234 episodes

Discussing news and innovations in the Middle East.

POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast Marc Lynch

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Discussing news and innovations in the Middle East.

    The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S.13, Ep. 21)

    The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S.13, Ep. 21)

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Alexander Cooley of Barnard College joins Marc Lynch to discuss Cooley's review essay, The Uprisings of Gaza: How Geopolitical Crises Have Reshaped Academic Communities from Tahrir to Kyiv. This essay reflects upon the contributions of Marc Lynch's edited volume (The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings) to address three occurring central issues at the intersection of regional studies and political science that are affected by geopolitical shocks: how shocks highlight previously neglected topics and actors; how they subsequently discredit and privilege certain disciplines and methods; and how they recast the role of academic research within global communities of knowledge and policy-making. Together, Cooley and Lynch explore the comparisons between political sciences in the Middle East and political science in Eurasia.

    Music for this season’s podcast was created by Malika Zarra. You can find more of her work on Instagram and Linktree.

    • 54 min
    Redefining Ceasefires (S. 13, Ep. 20)

    Redefining Ceasefires (S. 13, Ep. 20)

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Marika Sosnowski of the University of Melbourne Law School joins Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria. This book explores how ceasefires are not only military tactics but are also tools of wartime order and state-building. While ceasefires have been used in Syria to halt violence and facilitate peace agreements since 2012, Sosnowski demonstrates the diverse consequences of ceasefires and provides a fuller, more nuanced portrait of their role in conflict resolution. (Starts at 0:10).

    Music for this season’s podcast was created by Malika Zarra. You can find more of her work on Instagram and Linktree.

    • 48 min
    Smugglers and States (S. 13, Ep. 19)

    Smugglers and States (S. 13, Ep. 19)

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Max Gallien of Institute of Development Studies joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins. This book examines the rules and agreements that govern smuggling in North Africa, tracing the involvement of states in these practices and their consequences for borderland communities. Gallien demonstrates that, contrary to common assumptions about the effects of informal economies, smuggling can promote both state and social stability. 

    Music for this season’s podcast was created by Malika Zarra. You can find more of her work on Instagram and Linktree.

    • 54 min
    The Gulf Monarchies After the Arab Spring (S.13, Ep. 18)

    The Gulf Monarchies After the Arab Spring (S.13, Ep. 18)

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Cinzia Bianco of the University of Exeter joins Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, The Gulf Monarchies After the Arab Spring: Threats and Security. This book applies an original theoretical framework to unpack the threat perceptions and strategic calculus driving the behavior of new impactful regional players in the Middle East and North Africa. Bianco looks at how the small monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) spent the decade between 2011 and 2022 trying to re-shape regional equilibria as protagonists to provide reading keys to the past, present, and future of policy-making in the Gulf monarchies, middle powers destined to play an oversized role in the new multipolar world. (Starts at 0:10).

    • 50 min
    Soldiers of Democracy? (S. 13, Ep. 17)

    Soldiers of Democracy? (S. 13, Ep. 17)

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Sharan Grewal of the College of William and Mary and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard University joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring. The book argues that a military's behavior under democracy is shaped by how it had been treated under autocracy. This scholarly volume illustrates this theory through detailed case studies of Egypt and Tunisia and drawing on over 140 interviews with civilian and military leaders, and three surveys of military personnel. 

    Music for this season’s podcast was created by Malika Zarra. You can find more of her work on Instagram and Linktree.

    • 55 min
    Egypt Under El-Sisi (S. 13, Ep. 16)

    Egypt Under El-Sisi (S. 13, Ep. 16)

    On this week's episode of the podcast, Maged Mandour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Egypt under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge. His book follows President Sisi's regime in the aftermath of the coup that brought him to power, as a chronology of the devastating political, economic, and social consequences of direct military rule. Mandour explains exactly how Sisi operates and what makes his regime so different, and so dangerous, compared to those that came before. It shows, for the first time, how Egypt has been pushed to the brink of the abyss and why this will change the country for decades to come.

    Music for this season’s podcast was created by Malika Zarra. You can find more of her work on Instagram and Linktree.

    • 50 min

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