Research Conversations
Public policy and administration research · with Dr Anis Ben Brik
Episode 4 The AI capability trap: should developing countries regulate AI before building it? Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2026Episode 3 Hollow by design: why policy evaluation remains hollow in the MENA region Evaluation Review, 2026Episode 2 Capacity-Design Fit: designing policy under capacity constraints Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2026Episode 1 How Qatar governed under missile attacks Policy Design and Practice, 2026
Episodes
One published article per episode, in English, French and Arabic.
7:01Video + AudioEpisode 4The AI capability trap: should developing countries regulate AI before building it?Many developing countries adopt AI strategies, ethics guidelines and regulators before the capabilities those instruments require exist. Regulation-first and investment-first sequences compared across 29 Asian developing countries.Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2026
6:15Video + AudioEpisode 3Hollow by design: why policy evaluation remains hollow in the MENA regionEvaluation laws, units and mandates now exist across the Middle East and North Africa, but few produce evaluations that inform decisions. Why formal institutionalisation decouples from practice.Evaluation Review, 2026
8:25Video + AudioEpisode 2Capacity-Design Fit: designing policy under capacity constraintsWhy the same policy design succeeds in one administration and fails in another, and what the match between design demands and administrative capacity explains.Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2026
8:45Video + AudioEpisode 1How Qatar governed under missile attacksHow an administration calibrates, sequences and terminates policy instruments under armed attack, when the relationship with the adversary is itself uncertain.Policy Design and Practice, 2026