The following post is for my students at ISU in Marburg 2016. Welcome to: Authoritarian Politics and Democratization in the Middle East: From the 1990s
Author: jtdevine2014
I am an Associate Professor at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick where I teach international politics. My research focuses on the politics of the Middle East the domestic politics and foreign policy of Iran in particular.
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After a night of uncertainty, Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains in power. Initial reports seemed to indicate that the coup was well organized and on the
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