Middle East Quarterly

Middle East Quarterly - Fall 2026
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.


Fall 2026 Volume 33: Number 4
India and Israel have transformed a once-cautious relationship into a multidimensional strategic partnership encompassing defense, intelligence, technology, cybersecurity, trade, and innovation, underpinned by decades of cooperation and shared security interests. (Credit: Shutterstock, Asset ID: 1965773578)
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Strategic Partners in Practice: India and Israel’s Multidimensional Engagement
September 1, 2026
Iran’s “soft war” against Israel has combined propaganda, international conferences, and transnational activist and political networks to challenge Israel’s legitimacy and spread Tehran’s anti-Zionist message abroad. At the sixth New Horizon International Conference in Tehran, May 2018, fifth from right is Iranian filmmaker and producer Nader Talebzadeh; beside him is Russian political theorist Alexander Dugin; second from right is Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss. (Credit: Nima Najafzadeh/Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)
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Iran’s Islamist Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism (Part 2): The Propaganda Industry
September 1, 2026
Israel’s 2026 election could reshape the country’s political landscape as voters confront deep divisions over Haredi military conscription, settler violence, and Netanyahu’s political future. (Credit: Shutterstock)
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For a ‘Big Bang’ in Israeli Politics
September 1, 2026
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, whose leadership played a central role in the January 2026 statement by Jerusalem church leaders condemning Christian Zionism as a “damaging ideology.” The declaration sparked controversy over who speaks for Christians in the Holy Land and exposed a growing divide between the traditional church hierarchy and pro-Israel Christian voices. (Credit: Djampa/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Timeless Theology or Dhimmi Diplomacy?: Christian Zionism and Church Politics in the Holy Land
September 1, 2026
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Book Reviews
September 1, 2026
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A Daring Enterprise: A U.S.-Egyptian Partnership and the Case for Soft Power
By James A. Harmon, Cornelius Queen, and Mark Warren. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2026. 240 pp.; $35.00 (hardcover)

Book Review by Patrick Clawson
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
Saudi Arabia: A Modern History
By David Commins. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025. 384 pp.; $28.99 (hardcover); $16.99 (Kindle)

Book Review by Jacob Goldberg
September 1, 2026
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Desert Imaginations: A History of Saharanism and Its Radical Consequences
By Brahim El Guabli. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2025. 300 pp.; $95.00 (hardcover); $34.95 (paperback)

Book Review by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
Enduring Hostility: The Making of America’s Iran Policy
By Dalia Dassa Kaye. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025. 236 pp.; $60.00 (hardcover)

Book Review by Sophie Baron
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan
By Aaron Magid. Irvine & Boca Raton: Universal Publishers, 2025. 254 pp.; $29.95 (paperback); $9.99 (Kindle)

Book Review by Asher Susser
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza
By Martin Shaw. Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing, 2025. 224 pp.; $110 (hardcover); $29.95 (paperback).

Book Review by A. J. Caschetta
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law.
By Roy K. Altman. Charleston, S.C.: Advantage Books, 2026, 304 pp.; $32.00 (hardcover), $9.99 (Kindle).

Reviewed by Judith Friedman Rosen
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
Beyond Dialogue: Building Bonds Between Christians and Muslims
By Craig Considine. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2025. 256 pp.; $69.95 (hardback); $24.95 (paperback)

Book Review by Mark Durie
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
No Compulsion in Religion—No Exceptions: Islamic Arguments for Religious Freedom.
Edited by Mustafa Akyol. Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2026. 184 pp.; $24.95 (hardcover).

Review by Dexter Van Zile
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan
By Suzy Hansen. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026. 368 pp. $30.00 (hardcover)

Book Review by Robert Ellis
September 1, 2026
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