The volume originated in an animated debate at an annual conference of the Project on Middle East Political Science about the concepts of state weakness and state fragility and how they help us understand, or get in the way of understanding, fundamental questio..
Steven Heydemann and Marc Lynch
Steven Heydemann is Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Professor of Government, and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at Smith College; in addition, he is Senior Non-Resident Fellow of the Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy.
Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs; Director of the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS); and Director of M.A. Middle East Studies.