In The New Eastern Question, Seyid Ould Abbah revisits Henry Laurens’s interpretation of the historical “Eastern Question” to shed light on the political formation of the Middle East, the Balkans, and modern Turkey. The text traces how the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, European interventionist policies, and the rise of nationalism reshaped identities, borders, and state structures across the region. By linking past imperial transformations to contemporary dynamics following the Arab Spring and regional conflicts, the article argues that the Turkish–Arab–Balkan axis remains central to understanding today’s Middle Eastern geopolitics and ongoing external interventions.
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