The second edition of Beverley Milton-Edwards's textbook on the Middle East, though updated, is as mediocre as the first edition.

Michael Rubin criticizes an analysis of former Iranian president Muhammad Khatami and gives limited praise to a book examining Sino-Iranian relations.

Review of Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi.

In time of war, it is simply unacceptable that the country’s national security-related educational needs remain largely unmet.

National survival depends on the willingness and ability of the targets of terrorism to assert and defend a national identity.