Podcasts about middle east political science

Regional Repercussions of the War is a public talk and discussion featuring Marc Lynch, faculty and director of the Project on Middle East Political Science at George Washington University. The event was held and recorded on Feb. 13, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in Architecture Hall at the University of Washington in Seattle. This event is part of our Winter 2024 War in the Middle East Lecture Series on the aftermath of Oct. 7, the war in Gaza and responses worldwide. Moderator: Resat Kasaba, Jackson School Professor and Middle East expert Sponsored by Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Social Sciences Division at the College of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, in partnership with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

On this week's episode of the podcast, Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland joins Marc Lynch to discuss the Middle East Scholar Barometer. The Middle East Scholar Barometer is a project of University of Maryland's Critical Issues Poll and George Washington University's Project on Middle East Political Science. It aims to probe the assessments of scholars of the Middle East, particularly members of the American Political Science Association specializing on the Middle East and North Africa and members of Middle East Studies Association, on critical issues of the day. Telhami discusses the origins of the Middle East Scholar Barometer, how it's run and what it measures. Music for this season's podcast was created by Malika Zarra. You can find more of her work on Instagram and Linktree.

Ch12 Triumph over Adversity: Reflections on the Practice of Middle East Political Science by Marc Lynch

Join us for this forum on the military coup in Sudan and the mass resistance against it. In 2019, Sudan's mass democratic uprising toppled the country's despised dictator, Omar al-Bashir, and secured a power sharing agreement between civilian leaders and the military with the promise of elections for a new government. In October 2021 the military reneged on that pledge and carried out a coup, arresting activists across the country. The people have now returned to the streets in mass numbers to defend their revolution. Speakers: Raga Makawi is a Sudanese democracy activist living in London. She is principal editor on the Debating Ideas platform at African Arguments, as well as leading publications and website administrator at the Rift Valley Institute (RVI). She is co-author of Sudan's Unfinished Democracy: The Promise and Betrayal of a People's Revolution (forthcoming in March from Hurst Publishers) and Honorary Research Associate at the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA). Previously, she was a commissioning editor with Zed Books. Muzan Alneel is an activist and writer in Sudan. She is co-founder and Managing Director of the Innovation, Science and Technology Think Tank for People-Centered Development (ISTiNAD) in Khartoum and is a non-resident Fellow of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), focusing on a people-centric approach to economy, industry and the environment in Sudan. She also consults on industrial policy at the Industrial Research and Consultancy Center (IRCC) in Sudan. Jean-Baptiste Gallopin is a researcher working on the Horn of Africa. The former Sudan researcher at Amnesty International, he has written on the role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Sudan's counter-revolution and the political economy of the Sudanese transition. His writing has appeared in Le Monde Diplomatique, the London Review of Books, Democracy & Security, and the Project on Middle East Political Science. He holds a PhD in sociology from Yale. This event is co-sponsored by Internationalism from Below, the Tempest Collective, Africa is a Country, DSA AfroSocialists & Socialists of Color Caucus, Dissenters, New Politics, Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), Spring Magazine, and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/OihwYEacdpA Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

On this week's POMEPS Conversation Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Sune Haugbølle. Haugbølle is an associate professor at Roskilde University, and much of his research focuses on Leftist movements in the Middle East. "Before the Arab uprisings, I had a sense for a long time that there's a real gap in the historiography of the modern Middle East. Leftists groups,"Haugbølle says, "Have really been understudied. There's a lot we don't know about them— and I think that lack of knowledge came from the notion that somehow the left had ceased to be important." "I'm trying to see what the historical memory of failures and trasitions of the Left in the last couple of decades means today for the Leftist activitists, militants, intellectuals today," says Haugbølle. "The history of the Arab Left is global." In today's world, Haugbølle argues, "The new Left is a fragmented field of smaller movements. It's by definition a vast array of influences." "Obviously the Middle East is not in the throes of the American homogeneity that it used to be years ago. And they're trying to find their feet in that." The Left must question of imperialism, especially with the conflict in Syria, says Haugbølle. "We re-conceptualize the struggle in this confused, post-revolutionary period that we're in. That comes for the fore in the question of: Syria. Do you see the Russian intervention as a sort of protection of a popular regime with legitimacy, a people's army that needs to be protected from America's attempt to smash it? Or do you see that equally as imperialism? Most of the international socialists have taken the line that the Russian intervention is also a form of imperialism. You get splits over that." "There's an intellectual history and a political history. There's so much we don't know. There's so many achieves people haven't looked at. Journals people haven't read yet," says Haugbølle.

On this week's POMEPS Conversation Podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Sune Haugbølle. Haugbølle is an associate professor at Roskilde University, and much of his research focuses on Leftist movements in the Middle East. "Before the Arab uprisings, I had a sense for a long time that there's a real gap in the historiography of the modern Middle East. Leftists groups,"Haugbølle says, "Have really been understudied. There's a lot we don't know about them— and I think that lack of knowledge came from the notion that somehow the left had ceased to be important." "I'm trying to see what the historical memory of failures and trasitions of the Left in the last couple of decades means today for the Leftist activitists, militants, intellectuals today," says Haugbølle. "The history of the Arab Left is global." In today's world, Haugbølle argues, "The new Left is a fragmented field of smaller movements. It's by definition a vast array of influences." "Obviously the Middle East is not in the throes of the American homogeneity that it used to be years ago. And they're trying to find their feet in that." The Left must question of imperialism, especially with the conflict in Syria, says Haugbølle. "We re-conceptualize the struggle in this confused, post-revolutionary period that we're in. That comes for the fore in the question of: Syria. Do you see the Russian intervention as a sort of protection of a popular regime with legitimacy, a people's army that needs to be protected from America's attempt to smash it? Or do you see that equally as imperialism? Most of the international socialists have taken the line that the Russian intervention is also a form of imperialism. You get splits over that." "There's an intellectual history and a political history. There's so much we don't know. There's so many achieves people haven't looked at. Journals people haven't read yet," says Haugbølle.

If you follow the Middle East at all, you've probably read the works of my guest today, Marc Lynch.   Marc publishes widely and in a wide variety of mediums. He's got a high volume Twitter feed under the handle @AbuAardvark and writes regularly for the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post.    He is a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, and the founder and director of the Project on Middle East Political Science among other affiliations.    He is someone whose work I have  learned from and followed for several years We spend about the first 20 minutes or so talking about his new book, The New Arab Wars: Anarchy and Uprising in the Middle East, which explores the Arab Spring and its fallout through the prism of international relations and regional politics.   Marc discusses how he became interested in the middle east through an internship early in college, and the evolving nature of one of his key research subjects over his career, the relationship between media and politics in the Middle East. And of course, stick around until the end for his musings on how international relations theory can explain rivalries in hip hop.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, with Michael Wahid Hanna & Thanassis Cambanis of The Century Foundation. They talk about the upcoming fifth anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on January 25, and the challenges facing Egypt today.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks to Sarah Bush, assistant professor of political science at Temple University. She is the author of The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Lynch and Bush discuss this new book, which looks at democracy promotion in Jordan and Tunisia.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks to Sarah Bush, assistant professor of political science at Temple University. She is the author of The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Lynch and Bush discuss this new book, which looks at democracy promotion in Jordan and Tunisia.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Monica Marks, a visiting fellow at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion and a doctoral fellow with the WAFAW program in Aix-en-Provence, France. Marks is a doctoral candidate at St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. Lynch and Marks discuss Islamist movements and society in Tunisia, as well as Egypt.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Monica Marks, a visiting fellow at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion and a doctoral fellow with the WAFAW program in Aix-en-Provence, France. Marks is a doctoral candidate at St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. Lynch and Marks discuss Islamist movements and society in Tunisia, as well as Egypt.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Raphaël Lefèvre, a Gates Scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, as well as a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. He is the author of Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (Oxford University Press, 2013) and co-author of State and Islam in Baathist Syria: Confrontation or Co-Optation? (Lynne Rienner, 2012). Lynch and Lefèvre discuss the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, the Syrian Civil War, and Lebanon.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Raphaël Lefèvre, a Gates Scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, as well as a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. He is the author of Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (Oxford University Press, 2013) and co-author of State and Islam in Baathist Syria: Confrontation or Co-Optation? (Lynne Rienner, 2012). Lynch and Lefèvre discuss the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, the Syrian Civil War, and Lebanon.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Richard A. Nielsen, assistant professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of his work is published or forthcoming in The American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, and Sociological Methods and Research. His current work uses statistical text analysis and fieldwork in Cairo mosques to understand the radicalization of jihadi clerics in the Arab world. Lynch and Nielsen discuss this work and his dissertation and book project, The Lonely Jihadist: Weak Networks and the Radicalization of Muslim Clerics, which explores why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihad while most do not.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Richard A. Nielsen, assistant professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of his work is published or forthcoming in The American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, and Sociological Methods and Research. His current work uses statistical text analysis and fieldwork in Cairo mosques to understand the radicalization of jihadi clerics in the Arab world. Lynch and Nielsen discuss this work and his dissertation and book project, The Lonely Jihadist: Weak Networks and the Radicalization of Muslim Clerics, which explores why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihad while most do not.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Michael Herb, associate professor of political science at Georgia State University. He is the author of All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies. Lynch and Herb discuss economic development and politics in the Persian Gulf and his new release The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Michael Herb, associate professor of political science at Georgia State University. He is the author of All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies. Lynch and Herb discuss economic development and politics in the Persian Gulf and his new release The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Laurie A. Brand, Robert Grandford Wright Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Chair of the Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom. Brand is the author of several works, including Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa (2006). Lynch and Brand discuss national narratives and the construction of histories in Egypt, Algeria, and Jordan, and her most recent book Official Stories: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria (2014).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Laurie A. Brand, Robert Grandford Wright Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Chair of the Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom. Brand is the author of several works, including Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa (2006). Lynch and Brand discuss national narratives and the construction of histories in Egypt, Algeria, and Jordan, and her most recent book Official Stories: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria (2014).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Melani Cammett, associate professor of political science at Brown University, as well as a faculty fellow at Brown’s Watson Institute for International Studies and a faculty associate at the Population Studies and Training Center. She is the author of Globalization and Business Politics in North Africa: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press 2007, 2010). Lynch and Cammett discuss political parties and social service provision as well as her recent books Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon (2014) and The Politics of Non-state Social Welfare (2014).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Melani Cammett, associate professor of political science at Brown University, as well as a faculty fellow at Brown’s Watson Institute for International Studies and a faculty associate at the Population Studies and Training Center. She is the author of Globalization and Business Politics in North Africa: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press 2007, 2010). Lynch and Cammett discuss political parties and social service provision as well as her recent books Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon (2014) and The Politics of Non-state Social Welfare (2014).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Joel S. Migdal, the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Migdal is the author of Boundaries and Belonging: States and Societies in the Struggle to Shape Identities and Local Practices (2004), The Palestinian People: A History (2003), Through the Lens of Israel: Explorations in State and Society (2001), and several other works. Lynch and Migdal discuss governance, the Arab Uprisings, U.S. foreign policy, and his recent release Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East (2014).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Joel S. Migdal, the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Migdal is the author of Boundaries and Belonging: States and Societies in the Struggle to Shape Identities and Local Practices (2004), The Palestinian People: A History (2003), Through the Lens of Israel: Explorations in State and Society (2001), and several other works. Lynch and Migdal discuss governance, the Arab Uprisings, U.S. foreign policy, and his recent release Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East (2014).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Hisham D. Aidi, lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is the author of Redeploying the State: Corporatism, Neoliberalism and Coalition Politics (2008) and co-editor of Black Routes to Islam (2009). Lynch and Aidi discuss his recent release Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture as well as jazz diplomacy, Hip Hop, and Islam.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Hisham D. Aidi, lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is the author of Redeploying the State: Corporatism, Neoliberalism and Coalition Politics (2008) and co-editor of Black Routes to Islam (2009). Lynch and Aidi discuss his recent release Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture as well as jazz diplomacy, Hip Hop, and Islam.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Norma Claire Moruzzi, associate professor of gender and women’s studies and political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of Speaking Through the Mask: Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Social Identity, which won the 2002 Gradiva Book Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Moruzzi is currently working on a project on the changing roles of secular middle class women in contemporary Iran. Lynch and Moruzzi discuss the status of women in Iran under President Hassan Rouhani, as well as women’s education and political participation. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2014/09/17/pomeps-conversations-38-with-norma-claire-moruzzi-91714/#sthash.rs4dGJuq.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Norma Claire Moruzzi, associate professor of gender and women’s studies and political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of Speaking Through the Mask: Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Social Identity, which won the 2002 Gradiva Book Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Moruzzi is currently working on a project on the changing roles of secular middle class women in contemporary Iran. Lynch and Moruzzi discuss the status of women in Iran under President Hassan Rouhani, as well as women’s education and political participation.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Kaveh Ehsani, assistant professor of international studies at DePaul University. He is the author of the forthcoming book Oil and Society: Abadan and Urban Modernity in 20th Century Iran and co-author of the forthcoming book The New Politics of Post-Revolution Iran. Lynch and Ehsani discuss Iranian politics, the presidencies of Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Khatami, and Iranian football.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Kaveh Ehsani, assistant professor of international studies at DePaul University. He is the author of the forthcoming book Oil and Society: Abadan and Urban Modernity in 20th Century Iran and co-author of the forthcoming book The New Politics of Post-Revolution Iran. Lynch and Ehsani discuss Iranian politics, the presidencies of Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Khatami, and Iranian football.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Tarek Masoud, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-editor of Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics (2004) and Order, Conflict, and Violence (2008). Lynch and Masoud discuss his recent release Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt as well as political Islam and the present state of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Tarek Masoud, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-editor of Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics (2004) and Order, Conflict, and Violence (2008). Lynch and Masoud discuss his recent release Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt as well as political Islam and the present state of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Sheila Carapico, professor of political science and international studies and coordinator of the international studies program at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of activism in Modern Arabia (1998). Lynch and Carapico discuss her recent release Political Aid and Arab Activism: Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation as well as Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference and the impacts of U.S. drone strikes on Yemen.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Sheila Carapico, professor of political science and international studies and coordinator of the international studies program at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of activism in Modern Arabia (1998). Lynch and Carapico discuss her recent release Political Aid and Arab Activism: Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation as well as Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference and the impacts of U.S. drone strikes on Yemen.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, associate professor of political science at Emory University. Wickham’s research focuses on the origins of political opposition in authoritarian settings, particularly the rise of Islamic activism in Egypt and other Arab states. She is the author of Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt. Lynch and Wickham discuss Islamist movements and Wickham’s recent release The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, associate professor of political science at Emory University. Wickham’s research focuses on the origins of political opposition in authoritarian settings, particularly the rise of Islamic activism in Egypt and other Arab states. She is the author of Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt. Lynch and Wickham discuss Islamist movements and Wickham’s recent release The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with François Burgat, senior researcher at CNRS at the Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM) in Aix-en-Provence, France and principal investigator of When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World. Burgat’s research focuses on politics in the contemporary Arab world and Islamism with a concentration on Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. He is the author of Islamism in the Shadow of al Qaeda (2008), Face to Face with Political Islam (2002), and The Islamic Movement in North Africa (1997). Lynch and Burgat discuss the evolution of Islamic Movements and current dynamics in political Islam.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with François Burgat, senior researcher at CNRS at the Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM) in Aix-en-Provence, France and principal investigator of When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World. Burgat’s research focuses on politics in the contemporary Arab world and Islamism with a concentration on Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. He is the author of Islamism in the Shadow of al Qaeda (2008), Face to Face with Political Islam (2002), and The Islamic Movement in North Africa (1997). Lynch and Burgat discuss the evolution of Islamic Movements and current dynamics in political Islam.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Thomas Hegghammer, director of terrorism research at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). Hegghammer’s research centers on Islamic militancy and transnational terrorist groups. He is the author of Jihad in Saudi Arabia (2010) and co-author of The Meccan Rebellion (2001) and al-Qaida in its Own Words (2008). Lynch and Hegghammer discuss jihadist trends and Syria.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Thomas Hegghammer, director of terrorism research at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). Hegghammer’s research centers on Islamic militancy and transnational terrorist groups. He is the author of Jihad in Saudi Arabia (2010) and co-author of The Meccan Rebellion (2001) and al-Qaida in its Own Words (2008). Lynch and Hegghammer discuss jihadist trends and Syria.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with David Faris, assistant professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University where he teaches Egyptian and Middle Eastern Politics. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Pennsylvania University. Lynch and Faris discuss social media, the Egyptian revolution, and Faris’s new book Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with David Faris, assistant professor of Political Science at Roosevelt University where he teaches Egyptian and Middle Eastern Politics. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Pennsylvania University. Lynch and Faris discuss social media, the Egyptian revolution, and Faris’s new book Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Ian Lustick, professor of political science and Bess W. Heyman Chair at the University of Pennsylvania. Lustick is a past president of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association and of the Association for Israel Studies, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Trapped in the War on Terror (2006), For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (1988), Unsettled States, Disputed lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza (1993), and State Building in British Ireland and French Algeria (1985). Lynch and Lustick discuss the Israeli and Palestinian peace process, and Lustick’s recent article “Two-State Illusion.”

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Ian Lustick, professor of political science and Bess W. Heyman Chair at the University of Pennsylvania. Lustick is a past president of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association and of the Association for Israel Studies, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Trapped in the War on Terror (2006), For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (1988), Unsettled States, Disputed lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza (1993), and State Building in British Ireland and French Algeria (1985). Lynch and Lustick discuss the Israeli and Palestinian peace process, and Lustick’s recent article “Two-State Illusion.”

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Aboubakr Jamaï, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow with the Robert Bosch Foundation and editor of the French version of Lakome.com. A Moroccan journalist, Jamaï was the publisher of the newspapers Le Journal Hebdomadaire and Assahifa al-Ousbouiya. In 2003, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Lynch and Jamaï discuss Moroccan media and press freedom. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/11/pomeps-conversation-29-with-aboubakr-jamai-1182013/#sthash.hoppmRZ8.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Aboubakr Jamaï, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow with the Robert Bosch Foundation and editor of the French version of Lakome.com. A Moroccan journalist, Jamaï was the publisher of the newspapers Le Journal Hebdomadaire and Assahifa al-Ousbouiya. In 2003, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Lynch and Jamaï discuss Moroccan media and press freedom. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/11/pomeps-conversation-29-with-aboubakr-jamai-1182013/#sthash.hoppmRZ8.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Toby Matthiesen, research fellow in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Matthiesen has previously worked as a Gulf Consultant for the International Crisis Group. He has published in The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Middle East Journal, and Middle East Report. Lynch and Matthiesen discuss sectarianism, the Arab Uprisings in the Gulf, and Matthiesen’s new book Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Toby Matthiesen, research fellow in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Matthiesen has previously worked as a Gulf Consultant for the International Crisis Group. He has published in The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Middle East Journal, and Middle East Report. Lynch and Matthiesen discuss sectarianism, the Arab Uprisings in the Gulf, and Matthiesen’s new book Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t.

Marc Lynch is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and of the Project on Middle East Political Science. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and edits the Middle East Channel for ForeignPolicy.com. He is the co-director of the Blogs and Bullets project at the United States Institute of Peace. Lynch publishes frequently on the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on information technology and political communication, Islamist movements, and the international politics of the region. His most recent book, The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East, published by PublicAffairs in 2012, was called "the most illuminating and, for policymakers, the most challenging" book yet written on the topic by The Economist. His other books include Voices of the New Arab Public: Al-Jazeera, Iraq, and Middle East Politics Today (2006), selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book, and State Interests and Public Spheres: The International Politics of Jordan's Identity (1999).

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Adria Lawrence, assistant professor of political science at Yale University and research fellow at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, where she studies conflict and collective action. Lynch and Lawrence discuss Moroccan politics and youth protest movements as well as her new book Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/10/pomeps-conversation-27-with-adria-lawrence-10252013/#sthash.bJck2wzK.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Adria Lawrence, assistant professor of political science at Yale University and research fellow at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, where she studies conflict and collective action. Lynch and Lawrence discuss Moroccan politics and youth protest movements as well as her new book Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with John Entelis, professor of political science and director of the Middle East Studies Program at Fordham University. He is the president of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). Entelis is the author or co-author of The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (1980, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2011), Culture and Counterculture in Moroccan Politics (1989,1996), State and Society in Algeria (1992), and Islam, Democracy, and the State in North Africa (1997). Lynch and Entelis discuss the uprisings in Tunisia and North Africa as well as historical and current political dynamics. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/10/pomeps-conversations-26-with-john-entelis-10182013/#sthash.tBcS9xVt.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with James Toth, an anthropologist at New York University Abu Dhabi. He has taught at the American University of Cairo and at Northeastern University. He is the author of Rural Labor Movements in Egypt and Their Impact in the State, 1961-1992. Lynch and Toth discuss his experience as an anthropologist in Egypt and his recent release Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/10/pomeps-conversations-25-with-james-toth-10102013/#sthash.6MAnjtdY.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with John Entelis, professor of political science and director of the Middle East Studies Program at Fordham University. He is the president of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). Entelis is the author or co-author of The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (1980, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2011), Culture and Counterculture in Moroccan Politics (1989,1996), State and Society in Algeria (1992), and Islam, Democracy, and the State in North Africa (1997). Lynch and Entelis discuss the uprisings in Tunisia and North Africa as well as historical and current political dynamics. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/10/pomeps-conversations-26-with-john-entelis-10182013/#sthash.tBcS9xVt.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with James Toth, an anthropologist at New York University Abu Dhabi. He has taught at the American University of Cairo and at Northeastern University. He is the author of Rural Labor Movements in Egypt and Their Impact in the State, 1961-1992. Lynch and Toth discuss his experience as an anthropologist in Egypt and his recent release Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/10/pomeps-conversations-25-with-james-toth-10102013/#sthash.6MAnjtdY.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Nathan J. Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Lynch and Brown discuss Egypt’s political crisis since the military takeover and the Egyptian constitution.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Nathan J. Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Lynch and Brown discuss Egypt’s political crisis since the military takeover and the Egyptian constitution.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Jenny White, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the anthropology department at Boston University. She is the author of Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics (2002, winner of the 2003 Douglass Prize for best book in Europeanist anthropology) and Money Makes Us Relatives: Women’s Labor in Urban Turkey (second edition, London: Routledge, 2004). She also has written three historical novels set in 19th century Istanbul: The Sultan’s Seal (2006), The Abyssinian Proof (2008), and The Winter Thief (2010). Lynch and White discuss White’s recent publication Muslim Nationalists and the New Turks as well as polarization in Turkish society.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Jenny White, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the anthropology department at Boston University. She is the author of Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics (2002, winner of the 2003 Douglass Prize for best book in Europeanist anthropology) and Money Makes Us Relatives: Women’s Labor in Urban Turkey (second edition, London: Routledge, 2004). She also has written three historical novels set in 19th century Istanbul: The Sultan’s Seal (2006), The Abyssinian Proof (2008), and The Winter Thief (2010). Lynch and White discuss White’s recent publication Muslim Nationalists and the New Turks as well as polarization in Turkish society.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain. Howard is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington and director of the World Information Access Project (wiaproject.org) and the Project on Information Technology and Political Islam (pitpi.org). Hussain is a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington’s Department of Communication, and comparative international researcher at the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE) focusing on information infrastructure and social organization, and digital media and political participation. Lynch, Howard, and Hussain discuss the use of digital media by civil society and their new book Democracy’s Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain. Howard is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington and director of the World Information Access Project (wiaproject.org) and the Project on Information Technology and Political Islam (pitpi.org). Hussain is a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington’s Department of Communication, and comparative international researcher at the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE) focusing on information infrastructure and social organization, and digital media and political participation. Lynch, Howard, and Hussain discuss the use of digital media by civil society and their new book Democracy’s Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, specializing in comparative politics and Middle East Studies. He is the author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which won national honors and was named a “Notable Book of 1994” by The New York Times, and was updated in 2009. Additionally, he authored Public Opinion in the Middle East: Survey Research and the Political Orientations of Ordinary Citizens (2011). Tessler also co-directs the Arab Barometer Survey project. Lynch and Tessler discuss survey research in the Middle East and North Africa and the Arab Barometer.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, specializing in comparative politics and Middle East Studies. He is the author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which won national honors and was named a “Notable Book of 1994” by The New York Times, and was updated in 2009. Additionally, he authored Public Opinion in the Middle East: Survey Research and the Political Orientations of Ordinary Citizens (2011). Tessler also co-directs the Arab Barometer Survey project. Lynch and Tessler discuss survey research in the Middle East and North Africa and the Arab Barometer.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of The Stakes: America and the Middle East which was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His other publications include Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, ed. with Michael Barnett (2002), The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008, ed. (2010), and The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011, co-authored with Dan Kurtzer, et al. (2012). He has been a principal investigator in the annual Arab Public Opinion Survey, conducted since 2002 in six Arab countries. Lynch and Telhami discuss the survey and Telhami’s new release The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/06/pomeps-conversations-20-with-shibleytelhami-6-7-13/#sthash.TVzgFSgZ.dpuf

June 7, 2013. The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of The Stakes: America and the Middle East which was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His other publications include Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, ed. with Michael Barnett (2002), The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008, ed. (2010), and The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011, co-authored with Dan Kurtzer, et al. (2012). He has been a principal investigator in the annual Arab Public Opinion Survey, conducted since 2002 in six Arab countries. Lynch and Telhami discuss the survey and Telhami’s new release The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East. - See more at: http://pomeps.org/2013/06/pomeps-conversations-20-with-shibleytelhami-6-7-13/#sthash.TVzgFSgZ.dpuf

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Stacey Philbrick Yadav, assistant professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, specializing in comparative politics of the Middle East. Philbrick Yadav’s research focuses on the role of Islamist organizations in the transformation of public spheres, concentrating on research in Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt, and Israel. Lynch and Philbrick Yadav discuss Lebanese and Yemeni political Islam and Philbrick Yadav’s new book Islamists and the State.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Stacey Philbrick Yadav, assistant professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, specializing in comparative politics of the Middle East. Philbrick Yadav’s research focuses on the role of Islamist organizations in the transformation of public spheres, concentrating on research in Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt, and Israel. Lynch and Philbrick Yadav discuss Lebanese and Yemeni political Islam and Philbrick Yadav’s new book Islamists and the State.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Christopher Davidson, reader in Middle East Politics in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. Davidson was formerly visiting associate professor at Kyoto University, and assistant professor at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of several books on the politics and international affairs of the Gulf states, including Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond, Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success, and The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: From Indifference to Interdependence. Lynch and Davidson discuss Gulf politics and Davidson's recent publication, After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Christopher Davidson, reader in Middle East Politics in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. Davidson was formerly visiting associate professor at Kyoto University, and assistant professor at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of several books on the politics and international affairs of the Gulf states, including Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond, Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success, and The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: From Indifference to Interdependence. Lynch and Davidson discuss Gulf politics and Davidson's recent publication, After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Lindsay Benstead, assistant professor of political science at Portland State University's School of Government. Her working book project, Legislative Connections: Why Diverse Patterns of Parliamentary Clientelism Stabilize Authoritarian Governance in Arab North Africa, examines the relationship between regime type and the structure of patron-client relationships. Benstead also examines gender-related dimensions of electoral politics, public opinion, and survey methodology in the Middle East. Lynch and Benstead discuss elections in Tunisia and Algeria, and a recent public opinion survey she collaborated on in Tunisia.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Lindsay Benstead, assistant professor of political science at Portland State University's School of Government. Her working book project, Legislative Connections: Why Diverse Patterns of Parliamentary Clientelism Stabilize Authoritarian Governance in Arab North Africa, examines the relationship between regime type and the structure of patron-client relationships. Benstead also examines gender-related dimensions of electoral politics, public opinion, and survey methodology in the Middle East. Lynch and Benstead discuss elections in Tunisia and Algeria, and a recent public opinion survey she collaborated on in Tunisia.

The George Washington University’s Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Matthew Buehler, Ph.D. candidate in the department of government at the University of Texas, Austin, where he researches and teaches politics of the Middle East and North Africa. His doctoral dissertation compares the success and failure of opposition alliances between Islamists and leftists in the Arab Spring, specifically in Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania. His publications include “Safety-Valve Elections in the Arab Spring: The Weakening (and Resurgence) of Morocco’s Islamist Opposition Party” and the forthcoming “The Threat to ‘Un-Moderate’: Moroccan Islamists and the Arab Spring.” Lynch and Buehler discuss current political dynamics and Islamism in Morocco as well as Mauritanian domestic politics.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Matthew Buehler, Ph.D. candidate in the department of government at the University of Texas, Austin, where he researches and teaches politics of the Middle East and North Africa. His doctoral dissertation compares the success and failure of opposition alliances between Islamists and leftists in the Arab Spring, specifically in Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania. His publications include "Safety-Valve Elections in the Arab Spring: The Weakening (and Resurgence) of Morocco's Islamist Opposition Party" and the forthcoming "The Threat to 'Un-Moderate': Moroccan Islamists and the Arab Spring." Lynch and Buehler discuss current political dynamics and Islamism in Morocco as well as Mauritanian domestic politics.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Ellen Lust, associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. Lust received a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the politics of authoritarianism and the prospects for development. She is the author of Structuring Conflict in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and The Middle East (CQ Press, 2010), and co-edited Political Participation in the Middle East (Lynne Rienner Press, 2008) and Governing Africa's Changing Societies (Lynne Rienner Press, forthcoming). Lynch and Lust discuss Jordan's January 2013 parliamentary elections, participation, and the Jordanian reform process. * The speaker's opinions are her own, and not those of the Carter Center.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Ellen Lust, associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. Lust received a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the politics of authoritarianism and the prospects for development. She is the author of Structuring Conflict in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and The Middle East (CQ Press, 2010), and co-edited Political Participation in the Middle East (Lynne Rienner Press, 2008) and Governing Africa's Changing Societies (Lynne Rienner Press, forthcoming). Lynch and Lust discuss Jordan's January 2013 parliamentary elections, participation, and the Jordanian reform process. * The speaker's opinions are her own, and not those of the Carter Center.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Gershon Shafir, professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He specializes in Comparative-Historical Sociology, Nationalism, Citizenship and Globalization, Middle Eastern Societies, Theory. His co-authored Being Israeli: The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenships won the Middle Eastern Studies Association's Albert Hourani Award for best book on the Middle East in 2002. Lynch and Shafir discuss his recent publication co-editted with Mark Levine Struggle and Survival in Israel and Palestine, an anthology of 25 life histories, as well as the Israeli and Palestinian peace process.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Gershon Shafir, professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He specializes in Comparative-Historical Sociology, Nationalism, Citizenship and Globalization, Middle Eastern Societies, Theory. His co-authored Being Israeli: The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenships won the Middle Eastern Studies Association's Albert Hourani Award for best book on the Middle East in 2002. Lynch and Shafir discuss his recent publication co-editted with Mark Levine Struggle and Survival in Israel and Palestine, an anthology of 25 life histories, as well as the Israeli and Palestinian peace process.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Ilan Peleg, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Government & Law at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is an Adjunct Professor of Israeli Society at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and an Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute. Additionally, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Israel Studies Forum. His publications include: Begin's Foreign Policy: Israel's Turn to the Right, The Peace Process in The Middle East, Negotiating Culture & Human Rights, Democratizing the Hegemonic State: Political Transformation in the Age of Identity, and the forthcoming The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush. Lynch and Peleg discuss Israeli politics and the implications of the January 22, 2013 election, identity politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Ilan Peleg, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Government & Law at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is an Adjunct Professor of Israeli Society at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and an Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute. Additionally, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Israel Studies Forum. His publications include: Begin's Foreign Policy: Israel's Turn to the Right, The Peace Process in The Middle East, Negotiating Culture & Human Rights, Democratizing the Hegemonic State: Political Transformation in the Age of Identity, and the forthcoming The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush. Lynch and Peleg discuss Israeli politics and the implications of the January 22, 2013 election, identity politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Michael Willis, University Research Lecturer and King Mohamed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies at St. Antony's College, Oxford University. He is the author of Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring. Lynch and Willis discuss the rise of Islamist parties in Algeria post 1988 and the democratic transition and then address current political dynamics in the Maghreb and the Arab Uprisings.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Michael Willis, University Research Lecturer and King Mohamed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies at St. Antony's College, Oxford University. He is the author of Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring. Lynch and Willis discuss the rise of Islamist parties in Algeria post 1988 and the democratic transition and then address current political dynamics in the Maghreb and the Arab Uprisings.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Nathan J. Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Lynch and Brown discuss Egypt's draft constitution.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Nathan J. Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Lynch and Brown discuss Egypt's draft constitution.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Kristin Smith Diwan, Assistant Professor of Comparative and Regional Studies at the American University School of International Service. Diwan is a regional expert in the politics and policies of the Arab Gulf, and functional expert on Islamic finance and the politics surrounding it. Lynch and Diwan discuss Kuwait's recent parliamentary elections and protest movements.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Kristin Smith Diwan, Assistant Professor of Comparative and Regional Studies at the American University School of International Service. Diwan is a regional expert in the politics and policies of the Arab Gulf, and functional expert on Islamic finance and the politics surrounding it. Lynch and Diwan discuss Kuwait's recent parliamentary elections and protest movements.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Wendy Pearlman, the Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is the author of Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement. Lynch and Schwedler discuss her recent research working with Syrian refugees in Jordan, and their perspectives on the Syrian conflict.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Wendy Pearlman, the Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is the author of Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement. Lynch and Schwedler discuss her recent research working with Syrian refugees in Jordan, and their perspectives on the Syrian conflict.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Jillian Schwedler, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and moving to Hunter College in fall 2013. She is the author of Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen and is currently working on a new book on protests in Jordan. Lynch and Schwedler discuss recent unrest in Jordan and the history of protest in the country.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Jillian Schwedler, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and moving to Hunter College in fall 2013. She is the author of Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen and is currently working on a new book on protests in Jordan. Lynch and Schwedler discuss recent unrest in Jordan and the history of protest in the country.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Jason Brownlee, associate professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, where he researches and teaches about Middle East politics and U.S. foreign policy. Brownlee and Lynch discuss Brownlee's new book, Democracy Prevention: The Politics of the U.S.-Egyptian Alliance, current dynamics in Egypt, U.S. foreign policy, and democracy.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with Jason Brownlee, associate professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, where he researches and teaches about Middle East politics and U.S. foreign policy. Brownlee and Lynch discuss Brownlee's new book, Democracy Prevention: The Politics of the U.S.-Egyptian Alliance, current dynamics in Egypt, U.S. foreign policy, and democracy.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with F. Gregory Gause III, professor of political science at the University of Vermont.

The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with F. Gregory Gause III, professor of political science at the University of Vermont.