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Middle East Politics
Classless Politics
Islamist Movements, the Left, and Authoritarian Legacies in Egypt Hesham Sallam
Classless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.
$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-20325-8 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-20324-1 October 2022 472 pages
COLUMBIA STUDIES IN MIDDLE EAST POLITICS
Syria Betrayed
Atrocities, War, and the Failure of International Diplomacy Alex J. Bellamy
Alex J. Bellamy provides a forensic account of the world’s failure to protect Syrian civilians from mass atrocities. Drawing on interviews with key players, documents from the United Nations and other international organizations, and sources from the Middle East and beyond, he traces the missteps of the international response to Syria’s civil war.
$35.00 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-19296-5 2022 472 pages
The Politics of Arab Authenticity
Challenges to Postcolonial Thought Ahmad Agbaria
Ahmad Agbaria tells the story of a generation of postcolonial thinkers and activists who came to question their modernist commitments. He analyzes the heated cultural and intellectual debates that overtook the Arab world in the 1970s, uncovering why major figures turned to tradition in search of solutions to postcolonial predicaments.
$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-20495-8 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-20494-1 2022 288 pages Oil Leaders
An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC's Global Energy Policy Ibrahim AlMuhanna
Oil Leaders offers an unprecedented glimpse into the strategic thinking of top figures in the energy world from the 1980s through the recent past. Ibrahim AlMuhanna—a close adviser to four different Saudi oil ministers over the last four decades—examines the role of individual and collective decision-making in shaping market movements.
$35.00 / £30.00 cloth 978-0-231-18974-3 2022 304 pages
