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Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East
I'm pleased to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 60 Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East. It's based on a workshop I ran with Waleed Hazbun at the University of Alabama a few months ago, and builds on the series of regional international relations projects
Resurgency and Warscape in Iraq
This Must Be The Podcast: Kali Rubaii Resurgency, by Iraqi-American anthropologist Kali Rubaii, is one of the best books I've read about Middle East politics in the last few years. Based on years of ethnographic research with Iraqi farmers from Anbar, many of them displaced into Iraqi
This Must Be The Podcast: Jason Brownlee
Plus two great new reviews of America's Middle East Jason Brownlee joins me on this week's podcast episode to talk about his new book Force Without Authority (Oxford University Press, 2026). Brownlee is well known in the Middle East political science community for his work on
AI and Middle East Political Science
There's a lot happening in the Middle East these days. But when Middle East academics get together, more likely than not the main topic of conversation is going to be how everyone is handling the use of AI in the classroom. So it's exciting to see