Steph Shample is a Non-Resident Scholar with the Middle East Institute's Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program and a Senior Analyst at Team Cymru. For the past 16 years, her career has focused on analyzing Iran in various capacities, including its tense relationships with Middle Eastern countries as well as their bordering states, and countering Iranian roles in terrorism, proliferation, and narcotics.
Given its predominantly arid climate, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is considered a regional water stress hotspot, amplified by the rising demands associated with its rapid urbanization and population growth. The scarcity of renewable water resources across the MENA region requires improved monitoring of available precipitation and terrestrial water storage to quantify water budget deficits and implement targeted water resource management strategies.
How did the colonial history of Algeria influence this country’s national identity and political economy after independence? Professor Muriam Haleh Davis will discuss her book, recently published by Duke University Press, which studies the interplay among racial categories, religious identity, and economic development in Algeria. Her research also shows how colonial policies played a central role in fashioning neoliberal economic ideas, documenting the intersection between decolonization and European integration.