Book Reviews

Fall 2025 Book Reviews:
Book Reviews
Two Palestinian Memoirs Recall the Good Old Days
September 2, 2025
Book Reviews
White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class
September 2, 2025
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The Middle East today is what happens when there is no hegemon, no perceived final arbiter. The strong countries—Israel, Iran and Turkey—are in open competition.
Middle East Forum Online
The Middle East’s Power Game: Nations Hedge Bets in Volatile, Shifting Landscape
The Main Strategic Result of the Gaza War So Far Has Been the Drastic Weakening of the Iran-Led Bloc
September 26, 2025
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Jonathan Spyer
The Israeli navy.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Twelve-Mile Tripwire: How a Gaza Flotilla Escort Courts Disaster
Italy and Spain Should Direct Their Warships to Halt Escort Operations Inside Israel’s Territorial Sea
September 26, 2025
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Gregg Roman
Silhouettes of President Donald Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Middle East Forum Observer
Kill Mojtaba
Khamenei’s Second Son Controls Access to His Father and Manages the Supreme Leader’s Multibillion-Dollar Business Empire
September 26, 2025
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Michael Rubin
Pope Leo XIV in May 2025.
Middle East Forum Observer
Will Polemics and Antisemitism Turn the Vatican Against Israel?
Catholic Clergy Make Ill-Founded Accusations of Genocide Against Israel, While Promoting Conditions That Would Guarantee Israeli Genocide
September 26, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the United Nations General Assembly in New York City; September 22, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
From Ally to Archterrorist? Is Ahmed Al-Sharaa the Next Bin Laden-in-the-Making?
The 1980s Taught Washington a Brutal Lesson: Short-Term Partnerships with Men of Violent Conviction Can Metastasize Into Long-Term Threats
September 25, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
While Palestinians extort money and leverage sympathy based on their own terrorism, Somaliland has built a democratic culture that invests money into infrastructure rather than terrorist tunnels. Hargeisa business district, Somaliland.
Middle East Forum Online
Time for Trump to Recognize Somaliland
Unlike Gaza, Somaliland Has a Long History as an Entity and Can Actually Trace Its Rulers Back Centuries
September 25, 2025
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Michael Rubin
Malta’s recent public rebuke of Tripoli’s unilateral maritime moves is an inflection point that exposes fault lines in eastern Mediterranean geopolitics, energy markets, and international law. Aerial landscape of Malta’s capital city Valletta, Mediterranean sea; Jan. 21, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
Is Turkey Pulling a Seabed Heist with Libya? Malta Sounds the Alarm
September 25, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
So long as Hezbollah remains armed, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s sincerity notwithstanding, Lebanon is at risk for a renewed insurgency. Hezbollah scouts at a terrorist’s funeral in southern Lebanon; June 21, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
Hezbollah Is Bloodied but Far from Beaten
Hezbollah Isn’t Done. Despite Leadership Losses, Its Financing Remains Resilient
September 25, 2025
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Michael Rubin
Reports
Iran’s Shadow Empire: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Military Infrastructure in Syria
A Middle East Forum Report | Based on Information Gathered by the Middle East Forum, 2018-2024
September 25, 2025
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Gregg Roman
Ahnaf Kalam
Middle East Forum Observer
Khamenei’s Misguided Triumphalism
The Calm Iran’s Supreme Leader Ascribes to Unity Is Actually a Symptom of Disorganization, Lack of Leadership, and Fear of Initiative
September 25, 2025
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Shay Khatiri