In the News

2021

‘What have the Ottomans ever done for us?’ Why History Matters for Politics in the Arab Middle East

October 20, 2021

International Affairs, Daniel Neep
Saudi Women are Experiencing Marginal Reforms

September 15, 2021

International Policy Digest, Lydia Begag and Nader Habibi
Exporting the Iranian Revolution: Ecumenical Clerics in Lebanon

August 31, 2021

International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES), Mohammad Ataie
Bioweapons Research Is Banned by an International Treaty – but Nobody Is Checking For Violations

July 21, 2021

The Conversation, Gary Samore
China and the Istanbul Canal

July 17, 2021

Ahval, Amelia Atalay and Nader Habibi
Conservative Hard-liner Elected as Iran’s Next President – What That Means for the West and the Nuclear Deal

June 19, 2021

The Conversation, Nader Habibi
How Iran’s 1979 Revolution Affected Sunni Islamists in the Middle East

April 26, 2021

London School of Economics blog, Mohammad Ataie
Iran Says It Will Enrich Uranium to 60%, in Effort to Strengthen Hand in Nuclear Talks

April 13, 2021

Wall Street Journal, Gary Samore quoted
Jordan detained a prince. The government’s determined to squash political dissent.

April 5, 2021

The Washington Post, Jillian Schwedler
“Maximum Pressure” Hardened Iran Against Compromise

March 11, 2021

Foreign Affairs, Hadi Kahalzadeh
Iran and China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Between Desirable and Feasible

February 22, 2021

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Nader Habibi
The Challenge of Iran

February 18, 2021

Center for the National Interest, Gary Samore and Shai Feldman
Time to Revitalise Turkey’s Diplomatic Initiative Towards Armenia

January 14, 2021

Ahval, Amelia Atalay and Nader Habibi

2020

The Paradox of Iranian ‘Trump Supporters’

December 13, 2020

International Policy Digest, Nader Habibi
Hayal Akarsu | Citizen Forces: The Politics of Community Policing in Turkey

August 28, 2020

The American Ethnological Society, Hayal Akarsu
The Overeducation Crisis in Iran

July 28, 2020

Doha Institute, Nader Habibi
Founding Senior Fellow Khalil Shikaki Briefs UN Security Council

July 21, 2020

UN Web TV, Khalil Shikaki
Political and Geopolitical Risks to China’s Economic Relations with Iran

July 20, 2020

International Policy Digest, Nader Habibi
A Manifesto for Patchwork Ethnography

June 9, 2020

Member Voices, Fieldsights, Gökçe Günel, Saiba Varma, and Chika Watanabe
For durable peace in Yemen, inclusion must mean more than simply a voice for civil actors

June 8, 2020

Responsible Statecraft, Marie-Christine Heinze and Stacey Philbrick Yadav
Citizen Forces: The Politics of Community Policing in Turkey

June 2, 2020

American Ethnologist: Journal of the American Ethnological Society, Hayal Akarsu
Where the Small Things Are: Thoughts on Writing Revolutions and their Histories

May 21, 2020

Jadaliyya, Naghmeh Sohrabi
COVID-19 Is Not a Bioweapon, But It Can Be Abused As a Bioeconomic Weapon

April 17, 2020

International Policy Digest, Nader Habibi
Sanctions Make the Coronavirus More Deadly

April 2, 2020

Foreign Affairs, Hadi Kahalzadeh
Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn’t enough – there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

March 24, 2020

The Conversation, Nader Habibi
The Role of Women in Peacebuilding in Yemen

February 27, 2020

CARPO, Iman al-Gawfi, Bilkis Zabara, Stacey Philbrick Nadav
Roundtable: Backdrop & Reverberations of Soleimani’s Assassination (Part 2: Iraq, Syria, and Yemen)

January 20, 2020

Jadaliyya, Omar Sirri, Stacey Philbrick Yadav, and Samer Abboud
Ordinary Brother, Exceptional General: What Major General Soleimani’s Killing Means for the IRGC

January 15, 2020

Foreign Affairs, Maryam Alemzadeh
Roundtable: Backdrop & Reverberations of Soleimani’s Assassination (Part 1: Iran)

January 14, 2020

Jadaliyya, Maryam Alemzadeh, Eric Lob, and Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
What Does the Killing of Iran’s Suleimani Mean?

January 3, 2020

BrandeisNow, Gary Samore

2019

2019 Protests in Iraq: A Primer

December 11, 2019

BrandeisNow, David Siddhartha Patel
Roundtable: Iran’s Domestic Politics and Political Economy (Part 2)

December 2, 2019

Jadaliyya, Arash Davari, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Zep Kalb, Arang Keshavarzian, Azam Khatam, Saira Rafiee, and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Roundtable: Iran’s Domestic Politics and Political Economy (Part 1)

November 26, 2019

Jadaliyya, Arash Davari, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Zep Kalb, Arang Keshavarzian, Azam Khatam, Saira Rafiee, and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Navigating Dahiyeh: Security in Lebanon's Southern Suburbs

November 24, 2019

Urban Violence Research Network, Kelly Stedem
The Reckoning of History: Young Activists, Tribal Elders, and the Uses of the Past in Jordan

November 13, 2019

POMEPS, Yazan Doughan
Lebanese are protesting in all regions of the country, not just Beirut. Here’s why that matters.

October 24, 2019

The Washington Post, Christiana Parreira and Kelly Stedem
Introduction: Religion, Violence, and the State in Iraq

October 21, 2019

POMEPS, Marc Lynch and David Siddhartha Patel
Women’s Rights Reforms in Saudi Arabia under Mohammed bin Salman

October 20, 2019

International Policy Digest, Nader Habibi and Lydia Begag
Turkey’s Support for Qatar Goes Beyond Damaged Ties with Saudi Arabia and UAE

September 13, 2019

The Globe Post, Nader Habibi

Book review of Gökçe Günel's, Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi.

September 6, 2019

Public Books

Trump’s Political Plan for the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

July 2, 2019

The National Interest, Shai Feldman

Video: US announces more sanctions on Tehran

June 25, 2019

Money Talks, Nader Habibi interviewed, [6m 52s]

Cultural Reforms in Saudi Arabia: Too Early for an Alcohol-Free Dance Club

June 23, 2019

International Policy Digest, Nader Habibi

Qatar’s Blockade Enters Third Year: Who Are the Winners and Losers?

June 17, 2019

The GlobePost, Nader Habibi

Regional Consequences of Saudi Arabi's New Approach toward Iraq

May 13, 2019

International Policy Digest, Nader Habibi

Audio: War of the Worlds

April 18, 2019

NPR, Daniel Neep, [35m 47s]

Changes in Leadership at the Crown Center

April 15, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Plan to Lure Iraq from Iran

April 10, 2019

Atlantic Council, Nader Habibi and Omid Shokri Kalehsar

Video: Center for the National Interest on Israeli Elections

March 18, 2019

C-SPAN, Shai Feldman, [1h 26m]

Will Venezuela’s military back — or abandon — Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will consider

February 1, 2019

The Washington Post, Eva Bellin and David Pion-Berlin

2018

Video: IMF says GCC economies to revive this year

November 19, 2018

TRT World, Nader Habibi interview, [5m 29s]

Video: At This Hour with Kate Bolduan

October 19, 2018

CNN, Gary Samore, [4m 11s]

Forty-Five Years After the 1973 War, Israel Faces Another Year of Decision

October 16, 2018

The National Interest, Shai Feldman

Can Erdogan's New Powers Help Fix Turkey's Economy?

September 26, 2018

The National Interest, Nader Habibi

Qatar’s $15 billion snub of Trump over Turkey puts another key US relationship in Middle East at risk

August 27, 2018

The Conversation, Nader Habibi

Will Iran Benefit from Lack of Coordination in Trump Administration's Multiple Sanctions?

August 14, 2018

Payvand, Nader Habibi

Crown Center and the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution announce joint outreach project

August 9, 2018

Video: Nader Habibi discusses the impact of deals between China and the UAE

July 20, 2018

CGTN America, Nader Habibi, [6m 7s]

Iran's mild response to unprecedented truckers' strike could be due to Trump's influence

June 12, 2018

The Conversation, Nader Habibi

Graduates push school leavers out of low-skill jobs

June 8, 2018

University World News, Nader Habibi and Gholamreza Keshavarz Haddad

Companies Face A Tough Choice After Trump Pulls Out Of Iran Nuclear Deal

May 16, 2018

NPR Morning Edition, Nader Habibi quoted

Everyone Loves Israel Now

March 26, 2018

Foreign Policy, Shai Feldman and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Rethinking Revolutions

March 15, 2018

Brandeis NOW, profile of Naghmeh Sohrabi and Gregory Child's Sawyer Seminar