Digest of Middle East Studies

Peer-reviewed academic journal on contemporary policy issues in the Middle East and North Africa.

@WileyPolitics @PolicyStudies

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We’re very excited about the new issue of Digest of Middle East Studies!

You can access the Fall 2020 issue @domesjournal here:

https://t.co/KArqHXtDGx

[PSIA @AUAPSIA]

We are pleased to announce that Program Chair Dr. @VahramTM has recently published an article in the @Domesjournal. For more, check out the article: https://t.co/1z3LqQUj31

[Tamirace Fakhoury @Tamyfakhoury]

Happy to share my article on how the #Lebanese state "echoes" & "re-echoes" #refugee policies in the international system. The article builds on the notion of #politics as an "imaginary". Thanks to @kelseypnorman for leading on this SI @Domesjournal https://t.co/30fFTKeFvA

[The BEYOND project @non_signatory]

How do Arab refugee hosting states, generally regarded as norm recipients and recalcitrant implementers of refugee law, shape, localize, and reconfigure understandings and practices of asylum? An absolute must-read by @Tamyfakhoury @Domesjournal https://t.co/825stn0NlY

[Bosmat Yefet @BosmatYefet]

My latest paper, co-authored with Limor Lavie published by @Domesjournal
https://t.co/BCSHEKLqH9

[Jon Hoffman @Hoffman8Jon]

Happy to share my latest article published in @Domesjournal! Bottom line: Moscow and Beijing seek engagement with #Saudi, #UAE, and #Egypt to preserve a state-controlled monopoly on religious discourse and control their own domestic Muslim populations.

https://t.co/5Ejl61jFKJ

[a.kadir yildirim @akyildirim]

My thoughts on the future of US-Turkey relations under Biden Administration for @RStatecraft.

Improved relations serve both countries' interests in a changing Middle East.

https://t.co/lrBkstwkvX

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CFP: Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES)

https://t.co/5xfX2XHAYR

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Read Bacik’s insightful review here:

https://t.co/JD0Ydw7qaB

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Our current issue also features a book review of @prof_ahmetkuru’s recently published popular book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment by @GokhanBacik.

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They find that various factors such as relationship status, income, occupational sector, and social environment mediate the effect of compulsory public service on job satisfaction and loneliness.

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7/7 Analyzing an understudied policy employed by governments, Huseyin Nihat Gunes and Gunal Bilek analyze the impact of compulsory service for civil servants on their wellbeing in “Effects of Compulsory Public Service on Job Satisfaction and Loneliness in Turkish Civil Servants.”

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Likewise, cities that are part of the compulsory public service exhibit important sociocultural differences. To examine the effects of compulsory public service on job satisfaction and loneliness, Gunes and Bilek carried out a survey with public servants in Bitlis, Turkey.

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By comparatively analyzing levels of youth participation in the pre- and post-Gulf War periods and the impact of oil revenues, Lakshminarayanan offers a much-needed review of policies that can integrate youth populations into the economic development process in meaningful ways.

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6/7 Status of youth populations poses a major socioecon. and pol. challenge for countries across MENA. Radhika Lakshminarayanan brings one such case into focus with “Youth Development in Kuwait: Dimensions of Civic Participation and Community Engagement Towards Nation Building.”

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In a society defined by economic prosperity and a generous welfare system, Lakshminarayanan views Kuwaiti youth’s political and social participation as the key to a potential transformation of the Kuwaiti political economic system.

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Mohammed and Alrebh argue that lack of Kurdish unity on a shared vision, regional countries’ strong resistance, and the international community’s preference for Iraqi territorial integrity contributed in different ways to maintaining the status quo for Iraqi Kurds.

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5/7 Jihan A. Mohammed @JihanAMohammed and Abdullah F. Alrebh @AbdullahAlrebh examine the timeline leading up to the referendum and its immediate aftermath to account for the failure of the referendum to have its intended outcome in “Iraqi Kurds: The Dream of Nation State.”

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Iraqi Kurds’ 2017 independence referendum was a major turning point in Kurdish efforts to establish an independent state. Yet, the failure of the referendum to produce a clear path to statehood was the result of a multitude of factors.