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Chinese Digital Authoritarianism and Its Global Impact

Xiao Qiang, University of California at Berkeley[1] The Rise of Chinese Digital Authoritarianism A 2019 report by the Brookings Institution…

Beyond Liberation Technology? The Recent Uses of Social Media by Pro-Democracy Activists

Joshua A. Tucker, New York University * ** It is difficult to believe it, but it has been almost a…

The Web (In)Security of MENA Civil Society and Media

Alexei Abrahams, Harvard University[i] Civil society and news media across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), whether coordinating protests…

The Implementation of Digital Surveillance Infrastructures in the Gulf

James Shires, Leiden University Introduction Authoritarian adaptation to political uncertainties associated with the ubiquity of digital communications comes in many…

Binary Threat: How Governments’ Cyber Laws and Practice Undermine Human Rights in the MENA Region

Ahmed Shaheed, University of Essex, & Benjamin Greenacre, City University of New York[1] Introduction As the papers in this collection…

Digital Activism and Authoritarian Adaptation in the Middle East

Marc Lynch, Project on Middle East Political Science Social media platforms and digital technologies played a decisive role in political…

Preface

The essays in this collection are the fruit of a collaboration between the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)…

POMEPS 12th Annual Conference Part 2 (S. 10, Ep. 24)

This special episode features a round-table discussion from the POMEPS 12th Annual Conference, which was held on June 9-10, 2021. The panel,…

POMEPS 12th Annual Conference Part 1 (S. 10, Ep. 23)