On this week’s podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Caitlin Talmadge about her her book The Dictator’s Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian…
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Egypt in a Time of Revolution: A Conversation with Neil Ketchley (S. 5, Ep. 39)
On this POMEPS podcast, we hear from Neil Ketchley about his new book Egypt in a Time of Revolution: Contentious…
Continue ReadingThe Idea of the Muslim World: A Conversation with Cemil Aydin (S. 5, Ep. 38)
How did the idea of a unified global Muslim community come about? That’s the question Cemil Aydin and Marc Lynch…
Continue ReadingProtest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East: A Conversation with Steven Cook (S. 5, Ep. 37)
On this week’s POMEPS podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Steven Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations…
Continue ReadingIran’s Elections: A Conversation with M. Ali Kadivar (S. 5, Ep. 36)
Iran holds presidential elections later this week, and Marc Lynch talks with M. Ali Kadivar about what to expect. Kadivar…
Continue ReadingNational Movements in the Middle East: A Conversation with Peter Krause (S. 5, Ep. 35)
On this week’s POMEPS podcast, Marc Lynch talks with Peter Krause, an assistant professor at Boston College. Krause’s new book,…
Continue ReadingIslam in America: A Conversation with Nadia Marzouki (S. 5, Ep. 34)
On this week’s podcast, Marc Lynch talks with Nadia Marzouki about Islam in America, the topic of her book, newly…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Constitutional Referendum: A Conversation with Lisel Hintz (S. 5, Ep. 33)
On this week’s POMEPS Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Lisel Hintz about the significance of this weekend’s constitutional referendum in…
Continue ReadingIslamist Movements: A Conversation with Mohammed M. Hafez (S. 5, Ep. 32)
“One of the most interesting puzzles to emerge out of contentious Islamist movements is the fact that these movements are…
Continue ReadingThe Politics of Militant Group Survival: A Conversation with Ora Szekely (S. 5, Ep. 31)
On this week’s POMEPS podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Ora Szekely, an assistant professor of political science at Clark University. Szekely’s recent…
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