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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.
Kazakhstan: Living With and Giving Up the Bomb – a seminar with Dr Togzhan Kassenova
Dr Togzhan Kassenova is an author who holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Leeds in addition to serving on the UN secretary general’s Advisory Board on Disarmament…
Militarism in Russia and its Implications for the Post-Soviet Space – a seminar with Dr Kasia Kaczmarska
Dr Kasia Kaczmarska is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, her main research interests are Sociology of knowledge, International theory, Academic freedom, Research methodology,…
Event Report for the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Conference University of St Andrews 4th to 6th of July 2022
This report was produced by Elah Bruce Cohen, a third-year Arabic and International Relations student at the University of St Andrews. We would like to thank Elah for her voluntary…
The Significance of ‘Dignity’ in Constructing Peace in Egypt as Exemplified by the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Kasumi Sakurada is a 2nd year International Relations student with an interest in postcolonial studies, international institutions and the application of various theoretical frameworks to the study of contemporary political…