The Middle East and the Challenge to the West. It is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. In the months following the publication, Gilles Kepel participated in webinars organized on both sides of the Atlantic and the English Channel, such as the Washington Institute for Near East Policy[28], Al Monitor[29], the Center on National Security at Fordham University[30], Cambridge University… The New York Times recommended the book in its 12 new books weekly selection[31].