Abstract
1. Weak States in the Middle East Mehran Kamrava, CIRS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar 2. Yemen: Failing State or Failing Politics? Charles Schmitz, Towson University 3. Questioning Failure, Stability, and Risk in Yemen Sarah Phillips, University of Sydney 4. Interventionism and the Fear of Urban Agency in Afghanistan and Iraq Daniel Esser, American University 5. Libya After Qadhafi: Fragmentation, Hybridity, and Informality Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 6. Strong Actor in a Weak State: The Geopolitics of Hizbullah Shoghig Mikaelian, Concordia University; and Bassel F. Salloukh, Lebanese American University 7. Margin and Center in Sudan: On the Historicity of State Weakness Rogaia Abusharaf, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar 8. Sudan: A Turbulent Political Marketplace Alex de Waal, Tufts University 9. Women, Work, and the Weak State: A Case Study of Pakistan and Sudan Zahra Babar, CIRS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar; and Dwaa Osman, CIRS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar 10. Whither Palestine? Weak State, Failed State, or No State at All? Glenn E. Robinson, Naval Postgraduate School 11. Diasporas and State (Re)building in the MENA Region: Potential and Constraints Laurie Brand, University of Southern California 12. State Capacity and Aid Effectiveness in Weak States in the Greater Middle East Mark McGillivray, Deakin University; Simon Feeny, RMIT University; and Ashton De Silva, RMIT University
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