Rethinking Nation and Nationalism POMEPS Studies 14 — June 2, 2015 You couldn’t swing a dead imperialist last summer without hitting…
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Syria
The Islamic State identity and legacies of Baath rule in Syria’s northeast
By Kevin Mazur, Princeton University * This memo was prepared for the “Rethinking Nations and Nationalism” workshop hosted at the…
Continue ReadingPOMEPS Conversations: Raphaël Lefèvre (S. 3, Ep. 11)
#46 — February 10, 2015. The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science,…
Continue Reading“Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East” – A Conversation with Joel S. Migdal
Joel S. Migdal is the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson…
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Syria and the Islamic State
Syria and the Islamic State POMEPS Briefing 25 — October 1, 2014 Syria’s nearly four year civil war took a…
Continue ReadingEthics and Research on the Middle East
By Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University * This memo was prepared as part of the “Ethics and Research in the Middle…
Continue ReadingTRE Spotlight: Wendy Pearlman
Wendy Pearlman, a POMEPS Travel-Research-Engagement (TRE) grant recipient, recently published “Fathers of Revolution” in Guernica based on extensive fieldwork with Syrian refugees in camps…
Continue ReadingPierret: Religion and State in Syria
In fall 2013, Marc Lynch published “A Syria Reading list” to aid those seeking to understand the conflict in Syria at a…
Continue ReadingChallenges of the Syrian Opposition
Panelists discuss the insurgency in Syria, the organizational problems of the Syrian opposition and how will these challenges shape the conflict…
Continue ReadingCourting Fitnah: Saudi responses to the Arab Uprisings
By Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University * This memo was prepared for the “Visions of Gulf Security” workshop, March 9,…
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