Tag Search

People Power or a One-Shot Deal? A Dynamic Model of Protest

2013 study from Princeton and NYU on the nature of political revolutions and the possibility that such upheaval in many countries is a singular event, unlikely to be followed by more.

The Arab Spring and the Internet: Research roundup

Roundup of recent studies that bring a scholarly, data-driven lens to questions around the Arab Spring.

Views on Democracy in the Muslim World: Pew Global Attitudes Project 2012 Report

2012 Pew Research Center report on attitudes in the Muslim world on government, democracy, religion and equality.

New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring

2012 study by the United States Institute of Peace on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring uprisings.

U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel: 2012 Congressional Report

2012 Congressional Research Service report on aid amounts from the U.S. government to Israel, history and trends.

Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11

2012 report from the University of North Carolina on the nature and number of U.S. terrorism incidents and convictions.

U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

2012 United Nations panel report on human rights violations by the Syrian government and military.

Iran Sanctions: Congressional Research Service Report

2011 report from the Congressional Research Service on background issues relating to sanctions on Iran.

Inequality of Opportunity in Egypt

2011 study by the World Bank Economic Review on the contribution of inequality of opportunity to earnings inequality over time.

Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East

2011 paper correlates incidences of social unrest (as identified by news reports) with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) global food price index between 2004 and 2011.

Rise of Muslim Foreign Fighters: Islam and the Globalization of Jihad

2011 article in International Security on distinctions between Muslim foreign fighters and terrorists, and related policy implications.

Civil Movements: Facebook and Twitter in the Arab Spring

2011 study by the Dubai School of Government on social networking access and usage during the region’s 2011 democracy movements.

Youth Exclusion in Syria: Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions

2007 study by the Dubai School of Government on deep jobless problems among young adults in Syria.

Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing

2010 paper by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University on frameworks for evaluating activism in the Internet age, particularly in repressive environments.

Equality and Inequality in the Arab Region

Study by the Cairo-based Economic Research Forum on development patterns and economic challenges in the Arab world