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
Introduction: Islamists at War
This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Islamist movements have been deeply involved in a wide range of civil wars over the last decade. How, if at all, has their involvement differed from the
How many is one too many? Israeli Elections 2018 – 2020
Tamar Hermann, The Open University of Israel and the Israel Democracy Institute, tamarhe@gmail.com This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Between 2018-2020 Israel set a national – perhaps
Religious Authority and Political Instability in Israel
Michael Freedman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, mrfreed@mit.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Jewish religious political parties have historically played an important role in Israeli politics. Religious
It’s Us or Them: Partisan Polarization in Israel and Beyond
Lotem Bassan-Nygate, University of Wisconsin – Madison, lbassan@wisc.edu, and Chagai M. Weiss, University of Wisconsin – Madison, cmweiss3@wisc.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. Jewish Israelis are