Results 71 to 80 of about 19,646 (210)
Middle Powers and Limited Balancing: Syria and the Post‐October 7 Wars
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 120-133, Summer 2025.Abstract This article contends that to explain the grand strategies of states in the Middle East, we must employ the concept of middle powers. Analyzing the case of Syria between 2011 and 2021, it finds that these actors preferred a strategy of limited balancing against direct threats to their national security.
Chen Kertcher, Gadi Hitman
wiley +1 more source
The Critical Study of Viewpoints Regarding Nasser e- Kabir and His Household’s Religion [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2015 The present writing is to critically investigate the diverse viewpoints concerning the religion of Nasser e- Kabir and his household. There exist two viewpoints in this regard: a group of authors in many centuries with various belief tendencies and ...
Seyed Ali Musavinezhad +1 more
doaj
Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–2005
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 98-119, Summer 2025.Abstract Hezbollah, founded with the intention of destroying Israel, has long engaged in illicit efforts to amass resources the size of some states’ coffers. The Lebanese group's long‐running global criminal syndicate with the Assad regime, initially forged in the 1980s, more recently allowed it to fight for more than a decade in the Syrian conflict ...
Iftah Burman, Yehuda Blanga
wiley +1 more source
Nehcü’l-Belâga ve Kaynakları Sorunu
Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies, 2019 Müslümanların on dört asırdan fazla devam edegelen tarihsel süreçlerinde yüzlerce mezhep ortaya çıkmıştır. Bunların çoğu tarihin dehlizlerinde kaybolup gitmiş; bazıları ise yaşama imkânı bularak günümüze kadar var olmuştur.
Hasan Apaydın
doaj
Collision Course: How Iran and Israel Brought the Middle East to the Brink of War
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 289-298, May 2025.ABSTRACT This policy analysis asks: what has caused and now sustains the violent escalation cycle that is re‐defining the Middle East and how will this all end? It analyses Iran and Israel's grand strategies. It argues that both employ force to achieve strategic depth and both bifurcate the region into two blocs doomed to constantly fight for hegemony.
Rob Geist Pinfold +2 more
wiley +1 more source
A Study Concerning Abdullah Ibn e- Saba’ [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2015 The historical existence of an individual named Abdullah Ibn e- Saba’ is considered as one of the issues of dispute in the historical texts in regard with the study of sects in the world of Islam and regarding its significance, the orientalists are of ...
Alireza Zakizadeh Ranani
doaj
Forward Defence, Hamas‐Hezbollah War With Israel and Iran's Path to Nuclear Bombs
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 299-305, May 2025.ABSTRACT In the wake of the Hamas–Hezbollah war with Israel following the 7 October 2023, the Iran–Israel shadow war escalated into direct military conflict. While addressing the characteristics of Iran's deterrence strategy, the present contribution argues that in case of escalation in the Middle East region, the so‐called ‘forward defence’ doctrine ...
Mohammad Eslami, Christian Kaunert
wiley +1 more source
Israel/Palestine/Lebanon: Climbing Out of the Abyss [PDF]
, 2006 The Middle East is immersed in its worst crisis in years following the capture of three Israeli soldiers by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Lebanese Party of God (Hizbollah) in late June 2006 and early July, Israel's comprehensive
core
Tourism in Iran: central control and indigeneity [PDF]
, 2007 Iran has a long history and tradition of accommodating visitors and travellers, as well as having a great number of minority cultures within its borders, reflecting its geographic location astride some of the major trade routes in the Middle East ...
Baum, T.G. +2 more
core +1 more source
Can Integrity Replace Institutions? Theory and Evidence [PDF]
Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them.
Faysal Fahs +2 more
core