Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune. The coronavirus pandemic,…
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it…
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This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia — a UNESCO world heritage site and museum — as a house of…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Political life in many Muslim-majority countries has been marked by the electoral dominance of Islamist parties. Recent attempts to explain…
Since 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on…