#15 – February 13, 2013. The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science,…
Continue ReadingReform
Arab Uprisings: Jordan, Forever on the Brink
Jordan, Forever on the Brink POMEPS Briefing 11 – May 9, 2012 The sudden, unprecedented resignation by Jordan’s Prime Minister…
Continue Reading“Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation” – A Conversation with Ashraf Khalil
Ashraf Khalil is a Cairo-based independent journalist who has covered the Middle East for a variety of publications including The…
Continue ReadingIslamic Politics and Women’s Quest for Gender Equality in Iran
Is gender equality possible in an Islamic political system? Homa Hoodfar and Shadi Sadr argue that, at least in the…
Continue ReadingPower and the Ascendance of New Economic Policy Ideas: Lessons from the 1980s Crisis in Israel
The financial crisis in Israel in the 1970s and early 1980s presented policy experts with the opportunity to radically transform…
Continue ReadingEnough!: Egypt’s Quest for Democracy
What determines when protest movements take off in Egypt and the success of these movements? This question asked so frequently…
Continue Reading