MER Article What is Prevent? In the spring of 2016, a small group of academics at the University of Cambridge put a motion before Regent House, the governing body of the university, to hold a discussion on the Prevent program—the British government’s counter-radicalization scheme. The scene during the discussion was palpably gr Mezna Qato • 7 min read
Current Analysis Some Initial Thoughts on the Chilcot Report We asked a few MERIP friends and Iraq scholars for their reflections on what they have read so far of the report now regarded as the official assessment of British involvement in the Iraq war. (Author not identified) • 10 min read
MER Article Editor's Bookshelf During four months in Oxford last fall, I spent part of my time pursuing the charge of my editorial colleagues to seek out new and distinctively British approaches to the Middle East. My main finding is that British nostalgia for empire, which many North Americans came to know in the popular televis Joel Beinin • 4 min read
MER Article Louis, The British Empire in the Middle East Wm. Roger Louis, The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951: Arab Nationalism, The United States and Post-War Imperialism (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984). This rich and highly informative book charts the history of the post-war British Labor government’s policies in the Middle East. It is imm Peter Sluglett • 5 min read
