Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. Identity politics traditionally has figured prominently in the study of the international relations of the Middle
Qatar and the GCC Crisis and the Impact on Scholarship on the Gulf
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. The June 2017 rupture in relations between Qatar and four
The marginalization of Iraqi Islamists in political science
David Siddhartha Patel, Brandeis University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. In 2014—after the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt and the resignation of the
The Ethical Challenges of Field Research in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Daniel Masterson, Stanford University and Lama Mourad, Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative and University of Toronto This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. The Syrian refugee
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,