Walter Armbrust, Martyrs & Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution, Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019). Pp. 344. $99.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780691162638
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DOI: 10.1017/s0020743820001130
Abstract: throughout the book—the issue of control. British policies towards Waziristan, whether in terms of the forward orclosed border policyor the “peaceful penetration” pursued during the interwar years, were all intended to assert British influence over… read more here.
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Never Thaw that coming! Latin American regional integration and the US–Cuba Thaw
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2018.1561182
Abstract: Abstract Existing accounts of the US–Cuba Thaw correctly identify the decisiveness of Latin American states in pushing the 2014 change in US policy towards Cuba. Problematically, however, these accounts overlook a range of regional integration… read more here.
Keywords: integration; american states; policy towards; regional integration ... See more keywords
‘In the way’: intelligence, Eden, and British foreign policy towards Italy, 1937–38*
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DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2018.1444433
Abstract: Abstract In 1937–1938 a divide emerged over Italian appeasement between Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden. Chamberlain wanted to appease Mussolini with de jure recognition of his Ethiopian conquest. Eden disagreed… read more here.
Keywords: intelligence; way intelligence; towards italy; intelligence eden ... See more keywords
Reluctant or Pragmatic? The GCC’s Policy towards Taliban-Led Afghanistan
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DOI: 10.1177/23477970221130654
Abstract: The Taliban’s capture of Kabul in 2021 has presented the neighbourhood and beyond with layers of challenges to deal with, particularly for the Persian Gulf. On the one hand, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members… read more here.
Keywords: gcc policy; pragmatic gcc; reluctant pragmatic; gcc ... See more keywords