Is American global hegemony already over? On this week’s podcast, Daniel Nexon talks about his latest book, co-authored with Alexander…
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Energy Kingdoms: A Conversation with Jim Krane
How did the Persian Gulf states’ energy use and policies change with the discovery of oil? That is what Jim…
POMEPS Virtual Workshop
The POMEPS Virtual Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of up to three thematically linked journal article-length papers by junior…
POMEPS Studies 38: Sectarianism and International Relations
The essays collected here were initially presented at a joint SEPAD-POMEPS workshop held at Chatham House in February 2020. The…
Introduction: Sectarianism and International Relations
Simon Mabon, Lancaster University and Marc Lynch, POMEPS Sectarianism has surged in the politics of the Middle East over the…
Central Asia and the Iran-Saudi rivalry
Edward Wastnidge, The Open University Introduction The Iran-Saudi rivalry has been one of the key factors influencing the geopolitics of…
Saudi-Iranian Rivalry from the Gulf to the Horn of Africa: Changing Geographies and Infrastructures
May Darwich, University of Birmingham While the Arabian Gulf and the Horn of Africa share historical relations, geographic proximity and…
The Sectarian Image Reversed: The Role of Geopolitics in Hezbollah’s Domestic Politics
Bassel F. Salloukh, Lebanese American University Hezbollah occupies a geopolitical space no other Armed Non-State Actor (ANSA) in the region…
Tales of the Unexpected: Will the Lebanese Uprising Stay Clear of Attempts at Geopolitization?
Helle Malmvig, Danish Institute for International Studies and Tamirace Fakhoury, Lebanese American University[1] It is October 2019 and Lebanon’s popular…
Iraq: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Jacob Eriksson, University of York Iraq is attempting to navigate a way forward through treacherous conditions shaped by rising tensions…