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
Is there an Islamist advantage at war?
Marc Lynch, George Washington University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. A rich academic literature on Islamist political participation has evolved over the last two decades,