Recent blog posts
MECACS Reads Issue #3
Collated by MECACS Intern Vittoria Gattini MECACS reads is a monthly blog post and newsletter devoted to literature on the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia regions. Through this initiative, we would…
“They are breaking our hearts”: Kurdish Gypsies, identity, and social (in)cohesion
By Sarah Edgcumbe Sarah Edgcumbe is a PhD student in the School of International Relations and a member of MECACS and Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. Introduction During February and March…
MECACS Welcomes Visiting Research Fellow Dr. Nasser Tolba
Dr Nasser Tolba is a Visiting Researcher with MECACS who began his fellowship on the 5th January 2022. MECACS intern Vittoria Gattini conducted an introductory interview with him. 1. Firstly, congratulations and…
MECACS Reads Issue #2
Collated by MECACS Intern Vittoria Gattini MECACS reads is a monthly blog post and newsletter devoted to literature on the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia regions. Through this initiative, we would…
Silence is golden? Silences as strategic narratives in Central Asian states’ response to the Ukrainian crisis – A Seminar with Dr. Timur Dadabaev
Dr. Timur Dadabaev is a Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Special Program for Japanese and Eurasian Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tsukuba,…
Special issue on EU-Central Asian interactions, Central Asia Survey, Vol. 41, No, 4, December 2022
The new special issue ‘EU-Central Asian Interactions: Perceptions, Interests and Practices’, co-edited by the former director of MECACS Rick Fawn, together with Karolina Kluczewska and Oleg Korneev, has just been published in…