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In a case study of the 2019 Lebanese October Uprising, Anne Kirstine Rønn looks at the limitations to the inclusivity of protest movements against sectarianism.
Yara M. Asi examines why many health indicators of Palestinians lag behind the health rates of neighboring Arab states and those of Israeli citizens, finding that Palestinians are forced to depend on external health services and must seek care outside of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Alexei Abrahams and Etienne Maynier reflect on the impacts of digital surveillance on Palestinian civil society - and on the importance of cybersecurity for social justice movements.
Courtney Freer and Andrew Leber, authors of Defining the ‘Tribal Advantage’ in Kuwaiti Politics, explain the change in Kuwait's most recent parliamentary elections.
A guest post by Jilian Schwedler, Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, CUNY, New York.
Daniel Habib and Naela Elmore discuss their desire to understand how state fragility affected a country’s policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This blog post summarizes the main findings of Chiara Loschi's article, based on twenty interviews with young Libyans working in Libyan or international organizations implementing projects throughout Libya, carried out in Tunis between 2017 and 2018.
E.J. Karmel discusses the benefits of studying policy making in authoritarian regimes.
Dana El Kurd highlights her recent work comparing the cases of Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan, and the impact of US intervention on state-building trajectories.
Noah Salomon discusses his recent essay in which he pauses at the recent revolutionary events in Sudan and Lebanon to explore new openings in religious debate that have emerged.