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Middle East Coverage
News + Media
Construction Jihad, Iran's Foreign Development Agency: Eric Lob
Firat Demir spoke with Dr. Eric Lob, a member of the SiC multipolarity working group and associate professor of International Relations at Florida International University, about his research on Iran's Foreign Development Agency "Construction Jihad."
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OilCraft and Racism's Raw Materials: Interview with Robert Vitalis
Omar Dahi interviewed Bob Vitalis about his latest book "OilCraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security that Haunt US Foreign Policy", as well as his involvement with Security in Context multipolarity working group through his ongoing research titled "Racism's Raw Materials."
News + Media
The Kolbers of Rojhelat (Iranian Kurdistan) with Dr. Ahmad Mohammadpour
Part II of a discussion with Dr. Ahmad Mohammadpour about his ongoing research in Iran on Kurdish issues, including pioneering research on the cross border traders knowns as the Kolbers.
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Clements Hoffman on The Geopolitics of Decarbonization in the Middle East
Dr. Clemens Hoffman, a member of the SiC political economy of multipolarity working group, discusses his research project on the geopolitics of decarbonization in the Middle East.
Research
War on Development in Syria: Interview with Omar Dahi
Project Director Omar Dahi discusses the 2011 uprisings, the Syrian refugee crisis, and emerging South-South relations.
News + Media
Kurdish Movements Panel
The causes and consequences of Turkish invasion of northern Syria specifically on the future of Kurdish movements featuring Omar Dahi, Utku Balaban, Ahmet Tonak, and Zumray Kutlu. Hosted by Clare O'Brien.
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Interview with Kamal Soleimani and Ahmad Mohammadpour
Firat Demir hosts Kamal Soleimani, El Colegio de Mexico, and Ahmad Mohammadpour, UMass Amherst
Research
Borders Roundtable: Sneaking through holes to forbidden paradise in the age of COVID-19
Palestinian workers, dependent on crossing into Israel for work, have faced new challenges amid COVID19.
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Rabie Nasser on the Syrian Center for Policy Research and SiC Collaboration
Rabie Nasser, co-director of the Syrian Center for Policy Research discusses possible collaborations with SiC around questions of conflict, political polarization and transnational war economies
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Interview with Yasser Munif
Yasser Munif on his new book,"Syria's Revolution: Between the Politics of Life and Geopolitics of Death"
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Launching Webinar of "Syria at War: Eight Years on” Report
Project Director Omar Dahi was one of the lead authors of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of West Asia report "Syria at War: Eight Years On." The report offers a comprehensive assessment of the socio-economic impact of the conflict as well as prospects for peace building and recovery.
News + Media
Conflict Economies in Syria: Roots, Dynamics, & Pathways for Change
Bassam Haddad, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, Interviews Omar Dahi and Rabie Nasser on the recently released report: “Roots, Dynamics, and Pathways for Change.” The paper is part of a series of on Development Policy Dialogue initiative and can be downloaded in full on SCPR’s website, both in English and Arabic.
Research
Topologies of Security Workshop Keynote Address
The following keynote was delivered by Professor Samer Abboud in "Topologies of Security: Critical Security Studies in postcolonial and postsocialist scenes" a workshop organized at the Justus Liebig University Giessen on June 25th and 26th by Professors Andreas Langenohl, Dr. Philipp Lotholtz, Amina Nolte, and Dr. Andrew Dwyer.
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U.S. Foreign Policy Moving Forward: Perspectives from the Middle East
The discussion will touch on a variety of topics, including the role of the United States in the major ongoing conflicts, the costs and consequences of United States arms sales to the region
Research
Watching television while forcibly displaced: Syrian refugees as participant audiences
This article explores how Syrian refugees and internally displaced people are using social
media to reshape interpretations of their own status through their engagement with quality
TV texts that tackle the refugee crisis.
Research
COVID-19: Global Solidarity or Retrenchment?
While the COVID19 pandemic has united the world in common concern, it has also exposed fault lines between rich and poor countries and magnified the inequalities in the world system and structures of global power.
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Day-Afters in Palestine: 1937-2024
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