{"product_id":"9781805264187","title":"The New Byzantines : The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sean Mathews\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEastern Europe\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 December 2025 by C Hurst \u0026amp; Co Publishers Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 304 pages, 4 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e224 x 151 x 37 | 612g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fresh portrait of Greece's forgotten Near Eastern identity, with old cultural, political and economic ties reforming in today's turbulent world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught between wars raging in both Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Greece is an island of relative stability. Popularly considered the cradle of Western civilisation, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravelling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56193407975810,"sku":"9781805264187","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781805264187.jpg?v=1768207913","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781805264187","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}