Shiraz Maher speaks with Marc Lynch about his new book, Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea. In the book, he explores…
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Season 7: Middle East Books
Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East: A Conversation With Ariel I. Ahram (S. 7, Ep. 11)
Ariel I. Ahram speaks with Marc Lynch about his new book, Break all the Borders: Separatism and the Reshaping of…
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Israel and Nonstate Actors: A Conversation with Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili (S. 7, Ep. 10)
Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili talk about their new book, Triadic Coercion: Israel’s Targeting of States That Host Nonstate Actors.…
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How Violence Shapes Religion: A Conversation with Ziya Meral (S. 7, Ep. 9)
Ziya Meral speaks with Marc Lynch about his latest book, How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict in the Middle…
Continue ReadingViolent Islamism: A Conversation with Thomas Hegghammer (S. 7, Ep. 8)
On this week’s episode of the POMEPS Conversation Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Thomas Hegghammer, an expert on violent Islamism.…
Continue ReadingOil and Societal Quiescence: A Conversation with Jessie Moritz (S. 7, Ep. 7)
On this week’s podcast, Jessie Moritz discusses her research on rentier states. Moritz is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for…
Continue ReadingU.S. Interventionism in the Middle East: A Conversation with Jason Brownlee (S. 7, Ep. 6)
On this week’s podcast, Jason Brownlee discusses his new project, evaluating why the US intervenes in wars that seem unnecessary. Brownlee…
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Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco: A Conversation with Janine Clark (S. 7, Ep. 5)
On this week’s podcast, Janine Clark discusses her new book Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco: Strategies of Centralization and Decentralization (Columbia…
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The Wages of Oil: A Conversation with Michael Herb (S. 7, Ep. 4)
On this week’s podcast, Michael Herb discusses his book, The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and…
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Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: A Conversation with Curtis Ryan (S. 7, Ep. 3)
Curtis Ryan discusses his new book, Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State, on this week’s…
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