Bustan Vol. 13, No. 2 (December 2022).
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Articles
- The Wave of the Past: Islamism, Democracy, and the Arab Spring, Then and Now
The Clash of Values, Islamic Fundamentalism Versus Liberal Nationalism by Mansoor Moaddel; Islamism, Arab Spring, and the Future of Democracy by Leonid Grinin, Andrey Korotayev, and Arno Tausch
Review by: David Pollock
Breaking History: A White House Memoir by Jared Kushner; Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East by David Friedman; In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the Middle East―and How to Stop Joe Biden from Unmaking It by Jason D. Greenblatt; Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace―and What Lies Ahead by Aryeh Lightstone
Review by: Joshua Samuel Krasna
- Nationalism and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman by Ben Hubbard; Mohammed bin Salman: The Icarus of Saudi Arabia? by David B. Ottaway; The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-Rasheed
Review by: Brandon Friedman
Book Reviews
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The Politics of Islam: The Muslim Brothers and the State in the Arab Gulf by Birol Başkan
Review by: Courtney Jean Freer -
The Invention of the Maghreb: Between Africa and the Middle East by Abdelmajid Hannoum
Review by: Bruce Maddy Weitzman -
Turkey’s State Crisis: Institutions, Reform and Conflict by Bulent Aras
Review by: Bahar Baser -
Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media by Mark Owen Jones
Review by: Gabriele Cosentino -
Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798–1864 by Ozan Ozavci
Review by: Federico Manfredi Firmian -
Reinventing the Sheikhdom: Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed bin Zayed’s UAE by Matthew Hedges
Review by: Jean-Loup Samaan -
Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern: The Politics of Time in the Sultanate of Oman by Amal Sachedina
Review by: Karen Exell -
Putin’s War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America’s Absence by Anna Borshchevskaya
Review by: Nikolay Kozhanov -
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty by Ray Takeyh; The Fall of Reza Shah: The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran’s Founder by Shaul Bakhash
Review by: Gregory Brew -
Armies of Arabia: Military Politics and Effectiveness in the Gulf by Zoltan Barany
Review by: Ash Rossiter -
Sayyid Qutb: An Intellectual Biography by Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė
Review by: Joas Wagemakers