Dr Nina Lutterjohann is a Research Associate at MECACS, where she also received her PhD on post-Soviet conflicts and international organizations. She is currently Project Manager at Bertelsmann Foundation for…
This blog post was written by Alice Wilson, a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Her research focuses on transformations in the relationship between governing authorities and…
Janine Clark is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Most of her work has focused on politics from below, grassroots phenomena, Islamism, and…
Dr. Nargis Kassenova is a senior fellow and director of the Program on Central Asia at the Davis Center. Prior to joining the center she was an associate professor at the Department of…
Daria-Gabriela Gușă is a student in the School of International Relations. This essay received an Honourable Mention in the Sub-Honours category of the 2023 MECACS Student Essay competition. Saudi Arabia’s…
Joseph Cryan is a fourth year student in the School of History. This essay received an Honourable Mention in the Honours section of the 2023 MECACS Student Essay competition. To…
MECACS is proud to announce that we’re starting off 2024 by welcoming a new faculty member! Dr Wassim Naboulsi joined us at the start of this semester. You can learn…
Dorothy Greene graduated in June 2023 with MA (Hons) in Middle Eastern Studies and Persian. This essay received an Honourable Mention in the Honours section of the 2023 MECACS Student…
Alex Giannos is completing an MLitt in Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Security Studies in the School of International Relations. This news analysis was awarded First Prize in the…
Shona is a third-year Arabic, Persian, and International Relations student. Originally from Glasgow, she is currently living and studying in Amman, Jordan. At St Andrews, Shona is involved in Amnesty…