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The regime type of a monarchical sultan in the Middle East and North Africa is very difficult to maintain due to one very important factor, it lacks the absolute control over the people’s every day life. Unlike an authoritarian regime which is spread out and controls the every aspect of the people due to itContinue reading ““Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown””

The documentary “A Siege of Salt and Sand” portrays how environmental change, specifically the warming of the planet is effecting the politics in Tunisia. One of the key elements that this film highlights is how people in Tunisia are having a difficult time finding clean drinking water, which in turn makes it a highly prizedContinue reading “A Siege of Salt and Sand”

If oil rents produce peculiarly damaging political and social outcomes in MENA, is this due to the unusual size of those rents or to the interaction of those rents with other factors? In the Middle East and North Africa the specific form of government income called rentierism is especially prevalent. Rentierism means that the stateContinue reading “Effects of Oil Rents”

In Anderson’s 2006 article, the main problems she sees when political scientists attempt to understand the Middle East are; political scientists look at the Middle East with a western influenced view, they do not take into consideration the history and culture of the people in the Middle East, and they focus more on what wentContinue reading “Reflection on Anderson”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”