The challenges to inclusionary states in the MENA region are daunting—including fiercely authoritarian states, the reality or threat of political…
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POMEPS Studies 36: Youth Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
What characterizes the latest wave of youth mobilization? How is youth activism, and youth politics, changing public attitudes and government policies? Can any generalizations be made about youthfulness, and the experience of being young and political, in the Middle East today? The essays contained in POMEPS Studies 36: Youth Politics in the Middle East and North Africa attempt to answer these questions.
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 35: Religion, Violence, and the State in Iraq
The 14 papers in POMEPS Studies 35: Religion, Violence, and the State in Iraq exemplify the ways in which scholars are using new perspectives, data, and sources to offer insights into religion, violence, and the state in Iraq’s past, present, and future.
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 34: Shifting Global Politics and the Middle East
What is the current structure of international relations, and how does this shape the politics of the Middle East? For…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 33: The Politics of Rentier States in the Gulf
More than two generations have passed since oil transformed the economies and societies of the Gulf monarchies. Gulf citizens enjoy…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 32: The Politics of Islam in Europe and North America
There has traditionally been a wide divide between the study of the politics of Islam in the Middle East and…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 31: Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
This spring, major protests swept through Jordan over economic grievances and subsidy reforms. In July, protestors took to the streets…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 30: The Politics of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Reconstruction following the devastating wars and state failure which followed the Arab uprisings of 2011 has become an increasingly pressing…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 29: Politics, Governance, and Reconstruction in Yemen
Yemen’s war has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophes. The preventable consequences of the war have been well-documented and the military conflict is now at a stalemate. For Yemenis, 2018 promises a sustained downward spiral.
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Studies 28: New Analysis of Shia Politics
The study of Islamist movements has often implicitly meant the study of Sunni Islamist movements. An enormous amount of political science scholarship has dissected the ideology, organization, and political strategy of Sunni Islamist movements.However these academic communities that study Sunni Islamism often proceed without any interaction with the academic communities that study Iran or Shi’a politics in Arab countries.
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