New @pomeps.bsky.social Studies collection out!
Examines both structural challenges for "weak" states in the Middle East and the agency they display in confronting them:
"Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East"
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In the context of the current US and Israeli wars on Iran (and Lebanon) and during what appears to be the eclipse of US primacy, we brought together a group of scholars with expertise on the “weak” st...
How do weak states in the Middle East adapt when order breaks down and the powerful act with impunity? Plus, how self-styled Realists misunderstand Thucydides. My new essay with Waleed Hazbun introduces a new POMEPS Studies collection.
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I'm pleased to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 60 Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East. It's based on a workshop I ran with Waleed Hazbun at the University of Alabama a few months ago, an...