Like many thoughtful works, West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East, written by Mohammed Soliman, begins with a grievance. Upon his arrival at Georgetown University in his mid-twenties, Soliman did not find the kind of foreign policy thinking he identified with Washington, D.C. “Much of the scholarly work on the Middle East felt outdated, sometimes by a generation or two,” he writes. Dissatisfied with this state of affairs, Soliman asks “where is the Middle East, and who defines its boundaries?” This question motivates West Asia…

Read More