Description: Drawing lessons from the Treaty of Westphalia, the authors offer fresh thinking on how to treat the legacies of the post-Ottoman state system
Review Quotes: "A lucid, critical discussion of how the historical example of the Peace of Westphalia might encourage more constructive solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East."-- Peter Wilson, Professor of History, University of Oxford and author of Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War
"Milton, Axworthy and Simms provide policy-relevant answers to the questions that students of the Middle East have been asking since the Arab Spring. This book is comparative politics at its best." -- Michael Kerr, Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London
"There has never been a more important time to think creatively about solutions to the problems now gripping the Middle East. This study highlights the importance of history as a means of informing policy whilst recognising the value and limitations of a comparative approach."-- Ali Ansari, Professor of History, University of St Andrews
"An insightful book. Milton et al. transform reified concepts into a set of tools with which to take on the world's most vexing conflicts." -- Borzou Daragahi
"This book, the product of extensive studies and discussions among western and regional scholars and policymakers, is an important first attempt to promote [an effective peace effort]."--Business Standard
"At the heart of the book is a profound sense of urgency about ending the bloodshed in Syria." -- ^lForeign Affairs