Listen to A/Prof Benjamin Isakhan’s comments on the reopening of the Damascus Museum on ABC here.
Impact of the CPEC on Nation-Building in Pakistan
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed published a new piece on the Belt and Road project in the Journal of Contemporary China. Read it here.
MESF researchers receive Carnegie Corporation grant
MESF Trump and the Middle East conference kicks off!
MESF PhD candidate Tezcan Gümüş interviewed on 3RRR
Tezcan Gümüş was interviewed on 3RRR radio on Turkey-Saudi relations. Listen to the interview here.
The Afghanistan Peace Process Requires a New Regional Consensus
MESF’s Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dr Niamatullah Ibrahimi have published a new piece in The National Interest on Afghanistan. Read the full text here.
Prof Akbarzadeh interviewed by ABC on the Khashoggi affair
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh was interviewed for an article by Mary Lloyd titled ‘Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s youth and hubris “blind him to Jamal Khashoggi backlash”‘ for the ABC. Read it here.
Impact of Khashoggi crisis on American-Saudi relations
MESF network member Dr Ibrahim Fraihat was interviewed by Aljazeera English on the unfolding crisis in US-Saudi relations. Watch it here.
Afghanistan Parliamentary Election and Numerous Challenges
MESF PhD candidate Abbas Farasoo has written an OpEd in Parliamentary Election and Numerous Challenges on the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan. Read it here (in Persian).
The Belt and Road Initiative and China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Pakistan
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed has published a new piece on the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy’s blog on cultural diplomacy in Pakistan. Read it here.