POMEPS Conversations: David Patel (S. 1, Ep. 6)

#6 – October 24, 2012. The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with David Patel, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, where he studies and teaches comparative politics with a focus on Middle Eastern politics, Islamic institutions, and political culture. Patel and Lynch discuss the collapse of the Iraqi state and the role of religious organizations.