Timur Kuran
Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science at Duke University and the author of The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East.
Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science at Duke University and the author of The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East.
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, rose to power in 2002 on the promise that it would ensure religious freedom for pious Muslims. Fourteen years later, “fre… read more
Arabs have substantially less trust in strangers, foreign or otherwise, than, say, Europeans – a reality that hampers everything from business development to governance. The first step in addressing t… read more
In the run-up to Turkey’s municipal elections on March 30, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that the vote would serve as a referendum on his scandal-plagued leadership. Following his party… read more
This year, political Islam has faced massive setbacks in both Egypt and Turkey, inviting speculation that it cannot be reconciled with pluralist democracy. But the two countries' situations include fu… read more
The mechanisms underlying the political unpredictability of mass protest are not unique to the Arab world. Unforeseen uprisings are possible wherever repression keeps people from expressing their poli… read more
