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Going Back to What You Know: October 7 and Order in the Middle East
Going Back to What You Know: October 7 and Order in the Middle East 22nd Aug 2024 Scholars of Middle Eastern politics typically point to 1979, 2003 and 2011 as years that have a significant impact on the ordering of regional politics. In 1979 the Iranian revolution, the seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Soviet invasion of... Read More
Some thoughts on the Haniyeh assassination
Some thoughts on the Haniyeh assassination 10th Aug 2024 Following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, some of our Fellows shared brief thoughts on the state of play.  After eight months of devastation, death and destruction have only increased. What has also increased is the amount of red lines crossed... Read More
The UK’s response to the conflict in Gaza: A challenge to British prestige, Arab allies and the existing world order
The UK’s response to the conflict in Gaza: A challenge to British prestige, Arab allies and the existing world order 25th Jun 2024 This post is part of a series of interventions drawn from contributions to a SEPAD (non)workshop on the regional and international implications of the Gaza conflict. A full report comprised of all these posts will follow in due course.--Dr Louise... Read More
Call for Papers: State Islam and Authoritarian Rule
Call for Papers: State Islam and Authoritarian Rule 20th Mar 2024 State Islam and Authoritarian Rule: Comparing Control Over Religious Institutions in Muslim-majority states December 2024 Lancaster University Neil Russell and Simon Mabon Scholars have detailed how authoritarian regimes utilise state institutions to... Read More
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 5 (Uysal)
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 5 (Uysal) 15th Jan 2024 The State, exception and Turkey Gönenç Uysal Lecturer in International Political Economy, Lancaster University.  g.uysalwhittingham@lancaster.ac.uk There is a burgeoning academic interest in the notion of exception to discuss the state and its... Read More
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 4 (Mabon)
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 4 (Mabon) 11th Dec 2023 Re-Imaging Sovereignty and the State  “We are at war with one another; a battlefront runs through the whole of society, continuously and permanently, and it is this battlefront that puts us all on one side or the other. There is no such thing as... Read More
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 3 (Teti)
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 3 (Teti) 7th Dec 2023 Simulacra of Sovereignty and Statehood: The Biopolitics of Deferral, Simulation and Subalternity Andrea TetiDepartment of Political and Communication Sciences (DISPC) University of Salerno, Italy Email:         gteti@unisa.it The... Read More
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 2 (Delatolla)
Critical Approaches to State and Sovereignty: Part 2 (Delatolla) 4th Dec 2023 Colonialism and the State   Andrew Delatolla, University of Leeds  The modern state as a concept is elusive; just when you think you have some formulation, some definition, or some working theoretical grounding, the rug is pulled out from... Read More
قراءة استراتيجية للمشهد الإقليمي بعد الاتفاق السعودي-الإيراني: الإختبار الأول. 9th Jun 2023 قراءة استراتيجية للمشهد الإقليمي بعد الاتفاق السعودي-الإيراني: الإختبار الأول. مقدمة: غاب مشهد القادة المتنازعين حول الخلافات الإقليمية... Read More
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