A comprehensive and in-depth record of the political history and conflicts of the past decades in the Middle East.

The Middle East is one of the most unstable regions in the world. In recent years, after the optimism but also the great disappointment brought by the Arab Spring with the rise and fall of the Islamic State, the region poses a significant challenge to international security. With the threat of jihadist terrorism, the intensity of large migration flows, and the competition for control of oil, the region seems to remain a boiling cauldron. But what is it that has caused such instability?

The book "Exit from Chaos" traces the political history of four decades of conflicts in the Middle East, examining their global impact. Gilles Kepel, whom the New York Times called "the most famous Islam scholar in France," provides us with a clear narrative of the deeper causes of tension, substantiating it with personal experiences of people who lived through the events.

From the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the consequences of the Arab Spring, the book "Exit from Chaos" unravels the threads of relationships in the Middle East and connects them to their global repercussions. With the insight derived from his years of experience studying the region, Kepel places these chaotic decades within a broader framework and sheds light on the dynamics that characterize them. At the same time, he explores the prospect of exiting this crisis, in order for the peoples of the Middle East, as well as the whole world, to secure a less uncertain future.