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