From panel discussion, "War and the Arab World: Regional Responses and Consequences" at
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For full panel recap and video recording....
My interview with my colleague @mikealbertus.bsky.social on “the Good Society” on the regional ramifications of the US-Israel War with Iran.
Teaser below
Full interview: michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/a-weaker-i...
Also “The Good Society” is full of gems. Check it out!
🧵 @wazirelkif.bsky.social notes that in Egypt’s 2025 elections, Mustaqbal Watan still dominates the regime’s electoral coalition, despite the rise of new regime-backed parties like Al-Gabha Al-Wataniyya — reflecting efforts to diversify loyalists and balance competing security factions.
⚠️ New book review!
🌍 Struggles for political change in the Arab world: regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring, @lisablaydes.bsky.social, Amr Hamzawy and @wazirelkif.bsky.social, @uofmpress.bsky.social
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
✒️Silvia Colombo
Even if the US & Israel succeed in drastically weakening Iran, will it bring stability there or elsewhere in the Middle East? My interview with @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social scholar Hesham Sallam suggests it won't.
@wazirelkif.bsky.social
michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/a-weaker-i...
The Journal of Democracy lives at CDDRL now! Excited to see this partnership grow and flourish.
@jodemocracy.bsky.social @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social
Join us this morning! Register here: fsi.stanford.edu/events/book-...
As democratic institutions face growing strain worldwide, @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social is partnering with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading publications on democratic theory and practice.🧵 cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/new-par...
The partnership will open opportunities for Stanford faculty and students at one of the world's leading forums for democratic thought and practice, and further position CDDRL as a global leader among ...
Scholars convened by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s Program on Arab Reform and Development identify six ways the conflict is testing the limits of Arab states' alliances, e...
Even if the US & Israel succeed in drastically weakening Iran, will it bring stability there or elsewhere in the Middle East? My interview with @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social scholar Hesham Sallam suggests it won't.
@wazirelkif.bsky.social
michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/a-weaker-i...
Michael Albertus
My interview with Stanford University scholar and Associate Director of the Program on Arab Reform and Development Hesham Sallam on what the war in Iran will – and won't – change in the Middle East
Join us this morning! Register here: fsi.stanford.edu/events/book-...
My interview with Stanford University scholar and Associate Director of the Program on Arab Reform and Development Hesham Sallam on what the war in Iran will – and won't – change in the Middle East
As legislative elections are proceeding in Egypt, a few observations on the distribution of seats among parties in the state-sponsored list (the only list contesting the party list races) when compared to the 2020 election distribution:
