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Professor Brown will discuss two trends have that grown in ideological force in Arab politics in recent years: one emphasizing popular sovereignty and democratic accountability; the other stressing the divine origin of political authority. Do these operate at cross purposes? And might either trend tame the authoritarian patterns that seem so deeply entrenched in the region?

Fifty years and more of research on the beliefs and fears of citizens have emphasized their vulnerability to prejudice and political intolerance; their minimal levels of political knowledge; the wobbliness of their political preferences; and, not to run on interminably, the feebleness of their commitment to core democratic values. The three lectures will re-examine this portrait of citizens.

Fifty years and more of research on the beliefs and fears of citizens have emphasized their vulnerability to prejudice and political intolerance; their minimal levels of political knowledge; the wobbliness of their political preferences; and, not to run on interminably, the feebleness of their commitment to core democratic values. The three lectures will re-examine this portrait of citizens.

Fifty years and more of research on the beliefs and fears of citizens have emphasized their vulnerability to prejudice and political intolerance; their minimal levels of political knowledge; the wobbliness of their political preferences; and, not to run on interminably, the feebleness of their commitment to core democratic values. The three lectures will re-examine this portrait of citizens.

Yale University's Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics is pleased to announce that Joost Hiltermann, Chief Operating Officer at International Crisis Group, delivers this year's Robert H. Litowitz Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy. In his lecture, Mr. Hiltermann will ask what can be done to stem an apparent sectarian tide sweeping the Middle East in the wake of recent upheavals, from the 2003 US invasion of Iraq to the 2011 Arab awakening.

The annual "Meet the Author" lecture, sponsored by the Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics was delivered by Abhijit Banerjee, MIT, Professor and co-author of Poor Economics, who spoke on "Microfinance: After the Hype and the Crisis."