

John O. Voll
pp. 339-341
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China’s Presence in the Middle East: The Implications of the One Belt, One Road Initiative ed. by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Niv Horesh, and: The Red Star and the Crescent: China and the Middle East ed. by James Reardon-Anderson (review)

Jonathan Fulton
pp. 341-343
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The Crime of Nationalism: Britain, Palestine, and Nation-Building on the Fringe of Empire by Matthew Kraig Kelly (review)

Matthew Hughes
pp. 343-345
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Pre-20th Century History

Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean by Joshua M. White (review)

Mark D. Welton
pp. 345-346
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Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought by Hüseyin Yılmaz, and: Caliphate: The History of an Idea by Hugh Kennedy (review)

Patrick Scharfe
pp. 346-349
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Social Conditions

Arab Political Demography: Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies (revised and expanded third edition) by Onn Winckler (review)

Valeria Cetorelli
pp. 349-351
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Recent Publications

pp. 352-356
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