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Harvard can't capitulate hard enough
Plus Columbia promises to airdrop pro-Israeli faculty into departments and deportations accelerate.
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The Yemen Model (Extreme Stupidity Era)
Plus why I'm not renewing my APSA membership or attending the 2025 conference.
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Decentralization in the Middle East
This week's roundup from the MENA Academy, amidst another barrage of terrible news.
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Academic self-censorship under Trump
The new round of the Middle East Scholars Barometer captures the dangers of the moment
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Coalitions for collective action, moral panics and perfect victims
Plus renewed war with Houthis, closing Alhurra and a roundup from the weekend
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Columbia and the next front in the war on higher education
It's not just punishing protestors - two of the government's demands are far worse.
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The accelerating assault on Middle East Studies - and higher education.
Plus: a new blog format for perilous times
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Has Iran lost the Middle East? Not so fast.
Plus this week's review of great new research in the MENA Academy!
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Don't Ruin Syria's Day After
Why are Israel and the US trying to destabilize a promising transition?
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King Trump and the Arab Gulf Monarchies
When should we start reading American politics through the Middle East Studies literature?
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Catching Up with the MENA Academy
Great scholarship being produced despite...everything.
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Debating US Primacy in the Middle East
Announcing a new and rather relevant new publication at a regrettably pivotal time