Kazakhstan in Sino-Russian Relations: Cooperation and Competition between the EEU and BRI
Author/editor: Rice, D. & Clarke, M.
Year published: 2020
Kazakhstan finds itself simultaneously identified as a central partner for both China’s BRI and Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The question remains however as to how Kazakhstan fits into the bigger picture of Sino-Russian relations.
'Historical Legacies and Inter-State Order in the Middle East: Competing Perceptions of Polarity'
Author/editor: Parkes, A.
Year published: 2020
'Re-conceptualizing civil society in rentier states'
Author/editor: Moritz, J.
Year published: 2020
Civil society is typically understood as weak or irrelevant in Gulf rentier states, the assumption being that rent-derived wealth allows the state to co-opt or repress associational life. However, for all these claims about the relationship between rents and civil society, rentier state theory…
The Feminist Film: An Analysis of the Feminist Narrative Form in the Films of Rakshane Bani-Etemad, Pouran Derakshande, and Manijeh Hekmat
Author/editor: Malekpour, M.
Year published: 2020
Purpose: In this paper, the aim is to examine film form and narrative in relation to gender identity and the politics of representation. Drawing distinctions between these methods make it possible to identify how feminist frameworks are used to examine identity, aesthetics, and ideology through…
Turkey’s International Humanitarian Assistance during the AKP Era'
Author/editor: Guo, X
Year published: 2020
This study explores the key actors implementing Turkey’s international humanitarian assistance, the Turkish understanding of humanitarian assistance, and the main motivations of humanitarian assistance in post-2002 Turkey. Despite that Turkey has recently significantly increased its contribution to…
“Franchise” Branch Campuses in Uzbekistan: The Internationalisation of Higher Education as a Solution?
Author/editor: Ubaydullaeva, D.
Year published: 2020
Internationalization transformed the way Higher Education (HE) is provided. Used correctly, internationalization can bring a useful exchange of services and resources into a country’s HE sector. Although there is a growing body of research on HE internationalization broadly, current scholarship…
'Reclaiming Saudi Salafism: The Saudi Religious Circles and the Threat of ISIS'
Author/editor: Ismail, R.
Year published: 2019
The Syrian civil war prompted a new wave of religious discourse in Saudi Arabia as the Saudi government and its clerics expressed support for the Sunni protesters in Syria. The issues of jihad and Sunni groups fighting in Syria received significant clerical attention; the Saudi ʿulamāʾ of various…
Conceptualising the Umma - Special Issue - The Muslim World
Author/editor: Piscatori, J.
Year published: 2019
Muslim societies, like all others, are inexorably interconnected with cultural exchanges, intimate political interactions and a degree of economic interdependence.2 Building on historical precedents, ‘Islam’ has seemed naturally cosmopolitan. Over time Muslims have developed a sense of…
Considered Chaos: Revisiting Pakistan’s ‘Strategic Depth’ in Afghanistan
Author/editor: Parkes, A.
Year published: 2019
Pakistan’s historical insecurity towards India and the Islamisation of its military raises a curious question of strategy and identity rooted in Pakistan’s political genesis. This article examines the social and geostrategic factors underpinning Pakistan’s Afghanistan approach between its…