1st Edition

The Imperialist Question in Middle East and North Africa

Edited By Matteo Capasso, Ali Kadri Copyright 2026
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

This book reveals how today's devastating conflicts across Gaza, Syria, and the broader Middle East represent imperialism in its most destructive form. Leading Area Studies scholars move beyond fragmented analyses to examine how US-led imperial power functions as a comprehensive system—from Tunisia's financial dependency to the weaponization of feminist discourse in justifying violence. Central... Read more

Introduction

Matteo Capasso and Ali Kadri

 

1. Imperialism in the 21st Century

Matteo Capasso and Ali Kadri

 

2. The ‘War on Terror’ as Primitive Accumulation in Tunisia: US-Led Imperialism and the Post-2010-2011 Revolt/Security Conjuncture

Corinna Mullin

 

3. Imperialism and Neoliberal Redeployment in Post-uprising Tunisia

Mustapha Jouili

 

4. Imperialist Terrorism in Northern Africa

Matteo Capasso and Essam Abdelrasul Bubaker Elkorghli

 

5. Gunning for Damascus: The US War on the Syrian Arab Republic

Patrick Donovan Higgins

 

6. The Iranian-American Intelligentsia in U.S. Foreign Affairs: Ahistoricism, Anti-Structuralism, and the Production of Idealism

Nina Farnia

 

7. Logics of Elimination and Settler Colonialism: Decolonization or National Liberation?

Max Ajl

 

8. The Urgency of Anti-imperialist Feminism: Lessons from Palestine

Walaa Alqaisiya

 

9. China against US Imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman

Linda Matar and Ali Kadri 

Biography

Matteo Capasso is Professor at the School of Country and Region Studies at the Institute of Middle East Studies at Northwest University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China. He is Editor in Chief of Middle East Critique, and the author of the book Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Ali Kadri is Visiting Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, People’s Republic of China. His recent books include The Cordon Sanitaire: A Single Law Governing Development in East Asia and the Arab World, Imperialism with Reference to Syria, China’s Path to Development: Against Neoliberalism, and The Unmaking of Arab Socialism.