Ala’ Alrababa’h, Stanford University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. Middle East scholars have long relied on Arabic news media to understand the priorities of Arab
Using Social Media Data to Study Arab Politics
Alexandra A. Siegel, Stanford University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2019. Download the PDF of the piece here. From clerics with millions of online followers and government-sponsored bot armies, to activists organizing and
Text as Data: Applications of Automated Text Analysis in the Middle East and North Africa
Alexandra Blackman, New York University – Abu Dhabi This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. How do political parties in Tunisia present their economic platforms? How do
Surveying Nuclear Attitudes in the Middle East: Perceptions, Misperceptions, and Future Research
Surveying Nuclear Attitudes in the Middle East: Perceptions, Misperceptions, and Future Research[1] Matt Buehler, University of Tennessee This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. The Middle East
Religious Ideology or Particularistic Benefits? Explaining Ennahda’s Electoral Success in Tunisia
Lindsay J. Benstead, Portland State University This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2, Fall 2019. Download the PDF of this piece here. Scholars are interested in understanding why parties develop constituencies during transitional elections and what