... Review, which sets the groundwork for future interventions both to prevent states from failing and to rebuild states devastated by war or natural disaster. The ambitious nature of this strategy suggests a new age of American imperialism under which the “responsibility to protect” of the 1990s may become...

... Edward Hale Bierstadt, with the editorial assistance of Helen Davidson Creighton: The Great Betrayal: Economic Imperialism and the Destruction of Christian Communities in Asia Minor . Chicago: Pontian Greek Society of Chicago, 2008. 345 pages. ISBN 978-1-934703-11-3. $35. Originally published...

...Yannis Stivachtis Vassilis K. Fouskas and Alex O. Tackie: Cyprus: The Post-Imperial Constitution . London: Pluto Press, 2009. 128 pages. ISBN 978-0-7453-2935-2. $14.00 (paperback). Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2010 Yannis Stivachtis is associate professor of political science...

...Vincent M. Cannistraro Anonymous: Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror . Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2004. 309 pages. ISBN 1-57488-849-8.$27.50. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Vincent M. Cannistraro was director of intelligence on the National Security Council...

... . The Imperial Lure: Nation Building as a US Response to Terrorism Ted Galen Carpenter The concept of nation building has a long pedigree in US foreign policy. It was an identifiable feature of Washington’s dealings with the colonial empire it acquired in the Spanish...

...—particularly the post–World War II prosecution of small imperial brushfire wars and nation building. Ivan Eland is the author of Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty , among other books. He is currently a senior fellow at the Independent Institute. Copyright...

... the map of Europe by replacing multinational empires with the relatively new concept of nationalism as the defining principle of governance. The Arab Spring of 2011 could do the same in the Middle East, where states are still defined according to the imperial principles laid out in World War I secret...

... of the Crusades and Crusaders, as seen and recorded by the Muslim scholars of that period. This essay explores and surveys the existing literature on the Muslim responses to the Crusades. Muslim scholars Middle Ages Christianity and Islam imperialism Copyright 2017 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2017...

... demonstrates two important aspects of the imperial grand strategy. First, it reveals British perceptions of the geostrategic significance of the diverse countries in the region. In particular, it shows the extent to which the Palestine question influenced the general strategy in the Middle East between...

... in Europe” or “Turkish Europe.” Venetian imperial ambi- tions have several sources, from the benign to the traditional play of power politics. O’Connell highlights Venice’s self-understanding as a natural maritime state as the source for true and perpetual dominion of the sea. The “myth of Venice...

... of what was emerging as “Turkey in Europe” or “Turkish Europe.” Venetian imperial ambi- tions have several sources, from the benign to the traditional play of power politics. O’Connell highlights Venice’s self-understanding as a natural maritime state as the source for true and perpetual dominion...

... Turkey and Russia Igor Torbakov Their imperial pasts appear to still influence Turkey’s and Russia’s pres- ent. Each country’s identity is shaped to a significant extent by its respective imperial legacy. While both countries’ elites insist that their strategy does not involve a restoration...

... interests historians and students of English literature. But it also has considerable relevance, in my estimation, for the imperial ambitions of the United States in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions today, and I will concentrate my review on this subject with special emphasis on chapters 4...

.... This ambitious project obviously interests historians and students of English literature. But it also has considerable relevance, in my estimation, for the imperial ambitions of the United States in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions today, and I will concentrate my review on this subject...

..., for the imperial ambitions of the United States in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions today, and I will concentrate my review on this subject with special emphasis on chapters 4 and 5 as well as the author’s conclusion regarding what he sees as a British “paradigm shift” in the seventeenth century...

...- nently settled in the Balkans, occupying most of the Balkan Peninsula. This period was a second Dark Age for Greece, and the historical record is meager at best. The imperial authority in Constantinople was preoccupied with two subsequent major wars in the east and was struggling for its very...

...- nently settled in the Balkans, occupying most of the Balkan Peninsula. This period was a second Dark Age for Greece, and the historical record is meager at best. The imperial authority in Constantinople was preoccupied with two subsequent major wars in the east and was struggling for its very...

... breached the Danube River and perma- nently settled in the Balkans, occupying most of the Balkan Peninsula. This period was a second Dark Age for Greece, and the historical record is meager at best. The imperial authority in Constantinople was preoccupied with two subsequent major wars in the east...

... Yemen — is indicative of his long professional career in the service of the British government. Trevelyan served as one of Britain’s chief diplomats at a time when international diplomacy was failing and in a place where the imperial system was dissolving. He argues that the British retreat...

... occupying both Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States is playing an imperial role. Unfortunately, not only is that imperial role highly controversial with Islamic populations, it is a disturbingly incoherent and impractical form of imperial- ism. All of Washington’s initiatives are in trouble to one...