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The MERIP Podcast Episode 14: The MERIP Roundtable, On Iran's Protests
In this installment of the MERIP Roundtable podcast, we discuss the latest wave of protests in Iran. The protests began on December 28, 2025, as merchants and bazaar workers reacted negatively to new budgetary measures announced by President Masoud Pezeshkian. The protests snowballed in the first week of January, reachingMERIP's Top 10 of 2025
Dear Friends and Comrades, Today we’re sharing with you the 10 most-viewed articles we published in 2025. Each of these pieces provides crucial, current analysis of regional dynamics driven by Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza: from the impacts of AI as both a technology of war and toolThe MERIP Podcast Episode 13: Ned Leadbeater
Today on the podcast we have an interview with Ned Leadbeater, a researcher and analyst based in Britain who recently wrote an article for our Summer/Fall double issue on the material politics of normalization titled, “Fiber Optics and the Hidden Politics of Connectivity.” His article explores the politics surrounding
The MERIP Podcast Episode 12: Honoring Joe Stork, Live in DC
Featuring Sarah Leah Whitson, Lisa Hajjar, Mouin Rabbani, Joel Beinin, Zachary Lockman, Rick Reinhard, Joan Mandell and Joost Hiltermann
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