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Book Review | Perin E. Gürel, Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026, 320 pp., ISBN 9781009623902.
Author
Shaista
Independent Researcher
Shaista is an Independent Researcher based in New Delhi, specialising in security studies and international relations. Previously, she served as a faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Maharashtra, and at the ICFAI University, Jaipur, where she taught courses on International Relations and Political Science. Her current research focuses on American military infrastructure in the Gulf, regional security dynamics in West Asia, and the complexities of the contemporary refugee crisis.
Publications by Shaista
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The Persian Gulf conflict exposed vulnerabilities to US bases before Iranian missile and drone strikes. Lessons urge a shift to deterrence-by-denial in the Indo-Pacific: dispersed forces, mobile assets, and strengthened alliances along the First Island Chain to counter Chinese A2/AD threats.