Balca Arda (York): The Medium of the Gezi Movement in Turkey: Viral Pictures as a Tool of Resistance. The sacred and its discontents: Kaya Genc reviews Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks by Jenny White. Can Turkish multiculturalism survive the Islamic State? Nick Danforth and Daphne McCurdy wonder. Why is Tunisian democracy succeeding while the Turkish model is failing? Slaves of Happiness Island: Molly Crabapple on Abu Dhabi and the dark side of high art. David B. Roberts on why Qatar tries to make nice with everyone from Israel to al-Qaeda. James Dawson on why Britain created monarchies in the Middle East. A survey finds Middle Easterners see religious and ethnic hatred as top global threat. Lindsay Benstead on why some Arabs don’t want democracy. Muqtedar Khan (Delaware): Has Modernity failed the Muslim World? Quinn Mecham on the evolution of Islamism since the Arab uprisings. Steven A. Cook, Jacob Stokes, and Alexander Brock on the new Arab Cold War: As the United States steps away from the Middle East, its allies have tried to fill the void — with disastrous results. Katie Zavadski on a guide to the many groups fighting in Iraq and Syria. Is there an answer for Syria? Jessica T. Mathews investigates. Hakan Topal on the overlooked besieged alternative in the Middle East — the Rojava Cantons. John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna R. Hanson (Northwestern): The Theory of Legal Cynicism and Sunni Insurgency in Post-Invasion Iraq. Kurdistan is considered the "success story" of the Iraq War — not so fast. Matthew Wills on the Kurds: In the middle of the Middle East. Serhun Al on debating a Kurdish state. You can download Mapping of the Arab Left: Contemporary Leftist Politics in the Arab East, ed. Jamil Hilal and Katja Hermann (2014). More good news from the Middle East: Adam Garfinkle on the brighter side of the not-so-good headlines dominating the news.
Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern): Non-Recognition and Economic Dealings with Occupied Territories. Federica D’Alessandra (Harvard): Israel's Associated Regime: Exceptionalism, Human Rights and Alternative Legality. Ami Pedahzur (Texas): The Silent Victory of the Israeli Settlers. Mazen Masri (City): The Implications of the Acquisition of a New Nationality for the Right of Return of Palestinian Refugees. Bree Akesson (Wilfrid Laurier): On the Narrow Edge between Anger and Hope: Development of Place Identity and Notions of Nation-State for Palestinian Children and Families. Daniel Whittall reviews Gaza: A History by Jean-Pierre Filiu. As residents of the Gaza Strip try to recover from the worst war in decades, the world — and Israel — must understand that the status quo is unsustainable. A PTSD nation: James S. Gordon on how Gaza isn’t just a physical wreck — the psychological damage is even worse. Schadenfreude in Gaza: The psychology of intergroup conflict explains how we can restore empathy toward bitter enemies. Visualizing the occupation: Benoit Challand on lessons from the maps of the war on Gaza. From Commentary, Jonathan S. Tobin on how Abbas’s Palestine is the real apartheid state; and on Palestinian opinion and the apartheid libel. Will Mahmoud Abbas reject Israeli protection? Steven J. Rosen wonders. From The New Yorker, Ruth Margalit on the politics of prayer at the Temple Mount. The introduction to Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter by Jonathan Marc Gribetz. Thomas E. Peterson reviews The Dogs of the Sinai by Franco Fortini. A tripartite drama: Maurice Chammah interviews Lawrence Wright on the Camp David Accords, on stage and on the page. Terrance Ross on how Middle East Studies professors handle bias in the classroom.
Eliav Lieblich and Yoram Shachar (IDC): Cosmopolitanism at a Crossroads: Hersch Lauterpacht and the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Brandi Price and Tad D. Ransopher (Georgia State): The Separation of Church and State: An Israeli Example. Ruth E. Gavison (HUJI): Reflections on the Meaning and Justification of “Jewish” in the Expression “A Jewish and Democratic State”. David Lloyd reviews Deconstructing Zionism: A Critique of Political Metaphysics by Gianni Vattimo and Michael Marder. Ian Buruma on reading Israel from Left to Right. Alexander Yakobson (HUJI): Is Israeli Society Disintegrating? Doomsday Prophecies and Facts on the Ground. Nahed Habiballah on Israel’s culture of violence. For Israel, defense may be the best defense: The old mantra that offense is the best defense might no longer be true for Israel. Douglas Birch and R. Jeffrey Smith on Israel's worst-kept secret: Is the silence over Israeli nukes doing more harm than good? Naftali Bennett on how for Israel, two-state is no solution. John B. Judis on how AIPAC is in decline — but so are hopes for a two-state solution. David Remnick on Israel’s one-state reality: Amid an atmosphere of increasing intolerance, Israel’s conservative President calls for civility — and pays a price. James Bamford on Israel’s N.S.A. scandal: Is American intelligence data being used to persecute Palestinians? Daniel W. Drezner on why Israel is an awkward fit in America’s current foreign policy divide. Nathan Thrall on Israel and the US: The delusions of our diplomacy. Why are U.S. officials trash-talking Netanyahu? Jeffrey Goldberg on how the crisis in U.S.-Israel relations is officially here. Whether lies or b.s., Netanyahu's interviews pose special challenges for journalists. Hussein Ibish on how Palestinians must tread carefully as US-Israel ties falter.
