The Epicenter of Crisis: The New Middle East (Washington Quarterly Readers) - Softcover

Alexander T. J. Lennon is the editor-in-chief of The Washington Quarterly, the flagship journal of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also a fellow in the international security program at CSIS, and an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies program. He is the editor of The Epicenter of Crisis: The New Middle East; Reshaping Rogue States (MIT Press, 2008): Preemption, Regime Change, and U.S. Policy Toward Iran, Iraq, and North Korea (MIT Press, 2004); The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks (MIT Press, 2003), What Does the World Want from America? and Contemporary Nuclear Debates (MIT Press, both 2002), and the coeditor (with Michael T. Mazarr) of Toward a Nuclear Peace (St. Martin's Press, 1994).

"Alex Lennon and the "Washington Quarterly" have again compiled a much needed collection of leading articles, this time on the critical issues swirling in the Middle East. The sometimes disparate subjects of strategy, politics, radicalism, democracy, energy, and negotiation have been woven seamlessly together into a masterful collection that will allow both the well initiated and the simply interested to come away with a deeper understanding of the forces that are driving the modern Middle East." --Kurt M. Campbell, CEO and co-founder, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

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"For teachers and researchers alike, this collection of first rate, authoritative articles on Islam, security, and strategy in a critical part of the world is not just convenient but indispensable."--Shahram Chubin, Director of Research, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

"A timely and provocative volume that sheds important insights into the great drama of our times."--Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs, The Nixon Center

"An unusually strong collection of essays on the extended Middle East. Informed by thorough knowledge of the countries and a sense for the important choices facing the United States, these selections urge and enlighten without following a party line. Scholars, policy makers, and members of the interested public will benefit from this book."--Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University

"Alex Lennon and "The Washington Quarterly" have again compiled a much needed collection of leading articles, this time on the critical issues swirling in the Middle East. The sometimes disparate subjects of strategy, politics, radicalism, democracy, energy, and negotiation have been woven seamlessly together into a masterful collection that will allow both the well initiated and the simply interested to come away with a deeper understanding of the forces that are driving the modern Middle East."--Kurt M. Campbell, CEO and co-founder, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)