How did the Persian Gulf states’ energy use and policies change with the discovery of oil? That is what Jim…
Rivalry Amid Systemic Change: Iranian and Saudi Competition in the post-American Middle East
Christopher Phillips, Queen Mary University Saudi Arabia has sought to contain Iran’s regional influence since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.…
The Rise of Global Jihad: A Conversation with Thomas Hegghammer
On this week’s podcast, Thomas Hegghammer speaks about his new book, The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global…
POMEPS Statement on COVID-19 and Academic Policies
The Project on Middle East Political Science is an academic network which serves as the institutional home of the community…
Identity and Politics in a Globalized Saudi Arabia: A Conversation with Mark C. Thompson
On this week’s podcast, Mark C. Thompson talks about his new book, Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics…
Libya’s Fragmentation: A Conversation with Wolfram Lacher
Wolfram Lacher talks about his new book, Libya’s Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict, with Marc Lynch on this…
The Revolution Within: A Conversation with Yael Zeira
On this week’s podcast, Yael Zeira talks about her new book The Revolution Within State Institutions and Unarmed Resistance in…
Be careful what you wish for − The Multiple Strategies of De-Sectarianization
Does a shared agreement about the importance of challenging sectarianism necessarily translate into much consensus as for how to go…
Non-State Actors and Approaches to the Yemeni State
The organizing question toward which these essays are directed asks about the impact of non-state actors on post-uprising states in…
Inequality, Renteirism and the Roots of Lebanon’s October 2019 Uprising
Lebanon’s need for a revolution against sectarianism has been widely discussed in the months since its October 2019 uprising began.…