The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East by Mathews, Sean
The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East by Mathews, Sean

The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East

Caught between wars raging in both Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Greece is an island of...
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Author: Sean Mathews
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Language: English
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The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East by Mathews, Sean

The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East

$113.99 $67.83
The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East by Mathews, Sean

The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East

$113.99 $67.83
Author: Sean Mathews
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Caught between wars raging in both Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Greece is an island of relative stability. Popularly considered the cradle of Western civilization, this is a Christian Orthodox state on the edge of the Islamic world. And, after a half-century of integration into NATO and the EU, Greece is now reabsorbing into the Near East, as the West fractures and new Middle Eastern powers rise. The country's importance as a cultural and geopolitical hybrid is growing.

Travelling through the region, Sean Mathews explores at ground level the tectonic shifts reshaping Europe and the Middle East. He meets the last Greek merchants in Cairo, and hears from Istanbul's remaining Greeks about Turkey's break with the West. In Jerusalem, he discovers a budding alliance between Greece and Israel; and in a faded Ottoman port, he encounters football hooligans loyal to a Russian oligarch.

This bold reappraisal of Greece as a Near Eastern nation uncovers its Byzantine and Ottoman past as a key to survival in today's chaotic, shrinking world.

Author: Sean Mathews
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 03/15/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.90w x 1.41d
ISBN: 9781805264187

About the Author
Sean Mathews is a Greek-American journalist who has covered a wide swath of the Middle East. He is a correspondent with Middle East Eye, and has also written for The Economist and Al-Monitor, among others. He calls Athens home and travels often in the region. This is his first book.
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