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POMEPS Conversations is a series of short conversations between POMEPS Director Marc Lynch and prominent scholars in the field. Conversations cover a wide range of topics: issues specific to political science, the politics of particular countries in which scholars have expertise, or recently published works. These conversations were originally video recording and beginning in 2016, are now audio-only podcasts. We hope that this will become a useful and important archive of the constantly evolving field of political science and the Middle East.
193. Paola Rivetti, Alexandra Siegel, Konstantin Ash, May 6, 2021:Political Participation in Iran, Tweeting Beyond Tahrir, and How did Tunisians react to Ennahdha’s 2016 reforms?
192. Ewan Stein, Steven Schaaf, Zahra Ali, April 29, 2021: International Relations in the Middle East, Resisting Authoritarian States in the Middle East, and Protest Movements in Iraq
191. Jesse Wozniak, Alexei Abrahams, Adam Lichtenheld, April 22, 2021: Policing Iraq, Hard Traveling, and Consequences of Internal Displacement
190. John Waterbury, Irene Weipert-Fenner, Mariam Salehi, April 15, 2021: Missions Impossible, Go Local Go Global, and Trying Just Enough or Promising Too Much?
189. Stephanie Dornschneider, Matthew Lacouture, Maria Josua, April 8, 2021: Protest Behavior During the Arab Spring, Protest & Moral Economy in Jordan, Arab Uprisings & Return of Repression
188. Emy Matesan, Giulia Cimini, Jana Belschner, April 1, 2021: The Violence Pendulum, Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement, and Strong Quotas/Weak Parties in Tunisia
187. Somdeep Sen, Lisel Hintz, Michaelle Browers, March 25, 2021: Decolonizing Palestine, The Empire’s Opposition Strikes Back, and Beginnings, Continuities and Revivals
186. Justin Schon, Tarek Masoud, Justin Gengler, March 18, 2021: Surviving the War in Syria, The Arab Spring at 10, and Public Opinion Surveys in the Arab World
185. Marc Owen Jones, Drew Kinney, Chad Raymond, March 11, 2021: Political Repression in Bahrain, Sharing Saddles, and Old Wine in a New Bottle
184. Devorah Manekin, Jeannie Sowers, Joshua Freedman, March 4, 2021: Violence & Restraint in the 2nd Intifada, Humanitarian Challenges in the Yemen War, & Negotiating Identity in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
183. Dara Conduit, Marwa Shalaby, Bozena Welborne, February 25, 2021: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Women in Legislative Committees, and Women Running as Independent Candidates
182. Robert Springborg, May Darwich, Waleed Hazbun, Adham Saouli, Karim Makdisi, February 18, 2021: Political Economies of MENA & Politics of Teaching IR in the Arab World
181. Avital Livny, Ala’ Alrababa’h, Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, February 11, 2021: Trust and the Islamic Advantage, Attitudes Towards Migrants, and On-Side Fighting in Civil War
180. Glenn Robinson, Dina Bishara, Sarah E. Parkinson, February 4, 2021: Global Jihad, Precarious Collective Action, and Practical Ideology in Militant Organizations
179. Ahmed Khanani, Kaoutar Ghilani, Chantal Berman, January 27, 2021: A Morroco Special Focus: Moroccan Islamism, Language Politics in Morocco, & Policing the Organizational Threat in Morocco
178. Aaron Rock-Singer, Bassel Salloukh, Carolyn Barnett, January 21, 2021: Practicing Islam in Egypt, Consociational Power‐Sharing, and Women’s Segmented Empowerment in Jordan
177. Alex Thurston, Michael Robbins, Christiana Parreira, January 14, 2021: Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel, the Arab Barometer, and Power Politics in Baghdad
176. Kelsey Norman, Gail Buttorff, Samer Abboud, January 7, 2021: Reluctant Reception, COVID-19 Challenges in MENA Research, and Ending Insecurities in the MENA
175. Aaron Jakes, November 19, 2020: Egypt’s Occupation
174. Joas Wagemakers, November 12, 2020: The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan
173. Sherine Hafez, November 5, 2020: Women of the Midan
172. Elizabeth Nugent, October 29, 2020: After Repression
171. Anne Marie Baylouny, October 22, 2020: When Blame Backfires
170. Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, October 15, 2020: Quagmire in Civil War
169. Hiba Bou Akar, October 8, 2020: For the Yet to Come
168. Nadav Shelef, October 1, 2020: Homelands
167. Aili Tripp, September 24, 2020: Seeking Legitimacy
166. Amr Adly, September 17, 2020: Cleft Capitalism
165. Pascal Menoret, September 10, 2020: Graveyard of Clerics
164. Laleh Khalili, September 3, 2020: Sinews of War and Trade
163. Catherine Herrold, June 12, 2020: Delta Democracy
162. Fanar Haddad, June 5, 2020: Understanding ‘Sectarianism’
161. Samuel Helfont, May 29, 2020: Compulsion in Religion
160. Sara Pursley, May 22, 2020: Familiar Futures
159. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, May 15, 2020: Qatar and the Gulf Crisis
158. Noah Salomon, May 8, 2020: For Love of the Prophet
157. Steven Brooke, April 30, 2020: Winning Hearts and Votes
156. Salwa Ismail, April 24, 2020: The Rule of Violence
155. Ceren Lord, April 17, 2020: Religious Politics in Turkey
154. Omar Dewachi, April 10, 2020: Ungovernable Life
153. Daniel Nexon, April 3, 2020: Exit from Hegemony
152. Jim Krane, March 27, 2020: Energy Kingdoms
151. Thomas Hegghammer, March 20, 2020: The Rise of Global Jihad
150. Mark C. Thompson, March 13, 2020: Identity and Politics in a Globalized Saudi Arabia
149. Wolfram Lacher, March 6, 2020: Libya’s Fragmentation
148. Yael Zeira, February 28, 2020: The Revolution Within
147. Jonathan Fulton, February 21, 2020: China’s Relations with the Gulf Monarchies
146. Simon Mabon, February 14, 2020: Houses Built on Sand
145. Aaron Zelin, February 7, 2020: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad
144. May Darwich, January 31, 2020: Threats and Alliances in the Middle East
143. Narges Bajoghli, January 24, 2020: Iran Reframed
142. Shiraz Maher, April 4, 2019: Salafi-Jihadism
141. Ariel I. Ahram, March 25, 2019: Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East
140. Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili, February 21, 2019: Israel and Nonstate Actors
139. Ziya Meral, February 4, 2019: How Violence Shapes Religion
138. Thomas Hegghammer, January 28, 2019: Violent Islamism
137. Jessie Moritz, November 7, 2018: Oil and Societal Quiescence
136. Jason Brownlee, November 2, 2018: U.S. Interventionism in the Middle East
135. Janine Clark, October 19, 2018: Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco
134. Michael Herb, October 16, 2018: The Wages of Oil
133. Curtis Ryan, October 3, 2018: Jordan and the Arab Uprisings
132. Lisel Hintz, September 17, 2018: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey
131. Nermin Allam, September 10, 2018: Women and the Egyptian Revolution
130. Ann Marie Wainscott, May 9, 2018: Bureaucratizing Islam
129. Frederic Wehrey, April 25, 2018: Burning Shores
128. Julie Chernov Hwang, April 16, 2018: Why Terrorists Quit
127. Asef Bayat, April 9, 2018: Revolution Without Revolutionaries
126. Calvert W. Jones, April 2, 2018: Bedouins into Bourgeois
125. Gershon Shafir, March 22, 2018: A Half Century of Occupation
124. Joas Wagemakers, February 26, 2018: Salafism in Jordan
123. Quinn Mecham, February 7, 2018: Islamist Political Mobilization
122. Fatima El-Issawi, January 22, 2018: The Arab National Media
121. Elisabeth Kendall, December 18, 2017: Jihadist Poetry
120. Alexander Thurston, December 11, 2017: Boko Haram
119. Lauren Louër, December 4, 2017: Shia Islamic Movements
118. Susanne Dahlgren, November 28, 2017: Politics in South Yemen
117. Nadya S. Hajj, November 20, 2017: The Creation of Property Rights in Palestinian Refugee Camps
116. Toby Matthiesen, November 6, 2017: Sectarianism in the Gulf
115. Kevan Harris, October 23, 2017: Politics and the Welfare State
114. Aisha Ahmad, October 16, 2017: Black Markets and Islamist Power
113. Wendy Pearlman, October 9, 2017: Voices from Syria
112. Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, September 25, 2017: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons
111. Carter Malkasian, September 18, 2017: Conflict in Iraq
110. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, September 11, 2017: The Gulf Crisis
109 Caitlin Talmadge, July 10, 2017: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes
108. Neil Ketchley, July 3, 2017: Egypt in a Time of Revolution
107. Cemil Aydin, June 26, 2017: The Idea of the Muslim World
106. Steven Cook, May 30, 1017: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
105. M. Ali Kadivar, May 15, 2017: Iran’s Elections
104. Peter Krause, May 9, 2017: National Movements in the Middle East
103. Nadia Marzouki, May 4, 2017, Islam in America
102. Lisel Hintz, April 19, 2017, Turkey’s Constitutional Referendum
101. Mohammed M. Hafez, April 10, 2017: Islamist Movements
100. Ora Szekely, April 3, 2017: Politics of Militant Group Survival
99. Lihi Ben Shitrit, March 27, 2017: Women’s Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right
98. Afshon Ostovar, March 20, 2017: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
97. Chris Phillips, February 27, 2017: International Politics in Syria
96. Colin Kahl, February 20, 2017: Obama’s Foreign Policy
95. Asli Ü. Bâli, February 13, 2017: Constitution Drafting
94. Michael Farquhar, February 6, 2017: Saudia Arabia’s influence
93. Nader Hashemi, Jan. 30, 2017: Iran Today
92. Merouan Mekouar, December 6, 2016: Protest and Mass Mobilization
91. Marwan Kraidy, November 29, 2016: Creativity and the Arab Uprisings
90. Walter Armbrust, November 22, 2016: Pop Culture and Egypt
89. Nathan Brown, November 16, 2016: Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics:
88. A. Kadir Yildirim, October 18, 2016: The Politics of Islamist Parties
87. Adria Lawrence, Oct. 11, 2016: Morocco’s Elections
86. David Patel, October 3, 2016: Boarders in the Middle East
85. Salim Yaqub, Sept. 26, 2016: Americans and Arabs in the 1970s
84. Diana Greenwald, Sept. 19, 2016: Postponed Palestinian Elections
83. Curtis Ryan, Sept. 16, 2016: Jordan’s Elections
82. Raymond Hinnebusch, August 29, 2016, Sectarian Dangers in the Middle East
81. Kevin Koehler, August 22, 2016, The role of militaries in Middle East
80. Monica Marks, August 15, 2016, Tunisia’s Ennahdha Party
79. André Bank, August 8, 2016, Jordanians on Syrian Refugees
78. Wendy Pearlman, August 1, 2016, Interviewing Displaced Syrians
77. Bassel Salloukh, July 25, 2016, New Forms of Sectarianism
76. Daniel Corstange, July 18, 2016, What We Can Learn from Syrian Refugees
75. Pete Moore, July 11, 2016, Political Economy & Refugees in Jordan
74. Sune Haugbølle, July 5, 2016: Leftist Groups in Middle East Political Science
73. Vickie Langohr, June 27, 2016: Sexual Harassment in Egypt
72. Reinoud Leenders, June 20, 2016: The Origins of Syria’s Crisis
71. Charles Kurzman, June 13, 2016: Iranian Revolution, Arab Uprisings, Mobilizations
70. Greg Gause, June 6, 2016: Saudi Arabia’s New Challenges
69. Kristin Fabbe, May 31, 2016: Crisis in Turkey
68. Rory McCarthy, Oxford University, May 23, 2016: Tunisia’s Ennadha party
67. Steffen Hertog, LSE, May 16, 2016: GCC economics.
66. Bessma Momani, University of Waterloo, May 9, 2016: Arab youth
65. Zaid al Ali, Princeton University, May 2, 2016: Constitutional drafting process in the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Uprisings.
64. Marwa Shalaby, Rice University, April 25, 2016: Status of women in politics in the Middle East.
63. Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Harvard University, April 18, 2016: War in Syria.
62. Erin Snider, Texas A&M University, April 11, 2016: Political economy of foreign aid in the Middle East.
61. Hind Ahmed Zaki, University of Washington, April 4, 2016: Women’s rights movements after the Uprisings.
60. Amaney Jamal, Princeton University, March 28, 2016: Future of political science in the Middle East.
59. Merouan Mekouar, York University, March 21, 2016: Morocco after the Uprisings.
58. Justin Gengler, Qatar University, March 14, 2016: Bahrain after the Uprisings.
57. Steven Brooke, Harvard University, March 10, 2016: Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
56. Sean L. Yom, Temple University, March 3, 2016: From Resilience to Revolution.
55. Michaelle Browers, Wake Forest University, February 25, 2016: New Middle East intellectuals.
54. Jillian Schwedler. Hunter College, CUNY, February 18, 2016: Effects of the Arab Uprising in Jordan.
53. Hesham Sallam, Stanford University, February 11, 2016: Egyptian revolution.
52. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, February 4, 2016: Civil war in Yemen.
51.Lindsay J. Benstead, Portland State University, January 28, 2016: Gender and quotas in Middle East elections.
50. Michael Wahid Hanna & Thanassis Cambanis, The Century Foundation, January 21, 2016: Challenges facing Egypt today.
49. Nathan Brown, George Washington University, January 14, 2016: Egypt five years after the revolution
48. Sarah Bush, Temple University, May 7, 2015. Topics: Democracy Assistance, Jordan, and Tunisia
47. Monica Marks, St Antony’s College, Oxford. February 17, 2015. Topics: Islamist Movements, Politics, and Society in Tunisia
46. Raphaël Lefèvre, University of Cambridge. February 10, 2015. Topics: Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, Syrian Civil War, Lebanon
45. Richard A. Nielsen, MIT. February 2, 2015. Topics: Egypt, Radicalization, Jihadists
44. Abdullah Al-Arian, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. January 21, 2015. Topics: Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Youth Activism
43. Michael Herb, Georgia State University. December 29, 2014. Topics: Kuwait, UAE, Oil, Economic Development
42. Laurie A. Brand, November 3, 2014. University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Topics: National Narratives, Egypt, Algeria, Jordan
41. Melani Cammett, Brown University. October 30, 2014. Topics: Social Service Provision, Political Parties, Lebanon
40. Joel S. Migdal, University of Washington. October 21, 2014. Topics: U.S. Foreign Policy, Governance, Arab Uprisings
39. Hisham D. Aidi, Columbia University. September 26, 2014. Topics: Muslim Youth, Hip Hop, Activism
38. Norma Claire Moruzzi, University of Illinois at Chicago. September 17, 2014. Topics: Iranian Women, Education, Rouhani
37. Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul University. September 12, 2014. Topics: Iranian Politics, Rouhani, Khatami
36. Tarek Masoud, Harvard University. September 9, 2014. Topics: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Political Islam
35. Sheila Carapico, University of Richmond. April 16, 2014. Topics: Yemen, National Dialogue Conference, Drone Strikes
34. Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Emory University. February 20, 2014. Topics: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic activism
33. François Burgat, Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman. February 7, 2014. Topics: Islamic movements
32. Thomas Hegghammer, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. January 30, 2014. Topics: jihadism, foreign fighters in Syria
31. David Faris, Roosevelt University. December 6, 2013. Topics: social media, activism, Egyptian revolution
30. Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania. November 22, 2013. Topics: Israeli-Palestinian peace process
29. Aboubakr Jamaï, Robert Bosch Foundation. November 8, 2013. Topics: Moroccan media, press freedom
28. Toby Matthiesen, Cambridge University. November 1, 2013. Topics: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism
27. Adria Lawrence, Yale University. October 25, 2013. Topics: Morocco, nationalism, protest movements
26. John Entelis, Fordham University. October 18, 2013. Topics: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, revolution
25. James Toth, New York University Abu Dhabi. October 10, 2013. Topics: Egypt, anthropology, Sayyid Qutb
24. Nathan J. Brown, The George Washington University. August 27, 2013. Topics: Egyptian military, Muslim Brotherhood, constitution
23. Jenny White, Boston University. August 19, 2013. Topics: Turkish nationalism, polarization
22. Philip Howard & Muzammil Hussain, University of Washington. August 13, 2013. Topics: Digital media, Arab Uprisings
21. Mark Tessler, University of Michigan. June 18, 2013. Topics: Arab Barometer, survey research
20. Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland. June 7, 2013. Topics: Arab public opinion, identity
19. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. May 7, 2013. Topics: Yemen, Lebanon, Islamism
18. Christopher Davidson, Durham University. March 21, 2013. Topics: Gulf politics, monarchies
17. Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University. February 25, 2013. Topics: Tunisia, Algeria, elections
16. Matthew Buehler, University of Texas, Austin. February 18, 2013. Topics: Moroccan Islamist politics, Mauritania
15. Ellen Lust, Yale University. February 13, 2013. Topics: Jordanian elections, participation, reform
14. Gershon Shafir, University of California, San Diego. February 4, 2013. Topics: social biographies, Israeli/Palestinian peace process
13. Ilan Peleg, Lafayette College. January 28, 2013. Topics: Israeli election, identity politics, Israeli/Palestinian peace process
12. Michael Willis, Oxford University. December 20, 2012. Topics: Maghreb, Algeria, revolution
11. Nathan J. Brown, The George Washington University. December 12, 2012. Topics: Egypt, constitution, law, Muslim Brotherhood
10. Kristin Smith Diwan, American University. December 10, 2012. Topics: Kuwait, elections, protest movements
9. Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University. November 30, 2012. Topics: Syria, refugees, non-violent protest movements
8. Jillian Schwedler, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. November 16, 2012. Topics: Jordan, protest movements
7. Jason Brownlee, University of Texas, Austin. November 2, 2012. Topics: Egypt, U.S. foreign policy, democracy, Brownlee’s new book Deterring Democracy
6. David Patel, Cornell University. October 24, 2012. Topics: Iraq, institutions, Middle East Studies
5. Joshua Stacher, Kent State University. September 24, 2012. Topics: Egypt, Syria, Stacher’s new book Adaptable Autocrats
4. Curtis Ryan, Appalachian State University. September 19, 2012. Topic: Jordan
3. F. Gregory Gause, III, University of Vermont. September 12, 2012. Topics: Middle East Studies, Saudi Arabia, monarchy, and the GCC
2. M. Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University. April 17, 2012. Topics: The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, Libya, Egypt, international law
1. Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University. February 8, 2012. Topic: Carbon Democracy, Mitchell’s recently published book on oil