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review March 2026

The Eastern Question through diplomatic eyes

Review by Paul Csillag
Oil portrait of an elderly man with gray hair wearing a dark coat and white cravat, facing the viewer against a dark, warm-toned background.
In The Invention of the Eastern Question (I.B. Tauris, 2025), Ozan Ozavci provides an analysis of Euro-Ottoman relations through the life of the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire , Sir Robert Liston. Paul Csillag writes that while the book focuses on one individual, it effectively illustrates the workings of trans- and inter-imperial politics, reaching the full potential of a global microhistory.
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