MESF's non-resident member Professor Anoush Ehteshami has an article published by The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). Read the article here.
Routledge Handbook of EU–Middle East Relations out now!
MESF's non-resident member Professor Michelle Pace is an editor of the recently published Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations. Find the handbook here.
Built on Power: Manifestations of China’s Presence in West Asia/MENA Region
Read the latest opinion piece by our non-resident member Professor Anoush Ehteshami, published by the SOAS China Institute, here.
ECPS Panel: Religious Populism, Cyberspace and Digital Authoritarianism in Asia – The Cases of India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia & Turkey (2/2/2022)
Join MESF's Professor Ihsan Yilmaz and Dr Mahmoud Pargoo who will be joining a host of speakers at this conference hosted by the European Centre for Populism Studies. For more information and to register, click here.
Dr Safiullah Taye now a member of the Board of International Advisory Editors at the Middle East Critique Journal
Find the journal here. Congratulations Dr Taye!
Religious Populism and Vigilantism: The Case of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
MESF's Professor Ihsan Yilmaz has co-authored an article published in Populism & Politics. Read the article here.
Religious Populism, Cyberspace and Digital Authoritarianism in Asia: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey
MESF's Professor Ihsan Yilmaz and Dr Mahmoud Pargoo have contributed to this report, published in Populism & Politics. Read the full report here.
Conference: The authoritarian resurgence in the Middle East: Counter-revolutions, reform and resistance (2/2/2022)
MESFM Convenor Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh will be partaking in this conference hosted by the Australian National University. Find more information here.
Iranian proxies in the Syrian conflict: Tehran’s ‘forward-defence’ in action
MESF Convenor Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh and MESF member Professor Anoush Ehteshami have a paper published in the Journal of Strategic Studies. Read it here.
MESF Convenor Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh discusses the militarization of Iranian politics with the Institute of Regional Studies Islamabad
See the full interview here.