“Andor and the Politics of Star Wars: An interdisciplinary conference,”April 23-24 2026, at the University of Alabama. sites.ua.edu/whazbun/ando...

PITCH US: MERIP's editors are inviting open pitches for our Summer 2026 issue on Visual Art and Cultural Production in the Middle East and North Africa! Read more and pitch at the link below.

But the biggest and most influential source of my thinking on this is Jonathan Schell's under recognized masterpiece: Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People.

Excellent analysis by Narges Bajoghli: time.com/7345623/iran...

“Bauhaus” dark roast coffee from High Wire (Oakland, CA)

A Christmas message from the Mayor of Bethlehem in Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus Christ:

ICYMI: We released highlights from our live event Honoring Joe Stork earlier this week on the podcast feed. Check it out, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

6. INTERVENTIONS: "Andor (Season 2), or the French Resistance in Space," a so-smart & also funny dialog between @tgpeterson.bsky.social & editor @meghankroberts.bsky.social about ANDOR! journals.publishing.umich.edu/wsfh/article...

I miss our walks along the Thessaloniki waterfront.. this statue complex is such a prominent feature. www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1288...

REMINDER: We have a LIVE event in Washington DC on Saturday! Come join MERIP contributors Aslı Bâli, Joel Beinin, Lisa Hajjar, Zachary Lockman, Sarah Leah Whitson, Mouin Rabbani, Joan Mandell and Rick Reinhard, MC'd by Joost Hiltermann and w/ music from the Fast Flying Vestibule!

Is that Omar El Akkad in a tux! I am so happy for him and more critically what this recognition means.. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...

NEW: US canceled visit of head of #Lebanon army, @al-monitor.bsky.social confirmed. Haykal was due to arrive today but tension with Congress, differences over Hezbollah botched the trip... www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Spoiling a fall morning with some spring class prep.

Half price ebook right now! www.amazon.com/Americas-Mid...

Some analysis on Qatar’s relationship with the Trump administration and the Gaza ceasefire plan arabcenterdc.org/resource/qat...

Giving a talk at Boston University this Thursday’s: American Illusions of Regional Order & the Emergence of Turbulence in MENA For details, see: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-i...

Rethinking IR Conference, June 13-14, 2026 at University of the Peloponnese, Greece. The deadline for abstract submission is 5 October 2025.

La spirale de militarisation de la politique des États-Unis vis-à-vis du Moyen-Orient. A French translation of a memo for the @prismeorg.bsky.social project directed by @esoubrier.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/revue-conflu...

The ghost of James Baldwin?

What it’s like to be a Middle East Studies Professor in fall 2025 - my new post surveys the field, and my colleagues. Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...

Lebanon mourns beloved artist Ziad Rahbani www.npr.org/2025/08/02/n...

The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to announce POMEPS Studies 56: Regional Order Making after October 7. Download the full PDF here: pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...

As we enter another peak season, re-posting this essay.. “Tourism Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Overtourism, Geopolitical Conflicts and Sustainability”https://www.iemed.org/publication/tourism-challenges-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-overtourism-geopolitical-conflicts-and-sustainability/

I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign used the oldest & most powerful form of political propaganda. And no, it's not vertical videos newrepublic.com/article/1973...

Thanks @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for letting me add an afterword for my book to take into account the 12 days of open Israel-Iran war and the underwhelming US bombing of Fordo, and the ongoing moral atrocity inflicted on Gaza, but god it’s all so grim. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/america...

I was interviewed in English but this BBC story about the history of US interventions is in Spanish www.bbc.com/portuguese/a...

Off to visit the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Peloponnese… listening to podcast about the Iliad, hubris and the horrors of war.

Our first episode is out! @ayoub.bsky.social and @joyfulcarla.bsky.social on what Star Trek means to them and why they decided to start a podcast on the political importance of storytelling. Out wherever you get your podcasts. To support us and get perks: www.patreon.com/posts/1-lets...

ISA-Northeast Annual Conference 2025: Call For Proposals November 3, 2025: Virtual November 7-8, 2025: Providence, RI www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

Another really interesting (and useful for teaching) issue of the @apsamena.bsky.social Newsletter... with special sections of the question of a "New Regional Order" in the Middle East and the legacies of the Biden Administration's policy towards the Middle East.