Archive - Abu Aardvark's MENA Academy

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Apr 24 •

Farewell to a Most Humane Pope

And welcome to the resistance, APSA.

Apr 22 •

Is Israel really the Middle East's hegemon?

No. Here's why... and why that's dangerous.

Apr 14 •

Palestinian Islamists and the Road to October 7

Plus a special focus on recent academic work on Syria's Post-Asad transition

Apr 11 •

Tariffing the Middle East

Why does Trump hate Tunisian olive oil and American allies?

Apr 4 •

Harvard can't capitulate hard enough

Plus Columbia promises to airdrop pro-Israeli faculty into departments and deportations accelerate.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

The Yemen Model (Extreme Stupidity Era)

Plus why I'm not renewing my APSA membership or attending the 2025 conference.

Mar 25 •

Decentralization in the Middle East

This week's roundup from the MENA Academy, amidst another barrage of terrible news.

Mar 20 •

Academic self-censorship under Trump

The new round of the Middle East Scholars Barometer captures the dangers of the moment

Mar 18 •

Coalitions for collective action, moral panics and perfect victims

Plus renewed war with Houthis, closing Alhurra and a roundup from the weekend

Mar 17 •

Columbia and the next front in the war on higher education

It's not just punishing protestors - two of the government's demands are far worse.

Mar 14 •

The accelerating assault on Middle East Studies - and higher education.

Plus: a new blog format for perilous times

Mar 13 •

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