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MERIP provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies as well as popular struggles and the role of US policy in the region. MERIP seeks to reach academics, journalists, non-governmental and governmental organizations and informed citizens who want knowledgeable analysis and critical resources about contemporary political developments. Informed by scholarship and research, MERIP is a curated platform for critical analysis and discussion that brings informed perspectives to a broader audience. The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) was established in 1971 to educate and inform the public about contemporary Middle East affairs. Source

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The MERIP Podcast Episode 24: Iran in Context Part I

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By James Ryan, Sabiha Allouche, Nazanin Shahrokni
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Today’s episode of the MERIP Podcast is an audio recording from the first event in our Iran in Context series. This series is co-produced by MERIP, BRISMES, the British Society for Middle East Studies, and SeSaMO, the Italian Society for Middle East Studies. Each event features conversations with scholars about the deeper context behind the political and military convulsions in Iran over the last year.
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By James Ryan, Ayca Alemdaroglu
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Today’s episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with Ayça Alemdaroğlu about her article, “The Capture of Turkey’s Universities Under the AKP,” in our Spring 2026 issue, “Campus Politics–Palestine and the New University Order.” MERIP executive director James Ryan spoke with Alemdaroğlu about the efforts of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party to co-opt university administrations and contain campus dissent over the last 25 years.
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By James Ryan, Mohammad Ali Kadivar
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Dear Friends and Comrades, As the US and Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth month, the bombast and intensity of its initial waves have given way to a war of attrition over the status of the Strait of Hormuz with far-reaching effects on the global economy, on the one hand, and Israel’s aggressively expanded campaign to occupy southern Lebanon, on the other.
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By Mohammad Ali Kadivar
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One month before the United States and Israel began the current war against Iran on February 28, 2026, mass uprisings within the country resulted in the severest government crackdown in its modern history. Protests and repression were accompanied by calls for outside intervention.
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By James Ryan, Aslı U. Bâli, Darryl Li
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Today's episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with two contributors to the spring issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Since the beginning of world-wide campus protests in the wake of October 7, 2023, there has been a tremendous upswell of organizing and support for Palestinian liberation and activism against US militarism.
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By James Ryan
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Dear Friends and Comrades, Today, we published our spring 2026 issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Its publication comes on the second anniversary of the university encampments, the high point of campus mobilizations against the Gaza genocide that ignited faculty, student and labor organizing for the Palestinian cause in a new generation.
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By Jannis Grimm, Lilian Mauthofer
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In February 2025, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) cancelled a planned lecture by Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. The university cited polarization and security risks after intense political pressure from Berlin’s governing mayor and several pro-Israel advocacy groups.
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By Aslı U. Bâli
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On March 25, 2025, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), together with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and represented by the Knight First Amendment Institute, sued the Trump administration for its policy of targeting noncitizen students and scholars for their pro-Palestinian speech.
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By Maya Wind, KCL Stands, UCI Rank
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For issue 318, Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order, MERIP editorial committee member Maya Wind organized a roundtable with six student activists representing five student collectives from Europe and the United States: Marilù with Collettivi Autorganizzati Universitari (Italy); Marie with Stop Academic Complicity Collective (France); Aesop with KCL Stands for Justice (United Kingdom); Khirad with the University of California Irvine UCI Rank and File (USA); and Nabil and Toto...
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By Lisa Hajjar, Lara Deeb, Darryl Li
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As part of MER issue 318, Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order, MERIP editor Lisa Hajjar organized a roundtable with faculty organizers and a legal advocate. Lara Deeb is professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies at Scripps College and serves as co-chair of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Task Force on Civil and Human Rights. Darryl Li isassociate professor of Anthropology and an associate member of the law school at the University of Chicago.
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