MECACS Meets Ep3: Dr Aliya Tskhay
Follow the link below to listen to the next MECACS Meets episode, featuring Dr Aliya Tskhay. Our interns started the show by sharing some recent events in the Middle East,…
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The Arab Uprisings ten years on: intervention, governance, narratives and identity
Layal Niazy is a MECACS intern and Saudi fourth year International Relations student at the University of St Andrews On February 2nd, 2021 MECACS had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable discussion, commemorating the…
Article on Kyrgyz activism and human rights
In an article published with The Foreign Policy Centre, MLitt student Ernest Zhanaev explains the situation in Kyrgyzstan, which has emerged surrounding human rights activity in recent years. His article…
UN mediation in the Syrian Crisis: From Kofi Annan through Lakhdar Brahimi to Staffan de Mistura
Ira William Zartman is Professor Emeritus at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University. He earlier directed the school’s Conflict Management and African Studies…
MECACS Meets Ep2: Dr Jasmine Gani
Follow the link below to listen to the next episode of MECACS Meets, which features an interview between our interns and current MECACS co-director Dr Jasmine Gani. This is the…
Interview on illiberal solidarism and authoritarian cooperation in Central Asia
MECACS member Dr Filippo Costa Buranelli has recently participated in an interview, published on the website of the Illiberalism Studies Programme at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George…
Attack in Raqqa Province Marks the Entry of a New Group into the Competition for Influence in Eastern Syria Post-ISIL
By Michael Land Michael Land is pursuing an MLitt degree in St Andrews’s Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia Security Studies program. Prior to studying at St Andrews, he worked as a research…
Relinquishing the bomb
A comparative analysis of Libya and Kazakhstan’s decision to denuclearize Veerle Schyns Veerle Schyns is a postgraduate student of Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies at the University of St.…
Money, Markets and Monarchies: the Gulf Cooperation Council and Political Economy of the Middle East
Dr. Adam Hanieh is a Professor in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His research interests are related to the political economy of the Middle…
MECACS Meets Ep1: Dr Hsinyen Lai
Follow the link below to hear our interns in conversation with co-director of MECACS Dr Hsinyen Lai in the first episode of MECACS Meets. This is a new series our…