• The Big Man Muqtada al-Sadr: Leading the Street in Iraq under Limited Statehood 

      Selvik, Kjetil; Amirteimour, Iman (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 ...
    • Hybrid media and hybrid politics: Contesting informational uncertainty in Lebanon and Tunisia 

      Voltmer, Katrin; Selvik, Kjetil; Høigilt, Jacob (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 

      Erstad, Henriette Ullavik (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.
    • “Irregular” Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel 

      Osland, Kari M.; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik (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 

      Gade, Tine; Bøås, Morten (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 

      Rieker, Pernille (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? ...