Najib Ghadbian (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas. Ghadbian s book, Democratization and the Islamists Challenge in the Arab World, was published by Westview Press in 1997. A revised and updated Arabic edition was published in Amman and Beirut in 2002. His research focuses on the struggle between ruling elites.

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