One year ahead of the 2022 FIFA Football World Cup, international attention is turning to Qatar. In her latest paper, MECACS member Kristin Eggeling writes about international sporting events as…
Dr Erica Marat holds the positions of Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Regional and Analytical Studies at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defence University. Dr. Marat…
MECACS members are very much looking forward to attending the Council for At-Risk Academics’ (CARA) Syria Programme Symposium this week (6th-10th December 2021), focusing on ‘Voices from the Syrian Academic…
MECACS are delighted to announce that we are the host committee for the 2022 annual British Society for Middle Eastern Studies conference to be held in St Andrews 4-6 June 2022. The conference…
MECACS Research Associate Dr Elena Zhirukhina has recently published a piece with RUSI, titled ‘Identifying an Integration Model for the North Caucasus’. Link to view the article.
MECACS member Dr Filippo Costa Buranelli has written recent commentary pieces on presidential meetings in Central Asia, conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border and on Covid-19 and Kyrgyzstan. Follow the links above to view…
MECACS member Dr Matteo Fumagalli has recently published an article entitled “Identity through difference: Liminal diasporism and generational change among the Koryo saram in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan” in…
MECACS member Nina Lutterjohann has published a piece entitled ‘Problems of International Peace Missions in Eurasia’ in ZOiS Spotlight. Nina was until recently Visiting Scholar on a post-doctoral scholarship from…
Dr Una McGahern is a Senior Lecturer in Politics from Newcastle University. Her research interests focus on issues relating to security, mobility and space. This can be observed in works…
Interview with Axamal Issaliyeva Ph.D. (pictured left), Doctor of Philosophy in Regional Studies, Deputy Dean Astana International University, School of Social and Humanitarian Sciences, Lecturer in International…