The study of Islamist movements has often implicitly meant the study of Sunni Islamist movements. An enormous amount of political…
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Unpacking the Welfare-Politics Nexus in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Kevan Harris, University of California-Los Angeles *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of Shia Politics workshop. See…
Continue ReadingSectarian Unity as a Form of Governmentality: Assessing the dynamics of Development Policy Making in Lebanon’s Shia Territories
Diana Zeidan, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux (IRIS), Paris…
Continue ReadingBecoming Hezbollahi: Religion and the Unintended Consequences of Propaganda in Post-2009 Iran
Shirin Saeidi, The European Centre for the Study of Extremism *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of…
Continue ReadingThe Source of Legitimacy in the Guardianship of the Jurist: Historical Genealogy & Political Implications
Roozbeh Safshekan, University of Alberta and Farzan Sabet, The Graduate Institute, Geneva *This piece was drafted as part of the New…
Continue ReadingThe Iranian Revolution and Sunni Political Islam
Toby Matthiesen, University of Oxford *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of Shia Politics workshop. See POMEPS…
Continue ReadingThe Transformation of Shia Politics in the Gulf Monarchies
Laurence Louër, Sciences Po CERI, Paris, France *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of Shia Politics workshop.…
Continue ReadingThe Ayatollahs and the Republic: The religious establishment in Iran and its interaction with the Islamic Republic
Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Brown University *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of Shia Politics workshop. See POMEPS…
Continue ReadingThe Najafi Marja‘iyya in the Age of Iran’s Vali-ye Faqih (Guardian Jurist): Can it Resist?
Elvire Corboz, Aarhus University *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of Shia Politics workshop. See POMEPS Studies…
Continue ReadingTilly goes to Baghdad: How the War with Daʿesh can create a Shiʿa State
Marsin Alshamary, MIT *This piece was drafted as part of the New Analysis of Shia Politics workshop. See POMEPS Studies 28…
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