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Adaptation Strategies of Islamist Movements, POMEPS Studies 26
Description: Long repressed, banned, and exiled, many Islamist movements and parties across the Middle East and North Africa witnessed a moment of electoral success after the 2011 uprisings. Since then, their fates have varied widely. Some have made significant compromises to stay in power, others have... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International relations, Middle East, Arab Spring, POMEPS Studies, Islam, North Africa, and Political science GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Visions of Gulf Security, POMEPS Studies 7
Description: The turbulence in Gulf security politics today is difficult to miss: unusually sharp public splits in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), rising sectarian tensions, tough moves against the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist movements, and markedly harsh crackdowns on even minor forms of public... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Gulf, Middle East, Political Science, Islam, North Africa, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Rethinking Islamist Politics, POMEPS Studies 6
Description: The Arab uprisings of 2011 radically reshaped the environment within which Islamist movements had evolved over the preceding decades, causing rapid, disorienting changes in their strategies, ideologies, and organizations. The last three years have produced an enormous amount of new information... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Middle East, Political Science, Islam, North Africa, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
The Politics of Sectarianism, POMEPS Studies 4
Description: A group of Syrian-Americans arrived at an academic conference at Lehigh University last week in Bashar al-Assad t-shirts and draped in Syrian flags adorned with Assad’s face. They repeatedly heckled and interrupted speakers, and one told an opposition figure that he deserved a bullet in the head.... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Sectarianism, Middle East, Political Science, Islam, and North Africa GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Islamism in the IS Age, POMEPS Studies 12
Description: The “IS-ification of Islamist politics,” in Khalil al-Anani’s felicitous phrase, has reshaped the ideological and strategic incentives for Islamist groups and their adversaries. It has also posed a new challenge to the categories, concepts and expectations of the academics who study them. In... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Middle East, POMEPS Studies, Islamism, Islam, North Africa, and Political Science GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Local Politics and Islamist Movements, POMEPS Studies 27
Description: Scholars and policymakers have increasingly recognized that Islamist movements and actors vary widely – from domestically oriented, quietist movements engaging in democratic systems to revolutionary, armed movements aiming to upend the nation-state system. Yet little has been done to understand... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International relations, Middle East, POMEPS Studies, Islamism, Islam, North Africa, Political science, and Local politics GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
The New Salafi Politics, POMEPS Studies 2
Description: Few developments associated with the Arab uprisings have generated as much concern as the rapid emergence of Salafi movements into the public arena. The performance of al-Nour Party in Egypt’s parliamentary elections stunned many observers. Waves of attacks on Sufi shrines in Tunisia and Libya,... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Middle East, Political Science, Islamism, Islam, North Africa, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
THe Ethics of Research in the Middle East, POMEPS Studies 8
Description: What are the ethical obligations of an academic studying today’s Middle East? Have the Arab uprisings changed how scholars must weigh ethical and moral concerns in their research? How should academics incorporate their ethical commitments into their social scientific research agendas or policy... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Ethics, Middle East, Political Science, Islam, and North Africa GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Islam and International Order, POMEPS Studies 15
Description: Islam has rarely been far from the center of the world’s political and security agenda in the decade and a half since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack against the United States. The range of issues to which Islam has been deemed central is staggering, from transnational terrorism and... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: International Relations, Middle East, POMEPS Studies, Islam, North Africa, and Political Science GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Political Science of Syria's War, POMEPS Studies 5
Description: Syria is about to enter its third year of a brutal conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people and driven millions from their homes. What was originally a peaceful uprising has devolved into the world’s bloodiest civil war, fueled by an array of foreign interventions on all sides. The... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: Political Science , International Relations, Middle East, POMEPS Studies, Islam, North Africa, and Syria GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article