Browsing NUPI Research Online by Subject "The Middle East and North Africa"
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The Big Man Muqtada al-Sadr: Leading the Street in Iraq under Limited Statehood
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The article conceptualises the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a big man to explain his proven capability for navigating the hazardous terrain of Iraqi politics. Introduced in Sahlins’ anthropology on Melanesia and refined ... -
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Afghanistan
(Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet;February 2022, Research report, 2021)Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its worst ... -
Hybrid media and hybrid politics: Contesting informational uncertainty in Lebanon and Tunisia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between hybrid media and hybrid politics in Lebanon and Tunisia. While previous research on the media in hybrid regimes has mainly focused on regime strategies of restricting ... -
Irans moderne historie
(Others, 2020)Irans moderne historie er en høyaktuell bok om hvordan Iran, slik vi kjenner det i dag, har blitt til, utgitt førti år etter at 2500 år med persisk monarkible erstattet av en islamsk republikk. -
Iraq
(Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet;April 2022, Research report, 2022)• Increasing temperatures, decreasing water availability and greater inter-annual variability in rainfall negatively affect agriculture, reduce household income and food availability, and exacerbate livelihood insecurity. ... -
“Irregular” Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel
(Journal article, 2020)On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could read: “The current system no longer works. And for the past five years, the ... -
Islamist Social Movements and Hybrid Regime Types in the Muslim World
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Since the Arab Uprisings in 2010–2011 and subsequent counter- revolutions, socio-economic and political crises have occurred with rapid frequency in the Arab Middle East, North Africa, and the Sahel. The aim of our special ... -
Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article aims to investigate the character of transatlantic security relations in Africa: How can it be characterized? Have they become weaker or stronger over the past decade? How can this development be explained? ... -
On digital media in Lebanon's political crisis
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-08, Research report, 2021)The technology-driven transformation of the media environment is changing politics worldwide. Yet everywhere is not the same. The digital revolution yields different results in different political contexts. This policy ... -
Sunnism, Salafism, Sheikism: Urban Pathways of Resistance in Sidon, Lebanon
(HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)This brief analyses Salafism as an urban phenomenon, with an emphasis on the contentious period following the Syrian uprising turned civil war (2011–present). To understand Salafism’s popular appeal, it is necessary to ... -
To engage or not engage? Libyan Salafis and state institutions
(HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)At the beginning of the recent escalation of hostilities in Libya in April 2019, one of the key questions posed was what role, if any, quietist Salafis would play. Followers of this trend have grown significantly in influence ...