Shadi Hamid

A supporter of the Islamist Ennahda Party holds a party flag during a municipal elections campaign in Tunis, Tunisia April 28, 2018. Picture taken April 28, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1319B67DE0

Arab democracy depends on normalizing Islamist parties

Thursday, July 5, 2018

REFILE - CORRECTING DATE Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin - RC1932AA9080

What democracies can learn from Malaysia

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Afghan locals attend a shura (council meeting) in Khan Neshin district of Helmand province July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT) - GM1E5781O8W02

When terrorists and criminals govern better than governments

Shadi Hamid, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Harold Trinkunas

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Counter-protesters hold signs and shout slogans during an anti-Sharia rally in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 10, 2017. REUTERS/David Ryder - RC1C2C401560

The rise of anti-liberalism

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

A Rohingya refugee reads the Quran during sunrise in Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay - RC1E91534850

How much does scripture influence the political behavior of Islamists?

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, January 15, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - LR2EC1F0Z4WIW

Iran’s protests and the myth of benign silence

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

A Jordanian woman casts her ballot for municipal elections at a polling station in Amman August 27, 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition party, is boycotting the polls. REUTERS/Muhammad Hammad (JORDAN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - GM1E98S00ST01

By 2020, will more or fewer Islamist groups participate in elections in the Middle East compared to today?

Thursday, January 4, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by ?Vice President Mike Pence?, delivers remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House in Washington, U.S. December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC13960599F0

The Jerusalem announcement won’t really hurt America’s Arab alliances

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Egyptian relatives and friends carry the coffin of the officer Khaled al-Maghrabi, who was killed during a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in Sinai, during his funeral in his hometown Toukh, Al Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt 8 July, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC195508E300

Misunderstanding the victims of the Sinai massacre

Monday, November 27, 2017

Yemeni-American Muslim sisters Hajar Udayni (L) and Sara Udayni Udayni take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kholood Eid - RC169CD80CC0

Educating Americans to defuse Islamaphobia

Thursday, November 16, 2017