Diffusion Memos Archives - Project on Middle East Political Science

Contagious Crumbling? Stability, Breakdown, and the Diffusion of Arab State Failure

By Oliver Schlumberger, University of Tübingen, Germany *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion, Cooperation and Learning in the…

Bankrolling containment: Saudi linkages with Egypt and Tunisia

By Ruth Hanau Santini, Università degli Studi l’Orientale, Naples and Kevin Koehler, American University in Cairo *This memo was prepared…

Transnational diffusion between Arab Shia movements

By Toby Matthiesen, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion, Cooperation and…

The political ecology of authoritarian learning

By Steven Heydemann, Janet W. Ketcham Chair, Middle East Studies, Smith College *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion,…

Convergence through learning? Patterns of exclusion during the Arab uprisings

By Maria Josua, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion,…

The sectarianization of the Middle East: Transnational identity wars and competitive interference

Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St. Andrews *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion and Cooperation in the Middle…

Regional Diffusion, Rentierism, and Authoritarianism in Turkey

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “International Diffusion and Cooperation of…

To Intervene or Not to Intervene? The Use of Military Force as Coercive Mechanism of Autocratic Diffusion

By May Darwich, Durham University *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes,” held on…

Did Egypt’s coup teach Ennahda to cede power?

By Monica Marks, University of Oxford *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion and Cooperation in the Middle…

International Social Agents and Norm Diffusion: the Case of LGBTQ Rights in Morocco.

By Merouan Mekouar, York University *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “Transnational Diffusion and Cooperation in the Middle East…