Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
About the Book Series
This series is concerned with recent political developments in the region. It will have a range of different approaches and include both single authored monographs and edited volumes covering issues such as international relations, foreign intervention, security, political Islam, democracy, ideology and public policy.
Abdulah Öcalan and the making of the PKK: A Political Biography
1st Edition
Edited
By Joost Jongerden, Michael Gunter
August 03, 2026
Abdullah Öcalan and the Making of the PKK: A Political Biography offers a powerful and original account of one of the most influential and controversial figures in Middle Eastern politics. Rather than a conventional biography, this book examines how Abdullah Öcalan’s political thought evolved ...
Western Intervention in the Middle East and North Africa: The 'Responsibility to Protect' in Libya, Syria and Beyond
1st Edition
By Josephine S. Jackson
March 27, 2026
Western Intervention in the Middle East and North Africa: The ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Libya, Syria and Beyond offers a groundbreaking investigation into one of the most contested questions in international relations: why states intervene to stop mass atrocities in some contexts but not in ...
Authoritarian Regimes and their Islamist Rivals: A Comparative Study of Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa
1st Edition
By Miaad A. Hassan
January 30, 2026
This book explores the political trajectories of various countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, tracing the shifts in party systems and regime transitions along a model-like trajectory that spans from revolutionism to authoritarianism and electoral Islamism. Adopting a ...
The Early Israeli Settler Movement: The Birth Pangs of Gush Emunim
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Kaplan
January 30, 2026
This book examines the religious, intellectual and historical roots of the Israeli settlement movement through the lens of various strands of Zionism. The book opens with a discussion of religious Zionism, especially through the lens of the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook and his son Zvi ...
The Political Left in Egypt: Secularism and Democratization
1st Edition
By Talal Alkhadher
December 29, 2025
Covering Sadat, Mubarak, and the post‑revolution periods, this book presents a contemporary intellectual history of the Egyptian secular left in politics since 1970. It covers a timeframe which witnessed cycles of repression and inclusion and explores how leftist parties which lack mobilization ...
Turkey's Nationalist Action Party: Ideas and Practices
1st Edition
By Arzu Opçin-Kıdal
December 26, 2025
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the nationalist ideas and practices of Turkey’s Nationalist Action Party (MHP) from its founder, Alparslan Türkeş, to its current leader, Devlet Bahçeli. Applying both diachronic and synchronic approaches to the multidimensionality of nationalism, the book ...
Ethnic Minorities in Israel and Turkey: Inside Outsiders
1st Edition
By Z. Aslı Elitsoy
December 01, 2025
Ethnic Minorities in Israel and Turkey: Inside Outsiders offers a compelling comparative analysis of state- minority relations, revealing how national identity is constructed and contested through the lens of two of the region’s most enduring ethnic conflicts. Through extensive fieldwork and elite ...
Tribalism and Democracy in Libya: State Building and Identity After Gaddafi
1st Edition
By Rawia Ben Khayal
September 05, 2025
This book examines the political and social role of tribes in post-Gaddafi Libya, focusing on the current democratic state-building process. It integrates both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including a survey of 1,000 respondents and in-depth interviews with 14 prominent Libyan ...
From the 1919 Revolution to the 2011 Arab Spring: A History of Three Egyptian Thawras Reconsidered
1st Edition
Edited
By Uzi Rabi, Mira Tzoreff
August 29, 2025
Focused on three Egyptian revolutions—in 1919, 1952, and 2011—this edited book argues that each of these revolutions is a milestone which represents a meaningful turning point in modern Egyptian history. Revolutions are typically characterized by a fundamental change in political and social ...
Iran and the West: A Non-Western Approach to Foreign Policy
1st Edition
By Andrew Thomas
August 29, 2025
This book explores non-Western approaches to foreign policy in the context of Iran in order to encourage wider consideration of non-Western scholarship in international relations. Throughout its existence IR has drawn primarily on Western thought and experience, leaving other perspectives on the ...
Decentralization in Turkey: A Centennial Political Issue
1st Edition
By Galip Emre Yıldırım
May 13, 2025
This book explores the political dimensions of decentralization and (re)centralization policies in Turkey over the past century. It traces the evolution of these policies, from the late Ottoman Empire's decentralization efforts in the late 19th century, to the centralization under the Kemalist ...
Overlapping Regional Orders in the Middle East and North Africa: Norms and Social Practices of Foreign Behaviour
1st Edition
By Jordi Quero
April 14, 2025
Focused on a set of overlapping international orders of regional scope present in the Middle East and North Africa, this book argues that rules and primary institutions have sanctioned the foreign behavior of the sub-system’s international actors since 1945. The author avoids recent IR trends ...