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Welcome to the Institute of Middle Eastern, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies! We are an interdisciplinary research institute situated in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. On these pages, you will find details of our research, events and opportunities to participate in the work of MECACS. We welcome queries from prospective students, academics and practitioners, media and policymakers from or on the studied regions.
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…
MECACS Director Dr Fiona McCallum Guiney has published two articles from her EU-funded project Defining and Identifying Middle Eastern Christian Communities in Europe
The first article ‘Generational perspectives on homeland-oriented diasporic humanitarianism: Coptic, Assyrian and Iraqi Christian charities in the UK.’ Is available open access in International Migration Review. The article explores generational…
MECACS Reads Issue #1
MECACS teaching on Contemporary Issues in International Relations Summer School
MECACS is participating in the first IR Summer School on Contemporary Issues in International Relations. MECACS will start the three week course providing insight into how regions are affected by…