Call for Applications – Fulbright Canada Research Chair in International Studies (2027-2028) - Project on Middle East Political Science The Fulbright Canada Scholar Program for U.S. scholars is now open for applications for the 2027-2028 academic year. As part of this competition, Université Laval will host a visiting scholar selected...

Call for Applications – Université Laval will host a visiting scholar selected under the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in International Studies, administered by the Graduate School of International Studies (ESEI). More info: pomeps.org/call-for-app...

CIWAS Call for Papers: Islam and the Future of Global Values. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2026. For more details: pomeps.org/ciwas-call-f...

The Persistence of US Hierarchy in the Gulf - Project on Middle East Political Science Sean Yom, Temple University   How do we understand the persistence of US hegemony in the Arabian Gulf? Nearly two decades ago, President Barack Obama announced a “pivot to Asia,” in which US grand str...

Check out "The Persistence of US Hierarchy in the Gulf" by Sean Yom, featured in POMEPS Studies 58: IR Theory and the Middle East at War
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POMEPS Studies 58: IR Theory and the Middle East at War - Project on Middle East Political Science In December 2025, POMEPS convened a workshop at Aarhus University in Denmark, bringing together scholars to collectively interrogate these questions: what core concepts, theories, or hypotheses in Mid...

The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to announce POMEPS Studies 58: IR Theory and the Middle East at War. Download the full PDF here: pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...

Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey’s Kurdish Borderlands (S. 15, Ep. 9) - Project on Middle East Political Science On this week’s episode of the podcast, Fırat Bozçalı of University of Toronto joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey’s Kurdish Borderlands. Taking r...

On this week's episode of the podcast, Fırat Bozçalı joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey’s Kurdish Borderlands. Check it out here: pomeps.org/smuggling-la...

Syria: A Modern History (S. 15, Ep. 8) - Project on Middle East Political Science On this week’s episode of the podcast, Daniel Neep of the Arab Center Washington DC joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Syria: A Modern History. Modern Syria has seen violence, repression, and a...

On this week's episode of the podcast, Daniel Neep joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book Syria: A Modern History. Check it out here: pomeps.org/syria-a-mode...

Call for AGAPS Graduate Student Workshop - Project on Middle East Political Science The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) is proud to announce a call for applications to its 2026 graduate student workshop, to take place on the weekend of July 25- 26* via Zoom...

The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) is proud to announce a call for applications to its 2026 graduate student workshop, to take place on the weekend of July 25- 26 via Zoom. The deadline to apply is March 27. More info: pomeps.org/call-for-aga...

A Waning Crescent: Why the Era of Islamism is Coming to an End (S. 15, Ep. 6) - Project on Middle East Political Science On this week’s episode of the podcast, Mohammed M. Hafez of the Naval Postgraduate School joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new article, “A Waning Crescent: Why The Era of Islamism is Coming to an End.”...

On this week's episode of the podcast, Mohammed M. Hafez joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new article, “A Waning Crescent: Why The Era of Islamism is Coming to an End." Check it out here: pomeps.org/a-waning-cre...

Al-Muntaqa 20 Now Available - Project on Middle East Political Science ​The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published Issue 20 (September/October 2025) of the peer-reviewed English language journal Al-Muntaqa: ...

​The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published Issue 20 (September/October 2025) of the peer-reviewed English language journal Al-Muntaqa: New Perspectives on Arab Studies. To read: pomeps.org/al-muntaqa-2...

Call for Applications: MENA Research Development Group at APSA 2026 - Project on Middle East Political Science APSA invites applications for early-career MENA scholars who are interested in attending the 2026 APSA Annual Meeting as part of a full-day seminar that will be held on Wednesday, September 2, to disc...

Call for Applications: MENA Research Development Group at APSA 2026. The deadline to apply is March 1st. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-app...

ACMES Call for Papers: Making a Killing - The Political Economy of Genocide in Gaza - Project on Middle East Political Science A special issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal Events over the last decade have ushered in a “New Age of Genocide,” returning the concept to center stage politically, and...

ACMES Call for Papers: Making a Killing - The Political Economy of Genocide in Gaza. The deadline to apply is March 15th. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/acmes-call-f...

Jordan: Politics in An Accidental Crucible (S. 15, Ep. 4) - Project on Middle East Political Science On this week’s episode of the podcast, Sean Yom of Temple University joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible. In the book, Yom provides a concise yet autho...

On this week's episode, Sean Yom joins POMEPS Director Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible. Also, Marc shares additional academic research on Jordan. pomeps.org/jordan-polit...

Return of Tyranny (S. 15, Ep. 3) - Project on Middle East Political Science On this week’s episode of the podcast, Killian Clarke of Georgetown University  joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed. Clarke points ou...

On this week's episode of the podcast, Killian Clarke joined Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed. Also, Marc shares more academic research on Egypt. Check it out here:
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Mirages of Reform (S. 15, Ep. 2) - Project on Middle East Political Science On this week’s episode of the podcast, Steven Monroe of the National University of Singapore joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Mirages of Reform: The Politics of Elite Protectionism in the Ara...

On this week's episode, Steven Monroe joins POMEPS Director Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Mirages of Reform: The Politics of Elite Protectionism in the Arab World. Also, Marc shares additional academic research on political economy. pomeps.org/mirages-of-r...

Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War (S. 15, Ep. 1) - Project on Middle East Political Science Welcome to Season 15 of the POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast! On this week’s episode of the podcast, Rana Khoury of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign joins Marc Lynch to discu...

Welcome to Season 15 of the POMEPS Podcast! On this week's episode, Rana Khoury joins POMEPS Director Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War. Also, Marc shares additional academic research on Syria. pomeps.org/civilizing-c...

Everyday experiences of the law, in Syria and beyond - Project on Middle East Political Science Rifaie Tammas & Marika Sosnowski, University of Melbourne   Everything important that happens happens inside our minds. André Dao (2023) Anam, Penguin Books, 222.   In this short memo we are intereste...

Don't miss "Everyday experiences of the law, in Syria and beyond" by Rifaie Tammas & Marika Sosnowski, featured in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad!
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The Question of Return - Project on Middle East Political Science Rana B. Khoury, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [1]   For more than a decade, most Syrian refugees have not reached a “durable solution” to their displacement: neither resettlement in a third ...

Read Rana B. Khoury's "The Question of Return" in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad!
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Disability and the Political Afterlife of Violence: Reimagining Justice and Statehood in Post-Assad Syria - Project on Middle East Political Science Salma Daoudi, University of Oxford   Introduction The fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 constituted a critical historical juncture in Syria’s contemporary political trajectory, marking both a ...

Check out Salma Daoudi's piece, Disability and the Political Afterlife of Violence: Reimagining Justice and Statehood in Post-Assad Syria, in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad
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Justice in the Interregnum: Navigating the Complexity of Transitional Justice in Post-Assad Syria - Project on Middle East Political Science Sarah Bassisseh, Ronja Herrschner, Chonlawit Sirikupt, and Marcia Ponzlet – Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen   “Justice should serve all victims in Syria, regardless of the perpetrators, and justic...

Don't miss Sarah Bassisseh, Ronja Herrschner, Chonlawit Sirikupt, and Marcia Ponzlet's piece Justice in the Interregnum: Navigating the Complexity of Transitional Justice in Post-Assad Syria in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad. pomeps.org/justice-in-t...

Security Sector Reform in Post-Assad Syria: Decentralization as a Foundation - Project on Middle East Political Science Yassmine Tlass, University of Kent   Introduction The collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 presents both a historic opportunity and a profound challenge for reimagining state institutions in ...

Check out Yassmine Tlass's piece in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad - Security Sector Reform in Post-Assad Syria: Decentralization as a Foundation. pomeps.org/the-security...

Decentralization in post-Assad Syria: a façade or bottom-up local governance? - Project on Middle East Political Science Tiina Hyyppä, University of Helsinki   Introduction  Local governance in Syria under the regimes of Hafez and Bashar al-Assad was heavily centralized. During the Syrian uprising and war, governance ga...

Decentralization in post-Assad Syria: a façade or bottom-up local governance? Read Tiina Hyyppä's piece in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad. pomeps.org/decentraliza...

Center and Periphery in a post-Assad Syria - Project on Middle East Political Science Sean Lee, The American University in Cairo   Until the December 2024 push by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied forces that unseated the Assad regime from power after more than half a century of r...

Don't miss Sean's Lee's piece Center and Periphery in a post-Assad Syria in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad. pomeps.org/center-and-p...

Between Stability and Violence: Tribal Authority in Syria’s Transitional Order - Project on Middle East Political Science Haian Dukhan, Teesside University   Introduction The collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 marked the end of more than half a century of authoritarian rule in Syria and ushered in a fragile tr...

Check out Haian Dukhan's piece in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad - Between Stability and Violence: Tribal Authority in Syria’s Transitional Order. pomeps.org/between-stab...

The Center Beckons: Performance, Autonomy, and the “Postwar” State in Syria - Project on Middle East Political Science Ali Hamdan, University of Amsterdam   Introduction In July 2025 a series of violent clashes engulfed Syria’s southern province of Suweida. Druze armed actors clashed with militants affiliated to local...

The Center Beckons: Performance, Autonomy, and the “Postwar” State in Syria. Read Ali Hamdan's piece in POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad. pomeps.org/the-center-b...

POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad - Project on Middle East Political Science Many developments during the past year have given rise to a host of crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. To explore them, the Project on Middle East Political Science (PO...

The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to announce POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad. Download the full PDF here: pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...

POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting - Project on Middle East Political Science Please join us for the POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown...

HAPPENING TONIGHT! We hope to see you at this year's POMEPS Reception during the 2025 MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm. More info here: pomeps.org/pomeps-recep...

POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting - Project on Middle East Political Science Please join us for the POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown...

We hope to see you at this year's POMEPS Reception during the 2025 MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm. More info here: pomeps.org/pomeps-recep...

POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting - Project on Middle East Political Science Please join us for the POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown...

Join us for this year's POMEPS Reception at the 2025 MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm. More info here: pomeps.org/pomeps-recep...

POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting - Project on Middle East Political Science Please join us for the POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown...

Join us for this year's POMEPS Reception at the 2025 MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm. More info here: pomeps.org/pomeps-recep...

POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting - Project on Middle East Political Science Please join us for the POMEPS Reception at the MESA 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown...

Join us for this year's POMEPS Reception at the 2025 MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC! The reception will take place on Monday, November 24 from 8 pm to 10 pm. More info here:
pomeps.org/pomeps-recep...