Our “Iran and the Nuclear Deal” symposium continues this week on the Monkey Cage with three new contributions: Kevan Harris of Princeton…
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Week in Review: The Iran Deal and Gulf Politics
Over the last two weeks, POMEPS has published a wide spectrum of analysis in the “Iran and the Nuclear Deal”…
Continue ReadingIraqi nationalism and the Iran-Iraq War
By Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University *This memo was prepared for the “Rethinking Nation and Nationalism” workshop, February 6, 2015 Who…
Continue ReadingAuthoritarian populism and the rise of the security state in Iran
By Ali M Ansari, University of St Andrews * This memo was prepared for “The Arab Thermidor: The Resurgence of…
Continue ReadingThe Rise of the Machines
By Kevan Harris, Princeton University * This memo was prepared for the “Islamist Social Services” workshop, September 23, 2014. There…
Continue ReadingRouhani’s Iran
President Hassan Rouhani’s election in 2013 appeared to signal a shift in Iranian politics and international affairs. The Panelists joined…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Conversations: Kaveh Ehsani (S. 3, Ep. 2)
#37 — September 12, 2014. The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science,…
Continue ReadingThe elusive project of common security in the Persian Gulf
By Rouzbeh Parsi, Lund University * This memo was prepared for the “Visions of Gulf Security” workshop, March 9, 2014.…
Continue ReadingThe roots and future of sectarianism in the Gulf
By Frederic M. Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * This memo was prepared for the “Visions of Gulf Security”…
Continue ReadingSaudi-Iranian rapprochement? The incentives and the obstacles
By F. Gregory Gause, III University of Vermont * This memo was prepared for the “Visions of Gulf Security” workshop,…
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