The Middle East Security Politics Working Group

The Middle East Security Politics Working Group (MESPWG) seeks to provide graduate students, faculty, and outside researchers with a forum to present their ongoing Middle East security work and receive feedback from interested researchers. We have defined security broadly in order to properly capture the full range of pressing security issues that affect the region; these include, but are not limited to, traditional military conflict, economic security, civil-military relations, and internal security among others. The focus of the group leans heavily, but not exclusively, on student and junior-faculty/early-career professional research. Steve Van Evera and Carol Saivetz sponsor the group. Josh Shifrinson serves as student coordinator.