Lihi Ben Shitrit, University of Georgia, lben@uga.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. In her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which has received renewed attention following its
Unequal Citizens: State Limitations on Women’s Nationality Rights
Lillian Frost, Virginia Tech, lfrost@vt.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. “When you turn 18, you realize you are a stranger, but I don’t know Syria. People
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
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