I'm thrilled to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 55: State and Regime Violence. Based on a POMEPS workshop jointly organized with Toby Dodge at LSE's Middle East Centre last fall, and edited and introduced by me, this collection brings together a diverse, top-notch group of
Why does nobody seems to notice anymore? For the last two months, Israel has maintained a complete blockade preventing food, medicine, and other humanitarian assistance from reaching the remnants of Gaza. Food and supplies stockpiled during the brief ceasefire have mostly run out, warns the World Food Programme, and little
Book review essays and podcasts about new publications on the Middle East are a regular feature of Abu Aardvark's MENA Academy. Two longtime areas of my research focus are Islamist movements and Arab media. Especially before the 2011 Arab uprisings, I published regularly about the transformative effects of
Welcome to The Ghost of Abu Aardvark! I decided to leave Substack because of its well-documented Nazi problem and its consistent promotion of highly objectionable authors and ideas. If you subscribed to the Substack blog, hopefully the transition to Ghost will be smooth and easy; please let me know if
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Plus a special focus on recent academic work on Syria's Post-Asad transition
Middle East Politics and the Academy
Why does Trump hate Tunisian olive oil and American allies?
Plus Columbia promises to airdrop pro-Israeli faculty into departments and deportations accelerate.
Plus why I'm not renewing my APSA membership or attending the 2025 conference.
This week's roundup from the MENA Academy, amidst another barrage of terrible news.
The new round of the Middle East Scholars Barometer captures the dangers of the moment
Plus renewed war with Houthis, closing Alhurra and a roundup from the weekend
It's not just punishing protestors - two of the government's demands are far worse.
Plus: a new blog format for perilous times
Plus this week's review of great new research in the MENA Academy!
Why are Israel and the US trying to destabilize a promising transition?
When should we start reading American politics through the Middle East Studies literature?
Great scholarship being produced despite...everything.