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 (S. 8, Ep. 9)
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 (S. 8, Ep. 8)
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 (S. 8, Ep. 7)
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 (S. 8, Ep. 6)
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.…