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Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for politics in Morocco

Lalla Amina Drhimeur, Sciences Po Lyon Soon after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed, Morocco started implementing preventive measures.…

Anti-COVID Volunteers are the New Soldiers: Revisiting UAE’s Militarized Nationalism during the Pandemic

Eleonora Ardemagni, Italian Institute for International Political Studies & Catholic University of Milan The COVID-19 pandemic, together with a recalibration…

The Impact of Egypt’s Non-Pandemic State on Society-to-Society Relations

Mona Ali, Cairo University Despite the Egyptian government’s adoption of strict preventive measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, it appears…

Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic for Regionalism and Regional Politics in the MENA Region

Meliha Altunışık, Middle East Technical University Pandemics represent global challenges that require collective responses both at the global and regional…

The Amplification of Authoritarianism in the Age of COVID-19

Yasmina Abouzzohour, Harvard University State responses to COVID-19 have engendered fears of expanding authoritarian rule around the globe. Over the…

Introduction: COVID-19 in the MENA: Two Years On – What have we learned?

Marc Lynch, George Washington University The political ramifications for the Middle East and North Africa from the COVID-19 pandemic were…

Polarization, COVID-19, and Authoritarian Consolidation in Iran

Vahid Abedini, Florida International University The COVID-19 pandemic began in Iran at a time when the Iranian government was facing…

What Displacement Teaches us about Surviving Changed Climates

Kali Rubaii, Purdue University “When I came here, I could not find the right kind of clay,” Ma Jowad[1] told…

Environmentalism without Environmentalists? Climate Change and the State in Turkey

Murat Arsel, Erasmus University Rotterdam & Fikret Adaman, Boğaziçi University In the wake of dramatic warnings from the IPCC…

New Constructions of Environmental Orientalism: Climate Change Mitigation Solar Power Projects in the Sahara Desert

Khaoula Bengezi, York University The Sahara Desert represents a binary duality: it is imagined as a spatial abyss of…