Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East is a triannual peer-reviewed[1] academic journal covering Comparative Studies on Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

[2] It provides a "critical and comparative analyses of the histories, cultural productions, social and gender relations, politics, and economies" of these regions.

[3] It is published by the Duke University Press,[4] and since 2012, edited at Columbia University.

[9] In 1993 and 1994, the issues of South Asia Bulletin were published with the sub-title Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

[10] In 1995, South Asia Bulletin was merged with the journal.