Memos Archives - Project on Middle East Political Science

Securing South Lebanon?

Kelly Stedem, Bucknell University In November 2024, Israel launched a devastating surprise attack on Hizbullah which killed many of…

Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Hobart and William Smith Colleges As Yemen enters its second decade of war, analysis of the…

Samer Abboud, Villanova University When Syrian Druze leader Hikmat al-Hijri declared the formation of a new military unit called the…

Tyler B. Parker, Mercer University The Sultanate of Oman ensures its survival through an independent foreign policy that is neither…

Courtney Freer, Emory University Kuwaiti foreign policy was for decades constrained by the presence of the Gulf’s most vocal and…

Curtis R. Ryan, Appalachian State University Even within the context of the “small states” literature in international relations, Jordan might…

Pete Moore, Case Western Reserve University The February 28, 2026 American and Israeli attack on Iran has demonstrated the…

Sean Yom, Temple University US foreign policy during President Trump’s second term has subverted the strategy of weak and vulnerable…

Waleed Hazbun, University of Alabama & Marc Lynch, George Washington University To many it is a supposed truism of…

Md Maniruzzaman Mamun, University of Florida Mark Beissinger argues that urban civic revolutions often unite diverse participants through shared…