“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.
Category Archives: Publications
Op-ed: “Political Islam’s Loss of Democratic Legitimacy”
“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: “Islamic Finance Sits Awkwardly in a Modern Business School”
with William Barnes: “Islamic Finance Sits Awkwardly in a Modern Business School.” Financial Times, July 21, 2013.
Interview: “Arap Baharı’nın Sonrası”
with Metin Under, “Arap Baharı’nın Sonrası.” Optimist, Mayıs 2013, 26-29.
Article: “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”
(with Anantdeep Singh) “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61 (2013): 503-38.
Encyclopedia article: “Economic Theory”
“Economic Theory,” Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012): 142-44.
Encyclopedia article: “Public Opinion”
“Public Opinion,” Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011), pp. 435-36.
Op-ed: “Arap Demokrasilerinin Zayıf Temelleri”
“Arap Demokrasilerinin Zayıf Temelleri,” Optimist, Kasım 2012, 92-93.
Interview: “Free Speech in the Islamic World”
with Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations: “Free Speech and Muslim Unrest,” September 28, 2012.
Interview: “Crescent Moon Capitalism”
with Noah Blazer, “Crescent Moon Capitalism: Timur Kuran Weighs the Legacy of Islam’s Divergence from the West,” Today’s Zaman, June 28, 2012.
Policy brief: “Building Arab Civil Society to Promote Economic Growth”
“Building Arab Civil Society to Promote Economic Growth.” Addressing the 100 Million Youth Challenge: Perspectives on Youth Unemployment in the Arab World 2012, World Economic Forum, 4-6 June 2012, 15-17.
Radio discussion: “Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?”
BBC Radio Analysis, moderated by Edward Stourton, “Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?” Several participants, May 28, 2012.
Video interview: “Islamic Law and the Challenge of Democracy”
Istanbul Seminars, May 20, 2012: “Islamic Law and the Challenge of Democracy.”
Interview: “How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East”
Radio interview with David Inge, WILL am 580, Illinois Public Media, on “How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East,” April 9, 2012.
Article: “Political Consequences of the Middle East’s Economic Legacy”
“Political Consequences of the Middle East’s Economic Legacy.” In Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development: Proceedings of the Sixteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association, vol. 1, ed. Masahoki Aoki, Timur Kuran, and Gérard Roland (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), 99-115.