Crown Center for Middle East Studies

July 2019
Middle East Brief 129
“Understanding Algeria’s 2019 Revolutionary Movement”
Thomas Serres

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

July 2021
Middle East Brief 143
“Reconceptualizing Noncitizen Labor Rights in the Persian Gulf”
Alex Boodrookas

May 2009
Middle East Brief 36
“The Politics of Higher Education in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects”
Vincent Romani

March 2024
Crown Conversation 20
“Beyond Robots: Artificial Intelligence in the Middle East”
Nagla Rizk and Omer Shah

March 2021
Crown Conversation 6
“The Revival of the Iran Nuclear Deal and the Day After”
Gary Samore

January 2021
Crown Conversation 5
“The Egyptian Revolution, 10 Years On”
Neil Ketchley, Youssef El Chazli, and Hannah Elsisi

July 2020
Middle East Brief 136
“Revolution as a Life-Altering Experience: The Case of Egypt”
Youssef El Chazli

July 2020
Crown Conversation 3
“Policing and Protests: Insights from the Middle East”
Hayal Akarsu, Yazan Doughan, and Youssef El Chazli

December 2018
Middle East Brief 124
“The Return of Geo-Economics and the Emergence of Co-Prosperity Zones in the Middle East”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

February 2017
Middle East Brief 106
“Sisi’s Egypt: Building Political Legitimacy amidst Economic Crises”
Ahmad Shokr

September 2016
Middle East Brief 102
“Why Are Egyptian Youth Burning Their University Diplomas? The Overeducation Crisis in Egypt”
Nader Habibi and Fatma El-Hamidi

April 2016
Middle East Brief 98
“Egypt's 2015 Parliamentary Elections: A Prelude to Stability?”
Abdel Monem Said Aly and Sobhy Essaila

November 2014
Middle East Brief 86
“Post-Revolution Egyptian Foreign Policy”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

July 2014
Middle East Brief 82
“Deciphering Abdel Fattah el-Sisi: President of Egypt’s Third Republic”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

March 2014
Middle East Brief 79
“‘Resetting’ U.S.-Egypt Relations”
Abdel Monem Said Aly and Shai Feldman

March 2013
Middle East Brief 70
“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Egypt’s Political Transition”
Abdel Monem Said Aly and Karim Elkady

November 2012
Middle East Brief 68
“Islamist Understandings of Sharia and Their Implications for the Post-revolutionary Egyptian Constitution”
Aria Nakissa

May 2012
Middle East Brief 62
“Turkey and Iran: Growing Economic Relations Despite Western Sanctions”
Nader Habibi

November 2011
Middle East Brief 56
“Testing the Resilience of Egyptian-Israeli Peace”
Abdel Monem Said Aly and Shai Feldman

September 2011
Middle East Brief 55
“The Paradox of the Egyptian Revolution”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

May 2011
Middle East Brief 50
“Lessons from the Jasmine and Nile Revolutions: Possibilities of Political Transformation in the Middle East?”
Eva Bellin

December 2007
Middle East Brief 23
“Understanding the Muslim Brothers in Egypt”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

January 2006
Middle East Brief 2
“Prelude to Change: Egyptian Democratization, 2005”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

May 2024
Crown Conversation 22
“Iran’s Eastward Turn to Russia and China”
Nicole Grajewski, Nader Habibi, and Gary Samore

February 2024
Middle East Brief 157
“Order and Disorder: The Politics of Seminaries in Iran”
Mohammad Ataie

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

July 2023
Middle East Brief 155
“Iran's Nuclear Threat in the Biden Era: Israel's Response Options”
Shai Feldman

January 2023
Crown Conversation 16
“Becoming Hezbollah: The Party’s Evolution and Changing Roles”
Mohammad Ataie

August 2022
Middle East Brief 149
“How Close is Iran to the Bomb? The Limits of Nuclear Breakout”
Gary Samore 

February 2022
Middle East Brief 146
“The Belt and Road Initiative in the Eastern Mediterranean: China’s Relations with Egypt, Turkey, and Israel”
Nader Habibi

January 2022
Middle East Brief 145
“Iran After Trump: Can Biden Revive the Nuclear Deal and Does Iran Even Want to?”
Hadi Kahalzadeh

December 2021
Crown Conversation 11
“Iran Under Raisi: Four Months In”
Amir Mahdavi and Nader Habibi

May 2021
Middle East Brief 141
“Continuity Despite Revolution: Iran’s Support for Non-State Actors”
Mohammad Ataie

April 2021
Crown Conversation 8
“The Iranian-Chinese Strategic Partnership: Why Now and What it Means”
Nader Habibi and Hadi Kahalzadeh

September 2020
Middle East Brief 137
“U.S.-Iran Relations under Maximum Pressure: A Narrow Path to Negotiations”
Arash Davari

April 2020
Crown Conversation 2
“Iran’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis”
Orkideh Behrouzan

January 2020
Crown Conversation 1
“Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon after Soleimani”
Maryam Alemzadeh, David Siddhartha Patel, and Kelly Stedem

August 2019
Middle East Brief 130
“The Informal Roots of the IRGC and the Implications for Iranian Politics Today”
Maryam Alemzadeh

July 2018
Middle East Brief 120
“The Evolution of Iran's Police Forces and Social Control in the Islamic Republic”
Saeid Golkar

June 2018
Middle East Brief 119
“Drugs and Drug Policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Golnar Nikpour

February 2018
Middle East Brief 115
“The Iranian Economy Two Years after the Nuclear Agreement”
Nader Habibi

May 2017
Middle East Brief 109
“What Does the 2017 Presidential Election Tell Us about the State of the Islamic Republic of Iran?”
Seyedamir Hossein Mahdavi, and Naghmeh Sohrabi

January 2016
Middle East Brief 96
“Can the Vienna Agreement Solve Iran’s Problems?”
Seyedamir Hossein Mahdavi

February 2015
Middle East Brief 89
“Iran’s Overeducation Crisis: Causes and Ramifications”
Nader Habibi

October 2014
Middle East Brief 85
“A Comprehensive Nuclear Deal with Iran: Not Mission Impossible”
Seyedamir Hossein Mahdavi

June 2014
Middle East Brief 81
“‘Worried’ or ‘Valiant?’ The Dialectic Between Iran’s Nuclear Negotiations and its Domestic Politics”
Seyedamir Hossein Mahdavi

June 2014
Middle East Brief 80
“Can Rouhani Revitalize Iran's Oil and Gas Industry?”
Nader Habibi

June 2013
Middle East Brief 74
“The Economic Legacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad”
Nader Habibi

May 2013
Middle East Brief 73
“Can Iran Surprise by Holding a ‘Healthy’ Election in June?”
Seyedamir Hossein Mahdavi

April 2013
Middle East Brief 71
“The Islamic Awakening: Iran’s Grand Narrative of the Arab Uprisings”
Payam Mohseni

July 2012
Middle East Brief 65
“Reading the Tea Leaves: Iranian Domestic Politics and the Presidential Election of 2013”
Naghmeh Sohrabi

May 2012
Middle East Brief 62
“Turkey and Iran: Growing Economic Relations Despite Western Sanctions”
Nader Habibi

April 2012
Middle East Brief 61
“What to do about U.S. Sanctions and Israeli Threats: Iran's Muted Nuclear Debate”
Farideh Farhi

February 2012
Middle East Brief 59
“What to do about Nuclearizing Iran? The Israeli Debate”
Shai Feldman, Shlomo Brom, and Shimon Stein

December 2011
Middle East Brief 57
“Is Iran’s Economy Growing? An Assessment of the IMF’s 2011 Report on Iran”
Nader Habibi

July 2011
Middle East Brief 53
“The Power Struggle in Iran: A Centrist Comeback?”
Naghmeh Sohrabi

November 2010
Middle East Brief 45
“The Impact of Sanctions on Iran-GCC Economic Relations”
Nader Habibi

September 2010
Middle East Brief 44
“The Ideological-Political Training of Iran's Basij”
Saeid Golkar

July 2010
Middle East Brief 43
“Is Nothing Sacred in the Islamic Republic of Iran?”
Naghmeh Sohrabi

November 2009
Middle East Brief 38
“The Curious Case of Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani”
Naghmeh Sohrabi

February 2009
Middle East Brief 34
“U.S.-Arab Economic Relations and the Obama Administration”
Nader Habibi and Dr. Eckart Woertz

October 2008
Middle East Brief 31
“The Iranian Economy in the Shadow of Economic Sanctions”
Nader Habibi

May 2008
Middle East Brief 29
“Iran's 2008 Majlis Elections: The Game of Elite Competition”
Farideh Farhi

March 2007
Middle East Brief 18
“Iran: Where a Tomato is Not Just a Tomato”
Naghmeh Soharbi 

January 2007
Middle East Brief 15
“Moscow’s Iranian Policies: Opportunities and Dangers”
Carol Saivets

September 2006
Middle East Brief 10
“The Hezbollah-Israel War: A Preliminary Assessment”
Shai Feldman 

August 2006
Middle East Brief 9
“Are Former Enemies Becoming Allies? Turkey’s Changing Relations with Syria, Iran, and Israel Since the 2003 Iraqi War”
Banu Eligur

May 2006
Middle East Brief 5
“Nuclear Decision-Making in Iran: A Rare Glimpse”
Chen Kane

April 2006
Middle East Brief 4
“Conservatives, Neoconservatives and Reformists: Iran after the Election of Mahmud Ahmadinejad”
Naghmeh Sohrabi

March 2023
Middle East Brief 151
“Navigating Dispute and Displacement: The Yazidi Experience in Post-ISIS Iraq”
Houman Oliaei

September 2021
Middle East Brief 144
“The Birth of Sadr City and Popular Protest in Iraq”
Huma Gupta

December 2020
Middle East Brief 139
“The Persian Gulf and China: The Growth and Limits of Economic Ties”
Nader Habibi

August 2020
Crown Conversation 4
“Iraq’s New Prime Minister and the Challenge of Change”
Kanan Makiya

January 2020
Crown Conversation 1
“Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon after Soleimani”
Maryam Alemzadeh, David Siddhartha Patel and Kelly Stedem

September 2018
Middle East Brief 122
“How Oil and Demography Shape Post Saddam Iraq”
David Siddhartha Patel

August 2018
Middle East Brief 121
“After ISIS: Development and Demography in the Jazira”
Samuel Dolbee

January 2017
Middle East Brief 105
“Sistani, Iran, and the Future of Shii Clerical Authority in Iraq”
Harith Hasan al-Qarawee

November 2016
Middle East Brief 103
“Repartitioning the Sykes-Picot Middle East? Debunking Three Myths”
David Siddhartha Patel

June 2016
Middle East Brief 100
“From Maliki to Abadi: The Challenge of Being Iraq’s Prime Minister”
Harith Hasan al-Qarawee

January 2015
Middle East Brief 87
“ISIS In Iraq: What We Get Wrong and Why 2015 Is Not 2007 Redux”
David Siddhartha Patel

September 2014
Middle East Brief 84
“The Road to Rule of Law in the Arab World: Comparative Insights”
Eva Bellin

June 2010
Middle East Brief 42
“The Iraqi Elections of 2010 – and 2005”
Kanan Makiya

September 2008
Middle East Brief 30
“Is Iraq Viable?”
Kanan Makiya

December 2006
Middle East Brief 14
“The Kurds and Regional Security: An Evaluation of Developments since the Iraq War”
Joshua Itzkowitz Shifrinson

August 2006
Middle East Brief 9
“Are Former Enemies Becoming Allies? Turkey’s Changing Relations with Syria, Iran, and Israel Since the 2003 Iraqi War”
Banu Eligur

April 2024
Middle East Brief 158
“Arabs in the Jewish State: Israel's Minorities and the War in Gaza”
Daniel Amir

November 2023
Crown Conversation 18
“After the Israel-Hamas War: Likely Scenarios and Outcomes for Israelis and Palestinians”
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Shai Feldman, Yezid Sayigh, and Khalil Shikaki

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

July 2023
Middle East Brief 155
“Iran's Nuclear Threat in the Biden Era: Israel's Response Options”
Shai Feldman

May 2023
Middle East Brief 153
“How Israel’s New Government Will Challenge the Status Quo in Jerusalem”
Peter Krause

December 2022
Middle East Brief 150
“Democracy at Risk? Assessing Israel’s Democratic Backsliding”
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch

February 2022
Crown Conversation 12
“A Changing Middle East: The View from Israel”
Chuck Freilich

October 2021
Crown Conversation 10
“The Impact of the May 2021 Hamas-Israel Confrontation”
Shai Feldman

October 2020
Middle East Brief 138
“Annexation, the Trump Plan, and the Future of Palestinian-Israeli Relations”
Khalil Shikaki

January 2020
Middle East Brief 133
“Israel and Jordan: A Peace in Ruins”
Dror Ze'evi

April 2019
Middle East Brief 126
“Trump’s Peace Plan: Engagement or Swift Rejection?”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

January 2018
Middle East Brief 114
“Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration and 'The Ultimate Deal”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

December 2016
Middle East Brief 104
“Israel and the Palestinians: Sliding toward a One-State Reality”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

January 2016
Middle East Brief 97
“The End of the ‘Abbas Decade:’ The Crumbling of the post-Intifada Status-Quo”
Khalil Shikaki

August 2014
Middle East Brief 83
“Stabilizing Gaza-Israel Relations: What Would It Take?”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

August 2011
Middle East Brief 54
“Beyond September: Lessons from Failed Mideast Diplomacy”
Shai Feldman

December 2010
Middle East Brief 48
“Pressing the ‘Reset Button’ on Arab-Israeli Negotiations”
Shai Feldman

November 2009
Middle East Brief 39
“The Obama Presidency and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

December 2008
Middle East Brief 32
“Policy Options: The Obama Administration and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

November 2007
Middle East Brief 21
“Is It Still Fall in Annapolis? Thinking about a Scheduled Meeting”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

October 2007
Middle East Brief 20
“The Fall Middle East Meeting: Too Important to Fail”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

November 2006
Middle East 13
“The United States and the Israel-Hezbollah War”
Jeremy Pressman

November 2006
Middle East Brief 12
“Gaza Economic Predicament One Year After Disengagement: What Went Wrong?”
Mohammed Samhouri

October 2006
Middle East Brief 11
“The Sixth Arab-Israeli War: An Arab Perspective”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

September 2006
Middle East Brief 10
“The Hezbollah-Israel War: A Preliminary Assessment”
Shai Feldman

August 2006
Middle East Brief 9
“Are Former Enemies Becoming Allies? Turkey’s Changing Relations with Syria, Iran, and Israel Since the 2003 Iraqi War”
Banu Eligur

June 2006
Middle East Brief 7
“United States’ Policy Toward Hamas: An Initial Assessment”
Response Comment: “My Brandeis ’91 classmate Jeremy Pressman does a fine job presenting ...”
Jeremy Pressman

June 2006
Middle East Brief 8
“The Decline of the PLO and the Rise of the PNA”
Dror Ze'evi

March 2006
Middle East Brief 3
“What Do Palestinians Really Want? The Social Implications of the Hamas Victory”
Response Comment: “Dror Ze’evi on ‘What the Palestinians expect’ reminded me of the...”
Tom Carew

December 2005
Middle East Brief 1
“Palestinian and Israeli Policy Options: Implications for U.S. Diplomacy”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

July 2020
Crown Conversation 3
“Policing and Protests: Insights from the Middle East”
Hayal Akarsu, Yazan Doughan and Youssef El Chazli

March 2020
Middle East Brief 134
“The New Jordanian Patriotism After the Arab Spring”
Yazan Doughan

January 2020
Middle East Brief 133
“Israel and Jordan: A Peace in Ruins”
Dror Ze'evi

January 2018
Middle East Brief 113
“The Communal Fracturing of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood”
David Siddhartha Patel

April 2015
Middle East Brief 92
“Jordan Facing Up to the ISIS Challenge: A Net Assessment”
Asher Susser

April 2013
Middle East Brief 72
“Is the Jordanian Monarchy in Danger?”
Asher Susser

June 2011
Middle East Brief 52
“Jordan 2011: Uneasy Lies the Head”
Asher Susser

March 2008
Middle East Brief 27
“Jordan: Preserving Domestic Order in a Setting of Regional Turmoil”
Asher Susser

July 2021
Middle East Brief 143
“Reconceptualizing Noncitizen Labor Rights in the Persian Gulf”
Alex Boodrookas

May 2009
Middle East Brief 36
“The Politics of Higher Education in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects”
Vincent Romani

January 2023
Crown Conversation 16
“Becoming Hezbollah: The Party’s Evolution and Changing Roles”
Mohammad Ataie

January 2020
Crown Conversation 1
“Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon after Soleimani”
Maryam Alemzadeh, David Siddhartha Patel, and Kelly Stedem

April 2018
Middle East Brief 117
“Lebanon’s Civil Society as an Anchor of Stability”
Jeffrey G. Karam

March 2018
Middle East Brief 116
“Lebanon's Hostility to Syrian Refugees”
Nils Hagerdal

April 2017
Middle East Brief 107
“Beyond Sectarianism: Understanding Lebanese Politics through a Cross-Sectarian Lens”
Jeffrey G. Karam

March 2014
Middle East Brief 78
“Is Hezbollah Confronting a Crisis of Popular Legitimacy?”
Eric Lob

January 2014
Middle East Brief 76
“Lebanon at the Brink: The Impact of the Syrian Civil War”
Joseph Bahout

June 2009
Middle East Brief 37
“The Shiite Community in Lebanon: From Marginalization to Ascendancy”
Yusri Hazran

November 2006
Middle East 13
“The United States and the Israel-Hezbollah War”
Jeremy Pressman

September 2006
Middle East Brief 10
“The Hezbollah-Israel War: A Preliminary Assessment”
Shai Feldman

May 2017
Middle East Brief 110
“The Failure to End Libya’s Fragmentation and Future Prospects”
Jean-Louis Romanet Perroux

May 2015
Middle East Brief 93
“Libya’s Untold Story: Civil Society Amid Chaos”
Jean-Louis Romanet Perroux

September 2014
Middle East Brief 84
“The Road to Rule of Law in the Arab World: Comparative Insights”
Eva Bellin

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

June 2023
Middle East Brief 154
“Shut Out of Good Jobs: Contemporary Obstacles to Women’s Employment in MENA”
Carolyn Barnett

February 2021
Middle East Brief 140
“The Great Thaw in Arab Domestic Politics”
David Siddhartha Patel

May 2016
Middle East Brief 99
“The Changing Face of Islamic Authority in the Middle East”
Richard Nielsen

November 2015
Middle East Brief 95
“Saving the Middle East”
Abdel Monem Said Aly and Shai Feldman

December 2009
Middle East Brief 40
“The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Arab Countries: A Year-End Assessment”
Nader Habibi

April 2009
Middle East Brief 35
“Jihadi Revisionism: Will It Save the World?”
Khalil Al-Anani

January 2008
Middle East Brief 24
“One Hundred Years of Middle Eastern Oil”
E. Roger Owen

April 2007
Middle East Brief 19
“The Present Shia-Sunna Divide: Remaking Historical Memory”
Dror Ze'evi

March 2007
Middle East Brief 17
“From Deterrence to Legitimacy: A Proposed Shift in U.S. Policy in the Middle East”
Response Comment: “I recently read Crown Center Brief No. 17 by Abdel Monem Said Aly,...”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

January 2007
Middle East Brief 25
“The Brotherhood's Dilemma”
Marc Lynch

July 2024
Middle East Brief 159
“The Opposition Effect: Islamism and Women’s Rights in the Midst of Morocco’s Family Code Reform”
Ian VanderMeulen

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

May 2018
Middle East Brief 118
“The Limits of Morocco’s Attempt to Comprehensively Counter Violent Extremism”
Mohammed Masbah

April 2017
Middle East Brief 108
“Morocco’s Salafi Ex-Jihadis: Co-optation, Engagement, and the Limits of Inclusion”
Mohammed Masbah

July 2021
Middle East Brief 143
“Reconceptualizing Noncitizen Labor Rights in the Persian Gulf”
Alex Boodrookas

May 2009
Middle East Brief 36
“The Politics of Higher Education in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects”
Vincent Romani

November 2023
Crown Conversation 18
“After the Israel-Hamas War: Likely Scenarios and Outcomes for Israelis and Palestinians”
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Shai Feldman, Yezid Sayigh, and Khalil Shikaki

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

October 2021
Crown Conversation 10
“The Impact of the May 2021 Hamas-Israel Confrontation”
Shai Feldman

October 2020
Middle East Brief 138
“Annexation, the Trump Plan, and the Future of Palestinian-Israeli Relations”
Khalil Shikaki

April 2019
Middle East Brief 126
“Trump’s Peace Plan: Engagement or Swift Rejection?”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

January 2018
Middle East Brief 114
“Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration and 'The Ultimate Deal”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

December 2016
Middle East Brief 104
“Israel and the Palestinians: Sliding toward a One-State Reality”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

January 2016
Middle East Brief 97
“The End of the ‘Abbas Decade:’ The Crumbling of the post-Intifada Status-Quo”
Khalil Shikaki

January 2015
Middle East Brief 88
“Can Hamas Moderate? Insights from Palestinian Politics during 2005-2011”
Khalil Shikaki

August 2014
Middle East Brief 83
“Stabilizing Gaza-Israel Relations: What Would It Take?”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

March 2012
Middle East Brief 60
“Many Roads to Palestine? The Potential and Peril of Multiple Strategies within a Divided Palestinian National Movement”
Peter Krause

December 2011
Middle East Brief 58
“Coping with the Arab Spring: Palestinian Domestic and Regional Ramifications”
Khalil Shikaki

August 2011
Middle East Brief 54
“Beyond September: Lessons from Failed Mideast Diplomacy”
Shai Feldman

December 2010
Middle East Brief 48
“Pressing the ‘Reset Button’ on Arab-Israeli Negotiations”
Shai Feldman

March 2010
Middle East Brief 41
“Hamas Rule in Gaza: Three Years On”
Yezid Sayigh

November 2009
Middle East Brief 39
“The Obama Presidency and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

December 2008
Middle East Brief 32
“Policy Options: The Obama Administration and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

February 2008
Middle East Brief 26
“Clans and Militias in Palestinian Politics”
Dror Ze'evi

November 2007
Middle East Brief 21
“Is It Still Fall in Annapolis? Thinking about a Scheduled Meeting”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

October 2007
Middle East Brief 20
“The Fall Middle East Meeting: Too Important to Fail”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

February 2007
Middle East Brief 16
“Looking Beyond the Numbers: The Palestinian Socioeconomic Crisis of 2006”
Mohammed Samhouri

November 2006
Middle East Brief 12
“Gaza Economic Predicament One Year After Disengagement: What Went Wrong?”
Mohammed Samhouri

October 2006
Middle East Brief 11
“The Sixth Arab-Israeli War: An Arab Perspective”
Abdel Monem Said Aly

June 2006
Middle East Brief 7
“United States’ Policy Toward Hamas: An Initial Assessment”
Response Comment: “My Brandeis ’91 classmate Jeremy Pressman does a fine job presenting ...”
Jeremy Pressman

June 2006
Middle East Brief 8
“The Decline of the PLO and the Rise of the PNA”
Dror Ze'evi

March 2006
Middle East Brief 3
“What Do Palestinians Really Want? The Social Implications of the Hamas Victory”
Response Comment: “Dror Ze’evi on ‘What the Palestinians expect’ reminded me of the...”
Dror Ze'evi

December 2005
Middle East Brief 1
“Palestinian and Israeli Policy Options: Implications for U.S. Diplomacy”
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki

July 2021
Middle East Brief 143
“Reconceptualizing Noncitizen Labor Rights in the Persian Gulf”
Alex Boodrookas

December 2019
Middle East Brief 132
“Turkey’s Economic Relations with Gulf States in the Shadow of the 2017 Qatar Crisis”
Nader Habibi

May 2009
Middle East Brief 36
“The Politics of Higher Education in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects”
Vincent Romani

March 2024
Crown Conversation 20
“Beyond Robots: Artificial Intelligence in the Middle East”
Nagla Rizk and Omer Shah

October 2023
Middle East Brief 156
“Saudi Salafi Clerics under MBS: Reform and Survival”
Raihan Ismail

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

July 2021
Middle East Brief 143
“Reconceptualizing Noncitizen Labor Rights in the Persian Gulf”
Alex Boodrookas

December 2019
Middle East Brief 132
“Turkey’s Economic Relations with Gulf States in the Shadow of the 2017 Qatar Crisis”
Nader Habibi

April 2019
Middle East Brief 127
“Implementing Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: An Interim Balance Sheet”
Nader Habibi

January 2019
Middle East Brief 125
“How Saudi Suburbs Shaped Islamic Activism”
Pascal Menoret

August 2016
Middle East Brief 101
“Repression and Protest in Saudi Arabia”
Pascal Menoret

May 2009
Middle East Brief 36
“The Politics of Higher Education in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects”
Vincent Romani

January 2009
Middle East Brief 33
“Divided We Survive: A Landscape of Fragmentation in Saudi Arabia”
Ondrej Beranek

April 2008
Middle East Brief 28
“The Sword and the Book: Implications of the Intertwining of the Saudi Ruling Family and the Religious Establishment”
Ondrej Beranek

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

April 2021
Crown Conversation 7
“After Ten Years of War, Who Rules Syria?”
Daniel Neep

June 2019
Middle East Brief 128
“Why Hasn’t the Asad Regime Collapsed? Lessons Learned from Syria’s History of Tyranny”
Daniel Neep

August 2018
Middle East Brief 121
“After ISIS: Development and Demography in the Jazira”
Samuel Dolbee

November 2016
Middle East Brief 103
“Repartitioning the Sykes-Picot Middle East? Debunking Three Myths”
David Siddhartha Patel

September 2014
Middle East Brief 84
“The Road to Rule of Law in the Arab World: Comparative Insights”
Eva Bellin

February 2014
Middle East Brief 77
“The Syrian Baath Party and Sunni Islam: Conflicts and Connivance”
Thomas Pierret

January 2014
Middle East Brief 76
“Lebanon at the Brink: The Impact of the Syrian Civil War”
Joseph Bahout

June 2012
Middle East Brief 64
“Intervention in Syria: Reconciling Moral Premises and Realistic Outcomes”
Eva Bellin and Peter Krause

May 2012
Middle East Brief 63
“Turkey’s Time in Syria: Future Scenarios”
Joshua W. Walker

December 2010
Middle East Brief 47
“The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and the Asad Regime”
Liad Porat

September 2006
Middle East Brief 10
“The Hezbollah-Israel War: A Preliminary Assessment”
Shai Feldman

August 2006
Middle East Brief 9
“Are Former Enemies Becoming Allies? Turkey’s Changing Relations with Syria, Iran, and Israel Since the 2003 Iraqi War”
Banu Eligur

July 2022
Crown Conversation 14
“Ennahda: Before and After the Coup in Tunisia”
Andrew F. March

May 2022
Crown Conversation 13
“The Tunisian Public and the Rise of Kais Saied”
Hind Ahmed Zaki

August 2021
Crown Conversation 9
“Tunisia's Democracy Unsettled”
Eva Bellin

May 2021
Middle East Brief 142
“What Is ‘Muslim’ about Tunisia’s ‘Muslim Democrats’?”
Andrew F. March

October 2019
Middle East Brief 131
“Why Did Women's Rights Expand in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia?”
Hind Ahmed Zaki

August 2017
Middle East Brief 112
“Islamists in Power and Women's Rights: The Case of Tunisia”
Carla B. Abdo-Katsipis

August 2013
Middle East Brief 75
“Drivers of Democracy: Lessons from Tunisia”
Eva Bellin

September 2012
Middle East Brief 66
“Islam and Democracy in Practice: Tunisia’s Ennahdha Nine Months In”
Sarah J. Feuer

May 2024
Crown Conversation 21
“Beyond Erdoğan: Lessons from Turkey's 2024 Local Elections”
Evren Balta and Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu

April 2023
Middle East Brief 152
“Turkey’s Economic Crisis and Erdoğan’s Multiple Rapprochement Initiatives”
Nader Habibi 

May 2022
Middle East Brief 148
“Mayors and Municipalities: How Local Government Shapes Kurdish Politics in Turkey”
Muna Güvenç

March 2022
Middle East Brief 147
“Criminalizing Environmental Activism in Turkey”
Ekin Kurtic

August 2020
Crown Conversation 4
“Iraq’s New Prime Minister and the Challenge of Change”
Kanan Makiya

July 2020
Crown Conversation 3
“Policing and Protests: Insights from the Middle East”
Hayal Akarsu, Yazan Doughan, and Youssef El Chazli

May 2020
Middle East Brief 135
“Proactive Policing, Crime Prevention, and State Surveillance in Turkey”
Hayal Akarsu

December 2019
Middle East Brief 132
“Turkey’s Economic Relations with Gulf States in the Shadow of the 2017 Qatar Crisis”
Nader Habibi

August 2018
Middle East Brief 121
“After ISIS: Development and Demography in the Jazira”
Samuel Dolbee

June 2017
Middle East Brief 111
“Turkey’s Failed Peace Process with the Kurds: A Different Explanation”
Serra Hakyemez

July 2015
Middle East Brief 94
“The AKP and the Gülen: The End of a Historic Alliance”
Sarah El-Kazaz

April 2015
Middle East Brief 91
“How New Is Erdogan’s ‘New Turkey?’”
Hikmet Kocamaner

March 2013
Middle East Brief 69
“The Transformation of Public Space in Turkey”
Dror Ze'evi

May 2012
Middle East Brief 63
“Turkey’s Time in Syria: Future Scenarios”
Joshua W. Walker

May 2012
Middle East Brief 62
“Turkey and Iran: Growing Economic Relations Despite Western Sanctions”
Nader Habibi

May 2011
Middle East Brief 51
“A Little America: The Emergence of Turkish Hegemony”
Malik Mufti

April 2011
Middle East Brief 49
“What Is Driving Turkey’s Reengagement with the Arab World?”
Nader Habibi and Joshua W. Walker

November 2010
Middle East Brief 46
“The United States and Turkey: Can They Agree to Disagree?”
Joshua W. Walker

November 2007
Middle East Brief 22
“The Changing Face of Turkish Politics: Turkey’s July 2007 Parliamentary Elections”
Banu Eligur

August 2006
Middle East Brief 9
“Are Former Enemies Becoming Allies? Turkey’s Changing Relations with Syria, Iran, and Israel Since the 2003 Iraqi War”
Banu Eligur

May 2006
Middle East Brief 6
“Turkish-American Relations Since the 2003 Iraqi War: A Troubled Partnership”
Banu Eligur

September 2023
Crown Conversation 17
“On the Third Anniversary of the Abraham Accords”
Shai Feldman and Sanam Vakil

July 2021
Middle East Brief 143
“Reconceptualizing Noncitizen Labor Rights in the Persian Gulf”
Alex Boodrookas

December 2019
Middle East Brief 132
“Turkey’s Economic Relations with Gulf States in the Shadow of the 2017 Qatar Crisis”
Nader Habibi

May 2009
Middle East Brief 36
“The Politics of Higher Education in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects”
Vincent Romani

October 2024
Middle East Brief 161
“Fragmentation and Localization in Yemen’s War: Challenges and Opportunities for Peace”
Stacey Philbrick Yadav

January 2024
Crown Conversation 19
“The Houthis’ Red Sea Campaign and Yemen’s Political Future”
Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Yazeed Al-Jeddawy

September 2022
Crown Conversation 15
“Understanding Yemen: Before, During, and After Conflict”
Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Yasmeen al-Eryani

November 2018
Middle East Brief 123
“Fragmentation and Localization in Yemen’s War: Challenges and Opportunities for Peace”
Stacey Philbrick Yadav

March 2015
Middle East Brief 90
“A Passing Generation of Yemeni Politics”
Asher Orkaby