Professor Fethi Mansouri travelled to Paris this week to discuss declining public trust in political actors and public institutions at the WISE@Paris ‘Education Futures: Fostering Learning Societies’ event.
Proxy wars the focus of ADI visit to Pakistan
Three of the Institute’s MESF researchers have recently returned from a week-long trip to Pakistan to engage with international partners and policymakers about the issues of proxy wars in Syria and Afghanistan. Read about it here.
Bangladesh-Pakistan relations: hostage to a traumatic past
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed published a new paper with Musharaf Zahoor on Bangladesh-Pakistan relations in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. Read the full text (first 50 copies free) here.
Iranian-Armenian Perceptions of Proximity and Distance
Dr James Barry attended the Armeno-Iranica: A Shared History conference in LA. Watch his fascinating presentation on Iranian-Armenian Perceptions of Proximity and Distance (from 2:55) here.
The Palestinian Authority in The West Bank: The Theatrics of Woeful Statecraft
Palestine and the Israel-Saudi Arabia Alliance
MESF network member Dr Ibrahim Fraihat wrote an OpEd for the al-Shabaka Network on the Israel-Saudi relationship.
Youth Protest Movements in Afghanistan: Seeking Voice and Agency
Dr Niamat Ibrahimi has published a new USIP report on Afghanistan with Srinjoy Bose and Nematullah Bizhan. Read it here.
UNESCO’s project to ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’
A/Prof Benjamin Isakhan has published a new paper with Prof Lynn Meskell in the International Journal of Heritage Studies on Iraqi and Syrian opinion on heritage reconstruction after the Islamic State. Read the full text here.
Carnegie Corporation project on proxy wars kicks off in islamabad
Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Dr Dara Conduit travelled to Islamabad to launch their Carnegie Corporation project with local partners. Read more.
Abbas Farasoo interviewed on the Afghan peace process
MESF PhD candidate Abbas Farasoo was interviewed on the Afghan peace process. Read the full interview (in Persian) here.