This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. The topic of women and gender in MENA politics has long been associated with Islam because of a historically-held notion that Islam determines every aspect of life
Islamist Identity Politics in Conflict Settings
Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University, mortenv@ps.au.dk; Jeroen Gunning, King’s College London, jeroen.gunning@kcl.ac.uk This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Do identities matter for explaining the behavior of Islamist actors
Islamist Radicalization and Civil War
Elizabeth R. Nugent, Yale University, elizabeth.nugent@yale.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Do war conditions radicalize Islamist political actors? If so, how? And are Islamist actors radicalized
Islamism in Civil War
Nicholas J. Lotito, Yale University, nicholas.lotito@yale.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Political violence perpetrated by Islamists is most often considered in the context of terrorism, rather
War, Displacement, and the Islamist Advantage
Steven Brooke, University of Wisconsin – Madison, sbrooke@wisc.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Two interrelated features of the contemporary Middle East are ongoing insurgencies and the