Professor Akbarzadeh interviewed on ABC
Youth protest in Afghanistan
Dr Niamatullah Ibrahimi has published a new DevPolicyBlog post with Dr Srinjoy Bose and Dr Nematullah Bizhan on the inclusion of youth voices in Afghanistan. Read it here.
Conflict or Cooperation? India and Pakistan in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed has published a new paper with Sarfraz Ahmed and Stuti Bhatnagar in Pacific Focus on India-Pakistan and the SCO. Read the full text here.
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed interviewed by RFE/RL
Prof Fethi Mansouri opens the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue
New review of State and Society in Iraq (IB Tauris)
A/Prof Benjamin Isakhan’s 2017 edited volume with Shamiran Mako and Fadi Dawood was reviewed in Australian Outlook by Dr Tristan Dunning. Read the review here.
Berkeley Forum debate on Politics and Piety in Turkey
Prof Ihsan Yilmaz joined Georgetown University’s Berkeley Forum debate on Politics and Piety in Turkey alongside Dr Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, A/Prof Yusuf Sarfati, Prof Ahmet Kuru and Dr Gökhan Bacık. Read it here.
The Kurds in Iran: balancing national and ethnic identity in a securitised environment
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh, Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Dr Costas Laoutides and Dr William Gourlay published a new paper in Third World Quarterly. Read it here.
The AKP’s de-securitization and re-securitization of a minority community: the Alevi opening and closing
Professor Ihsan Yilmaz and Dr James Barry published a new paper in Turkish Studies. Read it here.