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POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast

Discussing news and innovations in the Middle East.

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Sectarianism in the Gulf: A Conversation with Toby Matthiesen (S. 6, Ep. 7)

Sectarianism in the Gulf: A Conversation with Toby Matthiesen (S. 6, Ep. 7)

On this week's podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Toby Matthiesen about sectarianism in the Gulf, particularly looking at S... Read more

6 Nov 2017

23mins

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Why Terrorists Quit: A Conversation with Julie Chernov Hwang (S. 6, Ep. 19)

Why Terrorists Quit: A Conversation with Julie Chernov Hwang (S. 6, Ep. 19)

On this week's podcast, Julie Chernov Hwang talks about her new book, Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesi... Read more

16 Apr 2018

23mins

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Conflict in Iraq: A Conversation with Carter Malkasian (S. 6, Ep. 2)

Conflict in Iraq: A Conversation with Carter Malkasian (S. 6, Ep. 2)

Carter Malkasian speaks about the recent history of conflict in Iraq and how it it laid the foundation for the Islamic S... Read more

18 Sep 2017

25mins

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Politics in South Yemen: A Conversation with Susanne Dahlgren (S. 6, Ep. 9)

Politics in South Yemen: A Conversation with Susanne Dahlgren (S. 6, Ep. 9)

Marc Lynch speaks with Susanne Dahlgren about Yemen. Dahlgren is the author of Contesting Realities: The Public Sphere a... Read more

28 Nov 2017

20mins

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Islamist Political Mobilization: A Conversation with Quinn Mecham (S. 6, Ep. 14)

Islamist Political Mobilization: A Conversation with Quinn Mecham (S. 6, Ep. 14)

On this week's podcast, Quinn Mecham talks about his new book, Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization,... Read more

12 Feb 2018

23mins

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Revolution Without Revolutionaries: A Conversation with Asef Bayat (S. 6, Ep. 18)

Revolution Without Revolutionaries: A Conversation with Asef Bayat (S. 6, Ep. 18)

On this week's podcast, Asef Bayat talks about his new book, Revolution Without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Ara... Read more

26 Mar 2018

21mins

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Salafi-Jihadism: A Conversation with Shiraz Maher (S. 7, Ep. 12)

Salafi-Jihadism: A Conversation with Shiraz Maher (S. 7, Ep. 12)

Shiraz Maher speaks with Marc Lynch about his new book, Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea. In the book, he explore... Read more

4 Apr 2019

22mins

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Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: A Conversation with Curtis Ryan (S. 7, Ep. 3)

Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: A Conversation with Curtis Ryan (S. 7, Ep. 3)

Curtis Ryan discusses his new book, Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State, on thi... Read more

3 Oct 2018

23mins

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China’s Relations with the Gulf Monarchies: A Conversation with Jonathan Fulton (S. 8, Ep. 5)

China’s Relations with the Gulf Monarchies: A Conversation with Jonathan Fulton (S. 8, Ep. 5)

On this week's podcast, Jonathan Fulton talks about his book China's Relations with the Gulf Monarchies with Marc Lynch.... Read more

21 Feb 2020

27mins

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How Violence Shapes Religion: A Conversation with Ziya Meral (S. 7, Ep. 9)

How Violence Shapes Religion: A Conversation with Ziya Meral (S. 7, Ep. 9)

Ziya Meral speaks with Marc Lynch about his latest book, How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict in the Middle... Read more

4 Feb 2019

25mins

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Israel and Nonstate Actors: A conversation with Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili (S. 7, Ep. 10)

Israel and Nonstate Actors: A conversation with Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili (S. 7, Ep. 10)

Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili talk about their new book, Triadic Coercion: Israel’s Targeting of States That Host Nonst... Read more

21 Feb 2019

26mins

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Violent Islamism: A Conversation with Thomas Hegghammer (S. 7, Ep. 8)

Violent Islamism: A Conversation with Thomas Hegghammer (S. 7, Ep. 8)

On this week's episode of the POMEPS Conversation Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Thomas Hegghammer, an expert on violen... Read more

28 Jan 2019

25mins

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U.S. Interventionism in the Middle East: A Conversation with Jason Brownlee (S. 7, Ep. 6)

U.S. Interventionism in the Middle East: A Conversation with Jason Brownlee (S. 7, Ep. 6)

Jason Brownlee researches and teaches about authoritarianism and political emancipation. He is the author of Authoritari... Read more

2 Nov 2018

23mins

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Identity and Politics in a Globalized Saudi Arabia: Mark C. Thompson (S. 8, Ep. 8)

Identity and Politics in a Globalized Saudi Arabia: Mark C. Thompson (S. 8, Ep. 8)

On this week's podcast, Mark C. Thompson talks about his new book, Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics in... Read more

13 Mar 2020

27mins

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Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East: A Conversation With Ariel I. Ahram (S. 7, Ep. 11)

Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East: A Conversation With Ariel I. Ahram (S. 7, Ep. 11)

Ariel I. Ahram speaks with Marc Lynch about his new book, Break all the Borders: Separatism and the Reshaping of the Mid... Read more

25 Mar 2019

21mins

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Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad: A Conversation with Aaron Zelin (S. 8, Ep. 3)

Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad: A Conversation with Aaron Zelin (S. 8, Ep. 3)

This week's podcast is a conversation with Aaron Y. Zelin who discusses his new book, Your Sons Are at Your Service: Tun... Read more

7 Feb 2020

28mins

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Houses Built on Sand: A Conversation with Simon Mabon (S. 8, Ep. 4)

Houses Built on Sand: A Conversation with Simon Mabon (S. 8, Ep. 4)

Simon Mabon speaks about his new book, Houses Built on Sand: Violence, Sectarianism and Revolution in the Middle East, w... Read more

14 Feb 2020

24mins

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The Idea of the Muslim World: A Conversation with Cemil Aydin (S. 5, Ep. 38)

The Idea of the Muslim World: A Conversation with Cemil Aydin (S. 5, Ep. 38)

How did the idea of a unified global Muslim community come about? That's the question Cemil Aydin and Marc Lynch tackle ... Read more

26 Jun 2017

23mins

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Iran Reframed: A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli (S. 8, Ep. 1)

Iran Reframed: A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli (S. 8, Ep. 1)

Launching our new season of the POMEPS Conversations podcast, Narges Bajoghli discusses her book, Iran Reframed: Anxieti... Read more

24 Jan 2020

25mins

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A Half Century of Occupation: A Conversation with Gershon Shafir (S. 6, Ep. 16)

A Half Century of Occupation: A Conversation with Gershon Shafir (S. 6, Ep. 16)

On today's podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Gershon Shafir about his latest book, A Half Century of Occupation: Israel, P... Read more

22 Mar 2018

22mins

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