... of authoritarianism, under both the Pahlavi family and the ayatollahs, Iran has little experience with modern democratic institutions. It is the argument of the authors that without a fully formed civil society, the lack of progress toward democracy will be prolonged, unless the religious elite come to consider...

...Klée Aiken Klée Aiken is an analyst at International Technology and Trade Associates, Inc., a Washington, DC–based consulting firm. Park Bill : Modern Turkey . London : Routledge , 2012 . 262 pages . ISBN 978-0-4154-4371-5 . $72.99 ( hardcover ). Copyright 2012...

... by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2014 The Modern Geopolitics of the Cyprus Question John Sitilides Amid the heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean — rooted in Syrian civil war, the Egyptian military’s overthrow of the Muslim Brother- hood regime, and the pervasive lawlessness along...

...: Madness and Responsibility in Modern Greece . Duke University Press , 2012 . 344 pages . ISBN 978-0-8223-5106-1 . $25.95 ( paperback ). Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Review Elizabeth Anne Davis: Bad Souls...

...Constantine A. Pagedas Bruce Clark: Twice A Stranger: The Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006. 274 pages. ISBN 978-0-674-02368-0. $29.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Reviews Tim...

...Van Coufoudakis James Edward Miller: The United States and the Making of Modern Greece: History and Power, 1950 – 1974 , Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. 301 pages. ISBN 978-0-8078-3247-9. $45.00. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2009 Van Coufoudakis is professor...

...Apostolos Kaklamanis Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Apostolos Kaklamanis is speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. Greece: A Modern Approach to Progress Apostolos Kaklamanis In this brief essay I propose to present a picture of my country, Greece...

...Robert J. Pranger Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Robert J. Pranger is a private consultant specializing in the management of international resources. He was formerly associate/managing editor of Mediterranean Quarterly. Eugene Rogan, Editor: Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern...

...Benjamin Kline Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Benjamin Kline is professor of history at De Amza College, Cupertino,California. The Changing Social Environment of Modern Ireland: Immigration and the Issues of Politics, Economics, and Security...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos Alexander Kitroeff: Wrestling with the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics. New York: Greekworks, 2004. 276 pages. ISBN 0-974660-0-3. $32.00. 2005 Constantine P. Danopoulos is professor of political science at San Jose State University...

...Asad AbuKhalil Nasser M. Kalawoun: The Struggle for Lebanon: A Modern History of Lebanese-Egyptian Relations . London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2000. 224 pages. ISBN 1-86064-423-6. $59.50. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 Asad AbuKhalil is associate professor of political science...

...Constantine A. Pagedas A Modern- Day Alexander: Minos X. Kyriakou and the Spread of Hellenism Constantine A. Pagedas The sudden and unexpected passing of Minos X. Kyriakou on 2 July 2017 is a terrible loss to Greece, the wider Hellenic community around the world, and this journal...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos © 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2018 Kaloudis George : Modern Greece and the Diaspora Greeks in the United States . Lanham, MD : Lexington Books , 2018 . 233 pages. ISBN 978-1-4985-6227-0 . $100 (hardcover). ...

... for thirty-six years, he held such assignments as ambassador to Cyprus and Ghana and economic officer in Rome. Reviews Iain Chambers: Mediterranean Crossings: The Politics of an Interrupted Modernity. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. 181 pages. ISBN 978-0-8223...

.... Modernity and Economic Nationalism in the Formation of Turkish Nationalism Cevdet Yılmaz and Mustafa S¸ahin Nationalism is a highly debated concept and does not have a uniform or stan- dard meaning. Adding an adjective before the concept, as we do, may further increase...

..., and cultural ties, especially with Turkey, Israel, and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf region. Through its modern history, Albania has been a good example of a politically and economically weak state exercising a fairly consistent asymmetric foreign policy based on the support of great powers...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos Despite periods of growth, modern Greece is no stranger to severe and prolonged economic crises. Analyses of Greece’s current economic crisis have stayed clear of the seminal importance of culture as a key variable responsible for widespread and persistent corruption...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos This essay explores and assesses the connection between accountability and the quality of democracy in modern Greece along three key dimensions: vertical, horizontal, and social. Vertical involves elected officials and the three branches of government; horizontal deals...

...George C. Georgiou This essay traces the transfer of private ownership of economic resources from sovereign rulers to the modern nation-state, starting with mercantilism and ending with exclusive economic zones. Nation-states were initially envisaged as bodies that acted on behalf of their citizens...

...Muhammad Yaseen Gada There is a wealth of literature on the Western perspective of the Crusades. The subject has crossed academic disciplines because of the availability of the literature in the modern world. That does not necessarily mean that what has been said about the Crusades is completely...