January 24, 2022
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!
January 24, 2022
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.
January 21, 2022
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.
January 20, 2022
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.
January 20, 2022
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.
January 18, 2022
MESF Convenor Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh discusses the militarization of Iranian politics with the Institute of Regional Studies Islamabad
See the full interview here.
January 10, 2022
Mango Diplomacy of South Asian Countries
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed has co-authored an article published in the Journal of Asian and African Studies. Read it here.
December 16, 2021
MESF Convenor Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh interviewed by TRT World Now
MESF Convenor Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh told TRT World Now that Iran risks permanent sanctions if they can't revive JCPOA - China and Russia will not be viable alternatives for Iran. See the interview here.
December 13, 2021
Grant Success: Dr Marian Abouzeid
Dr Marian Abouzeid and colleagues have received US$50,000 as part of an international consortium for a project titled “Global Mapping of Humanitarian Research and Innovation Investment Initiatives”. Read about the project here.
December 10, 2021
Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on regional stability in South Asia
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed has co-authored this article published in the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. Read it here.