POMEPS congratulates Sarah Bush on the upcoming release of her first book, The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does…
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Matthiesen: The Other Saudis
POMEPS congratulates Toby Matthiesen on the release of his second book, The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism. Utilizing little-known Arabic sources,…
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Brand: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria
POMEPS Steering Committee member Laurie A. Brand has just published Official Stories: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria (Stanford University…
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POMEPS is excited to have just received a shipment of Tarek Masoud’s recent release Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt…
Continue ReadingKamrava: Qatar
Although Qatar has come to the fore of Middle East regional politics in recent years, few scholars have devoted significant research to…
Continue ReadingAl-Ali: The Struggle for Iraq’s Future
Zaid Al-Ali has recently published The Struggle for Iraq’s Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy (Yale University Press).…
Continue ReadingMecham and Hwang: Islamist Parties
Updated: POMEPS is especially pleased to announce that Quinn Mecham and Julie Chernov Hwang have a new edited volume Islamist Parties and…
Continue ReadingWickham: The Muslim Brotherhood
As we make the final preparations for the POMEPS Annual Conference this Friday and Saturday, we’re reflecting on all of the outstanding research being carried…
Continue ReadingWehrey: Sectarian Politics in the Gulf
Last week POMEPS featured Toby Matthiesen’s Sectarian Gulf on the blog, and this week we’re excited to showcase yet another…
Continue ReadingSummer Reading with Jillian Schwedler
POMEPS is delighted to kick off our new “Summer Reading” series with POMEPS Steering Committee member Jillian Schwedler, professor of political science at…
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