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Table of Contents

  1. Editor's Note
  2. Jacob Passel
  3. pp. 6-8
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  1. Securitization as a Tool of Regime Survival: The Deployment of Religious Rhetoric in Bashar al-Asad's Speeches
  2. Rahaf Aldoughli
  3. pp. 9-32
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  1. Fighting for a Monopoly on Governance: How the Asad State "Won" the Syrian War and to What Extent
  2. Philippe Droz-Vincent
  3. pp. 33-54
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  1. China and the Reconstruction of Syria
  2. Guy Burton, Nicholas Lyall, Logan Pauley
  3. pp. 55-75
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  1. Tunisia's Peripheral Cities: Marginalization and Protest Politics in a Democratizing Country
  2. Larbi Sadiki
  3. pp. 77-98
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  1. Building a Proto-State on Quicksand: The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian State-in-Exile in Lebanon
  2. Marina Eleftheriadou
  3. pp. 99-120
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Chronology

  1. Chronology: September 16–December 31, 2020
  3. pp. 121-155
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Book Reviews

  1. How Much Does Oil Shape US Strategic Interests in the Middle East?
  2. Jim Krane
  3. pp. 157-162
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Arab-Israel Conflict

  1. Jews, Muslims and Jerusalem: Disputes and Dialogues by Moshe Ma'oz (review)
  2. Miriam F. Elman
  3. pp. 163-164
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Gulf Affairs

  1. Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict by Ibrahim Fraihat (review)
  2. Sanam Vakil
  3. pp. 165-166
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Iran

  1. Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran by Afshin Marashi (review)
  2. Rudi Matthee
  3. pp. 166-168
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  1. The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran's Global Ambitions by Arash Azizi (review)
  2. Ali Alavi
  3. pp. 168-169
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Saudi Arabia

  1. Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia by Pascal Menoret (review)
  2. Sean Foley
  3. pp. 169-171
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Syria

  1. New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-Uprising Syria by Billie Jeanne Brownlee (review)
  2. Sherwan Hindreen Ali
  3. pp. 171-173
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Tunisia

  1. Tunisian Civil Society: Political Culture and Democratic Function since 2011 by Alexander P. Martin (review)
  2. Pietro Marzo
  3. pp. 173-174
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Turkey

  1. Nostalgia for the Empire: The Politics of Neo-Ottomanism by M. Hakan Yavuz (review)
  2. Nicholas Danforth
  3. pp. 174-175
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  1. Turkey's Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds by Cengiz Çandar (review)
  2. Matthew Whiting
  3. pp. 175-177
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Media and Communications

  1. Information Warriors: The Battle for Hearts and Minds in the Middle East by Vyvyan Kinross (review)
  2. Piers Robinson
  3. pp. 177-179
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Memoirs and Biography

  1. Methodists and Muslims: My Life as an Orientalist by Richard W. Bulliet (review)
  2. John Waterbury
  3. pp. 180-181
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Modern History and Politics

  1. Sovereignty Suspended: Building the So-Called State by Rebecca Bryant and Mete Hatay (review)
  2. Oliver P. Richmond
  3. pp. 181-185
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  1. Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East by Philip H. Gordon (review)
  2. Mieczysław P. Boduszyński
  3. pp. 185-187
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  1. Houses Built on Sand: Violence, Sectarianism and Revolution in the Middle East by Simon Mabon (review)
  2. Jacob Eriksson
  3. pp. 187-189
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  1. The Clash of Values: Islamic Fundamentalism versus Liberal Nationalism by Mansoor Moaddel (review)
  2. John O. Voll
  3. pp. 189-190
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Recent Publications

  1. Recent Publications
  2. Joseph Domingo Cataliotti, Juanita García Uribe, David Gutierrez, Will Mendonsa
  3. pp. 191-192
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