“The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy,” New York Times, May 28, 2011.
- French translation: “Démocratie Arabe : Des Fondations Fragiles.” Libre Afrique.
“The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy,” New York Times, May 28, 2011.
“The Politics of Revolutionary Surprise,” Project Syndicate, February 2, 2011.
The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011).
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“Orta Doğu’da Ekonomik Azgelişmişliğin Kurumsal Kökenleri” (Kayseri Ticaret Odası Dergisi (Ekim 2010): 50-58). (Yollar Ayrılırken (The Long Divergence) kitabındaki ana temaları kapsayan bir konuşmanın metni)
with Ali Bilge on Açık Radyo (94.9 FM Istanbul) regarding the causes of economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, in Turkish. (Ali Bilge ile Açık Radyo’da “Orta Doğu’nun ekonomik azgelişmişliği” konulu söyleşi (2 bölüm: 29-30 Haziran 2010).)
Topics of volumes:
“Explaining the Economic Trajectories of Civilizations: The Systemic Approach.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71 (2009): 593-605.
“Institutional Causes of Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective,” in Institutional Change and Economic Behavior, ed. János Kornai, Laszlo Matyas, and Gérard Roland (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008), pp. 64-76.
“Religion and the Open Society Symposium: Religion, Innovation, and Economic Progress,” Lawrence Harrison, Timur Kuran, and Robert Woodberry, Council on Foreign Relations, March 25, 2008. See video
“Ellat-e-Aslie Tose Nayaftegi az Negah-e Nahadgerayee” (Main Cause of Underdevelopment from the Viewpoint of Institutionalism).
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“Alle radici del deficit di imprenditorialità in Medio Oriente.” Biblioteca della libertà, 42 (March 2007): 11-36.
with Simone Cofferati: “Islam, Economy, and Democracy.” EAST (Europe and Asia Strategies), English edition, 13 (February 2007): 77-79.
“Chera Khavarmiyaneh tose Nayafteh ast” Donyaye Eqtesad (January 30, 2007) p. 32.
with Allison Engel: “Conversation with Timur Kuran.” USC News, 18 December 2006, [Shorter version: USC Chronicle, 26 (14), January 8, 2007, p. 2]