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  • Proxy Warriors

    The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias

    by Ariel Ahram ...
    In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security—the reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords.Tracing the history of several "high profile" paramilitary organizations, including Indonesia's various militia factions, Iraq's tribal "awakening," and Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij corps, the book ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • Proxy Warriors

    The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias

    by Ariel I Ahram ...
    An international affairs scholar examines the origins and ongoing influence of state-sponsored militias in Iran, Iraq, and Indonesia.In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security—the reliance of "weak states" on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords. Tracing the history of several "high profile" paramilitary organizations ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Transnational Actors in War and Peace

    Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics

    by David Malet, Miriam J. Anderson, Luke Flanagan, Catia Cecelia Confortini, Virginia Haufler, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Ariel Ahram, John Gledhill, Matthew LeRiche0, Phil Orchard1, Kate Macdonald2 ...
    Transnational Actors in War and Peace provides a comparative examination of a range of transnational actors who have been key to the conduct of war and peace promotion, and of how they interact with states and each other. It explores the identities, organization, strategies and influence of transnational actors involved in contentious politics, armed conflict, and peacemaking.While the study of ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • War and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

    by Ariel I. Ahram ...
    For much of the last half century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seemed the outlier in global peace. Today Iraq, Libya, Israel/Palestine, Yemen, and Syria are not just countries, but synonyms for prolonged and brutal wars. But why is MENA so exceptionally violent? More importantly, can it change?Exploring the causes and consequences of wars and conflicts in this troubled region, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Break all the Borders

    Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East

    by Ariel I. Ahram ...
    Since 2011, civil wars and state failure have wracked the Arab world, underlying the misalignment between national identity and political borders. In Break all the Borders, Ariel I. Ahram examines the separatist movements that aimed to remake those borders and create new independent states. With detailed studies of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the federalists in eastern Libya, the southern ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • Advancing Comparative Area Studies

    Analytical Heterogeneity and Organizational Challenges

    Edited by Ariel I. Ahram, Patrick Köllner, Rudra Sil ...
    The book Comparative Area Studies (2018) laid out the distinctive features and value-added of "comparative area studies" (CAS) against the backdrop of ongoing methodological debates in the social sciences. Since that time, the editors of the first volume and other scholars doing comparative research have been exploring the scope and usefulness of the CAS framework in relation to their own work. ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • Comparative Area Studies

    Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications

    Edited by Ariel I. Ahram, Rudra Sil, Patrick Köllner ...
    In the post-World War II era, the emergence of 'area studies' marked a signal development in the social sciences. As the social sciences evolved methodologically, however, many dismissed area studies as favoring narrow description over general theory. Still, area studies continues to plays a key, if unacknowledged, role in bringing new data, new theories, and valuable policy-relevant insights to ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Contemporary Politics in the Middle East

    by Beverley Milton-Edwards ...
    The fourth edition of this dynamic and popular text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary politics in the Middle East. Fully revised and updated throughout, it features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and its aftermath, plus a wide range of vibrant case studies, data, questions for class discussion and suggestions for further reading.Purposefully employing a clear thematic ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Dealing with a Rising Power

    Turkey's Transformation and its Implications for the EU

    by Svante Cornell, Gerald Knaus, Manfred Scheich ...
    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    Turkey’s growing assertiveness on the international stage, difficulties with EU accession, rapidly rising economy, and the long and controversial reign of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are all necessitating a need for analysis. The present study of the Centre for European Studies presents two papers which look at Turkey and the AKP from different perspectives. Svante Cornell’s paper ... Read more

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  • The New Middle East

    Protest and Revolution in the Arab World

    Edited by Fawaz A. Gerges ...
    The New Middle East is one of the first comprehensive books to critically examine the Arab popular uprisings of 2011–12. While these uprisings prompted a number of cursory publications, this volume contains meticulous and thoughtful reflections on the causes, drivers and effects of these seminal events on the internal, regional and international politics of the Middle East and North Africa. ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East

    by Roger Owen ...
    Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the latest developments in the Middle East. This book continues to serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region.This third edition continues to explore the emergence of individual Middle Eastern states since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • The Arab Uprisings Explained

    New Contentious Politics in the Middle East

    Edited by Marc Lynch ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
    Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests, and what did they hope to achieve? Why did some leaders fall in the face of popular mobilization while others found ways to survive? And what have been the lasting results of the contentious politics of 2011 and 2012? The ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD