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POMEPS 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…

POMEPS 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…

POMEPS 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…

POMEPS 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…

POMEPS 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.

POMEPS 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.

The Qatar Crisis: POMEPS Brief 31

On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched a campaign against Qatar. Tensions between these Gulf…

POMEPS Studies 27: Local Politics and Islamist Movements

Scholars and policymakers have increasingly recognized that Islamist movements and actors vary widely – from domestically oriented, quietist movements engaging in democratic systems to revolutionary, armed movements aiming to upend the nation-state system. Yet, little has been done to understand how the nature of individual movements, and their success, often differs substantially at the subnational level.

POMEPS Studies 26: Adaptation Strategies of Islamist Movements

Long repressed, banned, and exiled, many Islamist movements and parties across the Middle East and North Africa witnessed a moment…