Category Archives: Islam & political development

Op-ed: “The Roots of Middle East Mistrust”

July 8, 20162015-2019, Arabic - العربية, Chinese - 中文, Czech - Čeština, Dutch - Nederlands, Economic development, Economic history, French - Français, German - Deutsch, In the media, Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia, Islam & political development, Islamism, contemporary, Italian - Italiano, Russian - Pусский, Spanish - EspañolTimur Kuran

“The Roots of Middle East Mistrust.” Project Syndicate, July 8, 2016.

Arabic translation: جذور انعدام الثقة في الشرق الأوسط
Chinese translation: 中东缺乏信任的根源
Czech translation: Kořeny blízkovýchodní nedůvěry
Dutch translation: De wortels van het wantrouwen in het Midden-Oosten
French translation: Les racines du manque de confiance au Moyen-Orient
German translation: Die Wurzeln des Misstrauens im Mittleren Osten
Indonesian translation: Asal Mula Ketidakpercayaan di Timur Tengah
Italian translation: Dove affondano le radici della diffidenza del Medio Oriente
Russian translation: Корни недоверия Ближнего Востока
Spanish translation: Las raíces de la desconfianza en Oriente Medio

Article: “Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf”

July 1, 20162015-2019, Islam & economic development, Islam & political developmentTimur Kuran

“Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf.” American Journal of Comparative Law, 64 (Summer 2016): 419-54.

Comment: “Yaycıoğlu’s Review of Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul”

May 1, 20162015-2019, Economic history, Islam & economic development, Islam & political development, TurkeyTimur Kuran

“A Comment on Ali Yaycıoğlu’s Review of Timur Kuran (ed.), Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records, vols. 1-10 (IJMES 47 (2015):625-27)”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 48 (2016): 429-32.

Discussion: “The Economic and Political Effects of Restrictions on Religion”

December 15, 20142010-2014, Economics & religion, In the media, Islam & economic development, Islam & political developmentTimur Kuran

Religious Freedom Project discussion on “The Economic and Political Effects of Restrictions on Religion” moderated by Daniel Philpott. Participants: Timur Kuran and Abdullah Saeed, December 15, 2014.

Op-ed: “Economic and Political Effects of European Restrictions on Muslim Religious Freedom”

December 1, 20142010-2014, In the media, Islam & economic development, Islam & political development, Preference falsificationTimur Kuran

“Economic and Political Effects of European Restrictions on Muslim Religious Freedom.” Cornerstone, December 2014 .

Interview: “Study Explores Ottoman Empire’s Upside Down Lending System”

November 6, 20142010-2014, In the media, Islam & economic development, Islam & political developmentTimur Kuran

With Steven Richmond and Jared Rubin on financial markets in Ottoman Istanbul: “Study Explores Ottoman Empire’s Upside Down Lending System.” BadCredit.org, November 6, 2014.

Interview: “Daha Şiddetli Bir Diktatörlük Gelecek”

April 22, 20142010-2014, In the media, Islam & political development, Turkey, Turkish - TürkçeTimur Kuran

Can Uğur ile söyleşi: “Daha Şiddetli Bir Diktatörlük Gelecek,” Birgün, 22 April 2014, p. 1.

Op-ed: “Turkey’s Electoral Dictatorship”

April 10, 20142010-2014, In the media, Islam & political development, TurkeyTimur Kuran

“Turkey’s Electoral Dictatorship.” Project Syndicate, April 10, 2014.

Article: “The Political Consequences of Islam’s Economic Legacy”

September 2, 20132010-2014, Islam & economic development, Islam & political developmentTimur Kuran

“The Political Consequences of Islam’s Economic Legacy.” Philosophy & Social Criticism, 39 (2013): 345-405.

Video: “Unlikely Heroes of the Arab Spring, with Hernando de Soto”

September 1, 20132010-2014, In the media, Islam & economic development, Islam & political developmentTimur Kuran

“Unlikely Heroes of the Arab Spring, with Hernando de Soto” (educational video of Free to Choose Network for PBS; includes segments from a Duke interview), 2013.

For a preview of the video, click here.

Op-ed: “Political Islam’s Loss of Democratic Legitimacy”

August 2, 20132010-2014, Arabic - العربية, Chinese - 中文, French - Français, German - Deutsch, In the media, Islam & political development, Spanish - EspañolTimur Kuran

“Political Islam’s Loss of Democratic Legitimacy.” Project Syndicate, August 2, 2013.

Arabic translation: الإسلام السياسي يخسر شرعيته الديمقراطية
Chinese translation: 政治伊斯兰的民主合法性损失
French translation: La perte de légitimité démocratique de l’Islam politique
German translation: Der Verlust der demokratischen Legitimität des politischen Islams
Spanish translation: La pérdida de legitimidad democrática del islam político

Interview: “Arap Baharı’nın Sonrası”

May 1, 20132010-2014, In the media, Islam & political development, Turkish - TürkçeRevolutionTimur Kuran

with Metin Under, “Arap Baharı’nın Sonrası.” Optimist, Mayıs 2013, 26-29.

Encyclopedia article: “Economic Theory”

January 1, 20132010-2014, Islam & economic development, Islam & political development, Islamism, contemporaryTimur Kuran

“Economic Theory,” Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012): 142-44.

Encyclopedia article: “Public Opinion”

January 1, 20132010-2014, Islam & political development, Preference falsificationTimur Kuran

“Public Opinion,” Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011), pp. 435-36.

Op-ed: “Arap Demokrasilerinin Zayıf Temelleri”

November 1, 20122010-2014, In the media, Islam & political development, Turkish - TürkçeTimur Kuran

“Arap Demokrasilerinin Zayıf Temelleri,” Optimist, Kasım 2012, 92-93.