Middle East

“The Ukraine War and the Impact on the Middle East” – Lecture by Ross Harrison (Washington)

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Ross Harrison (Middle East Institute, Washington DC). Prof. Harrison is a renowned expert on US foreign policy in the MENA region. He is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute and also on the faculty in the Political Science department at the Unive...

“Can Civil Society Hold the Democratic Line in Southeast Asia?” – Lecture from Meredith Weiss

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Meredith Weiss (Professor at State University of New York, SUNY). Meredith Weiss is a renowned expert on Southeast Asian politics. She is currently visiting Professor at the FAU to work with Prof. Bünte on a special issue on Civil Society in Southeast As...

“Revolutionary Utopia in the Middle East as steely romanticism” – Neuer Aufsatz von Christian Thuselt

A new essay by Christian Thuselt, PhD, has been published under the title "Revolutionary Utopia in the Middle East as steely romanticism: the case of the al-Baʿth party". More information can be found at Taylor&Francis Online.

A critical discussion of elitism in Lebanon

After the blast that destroyed last parts of the Lebanese capital in August. Christian Thuselt, Assistant Professor at Erlangen University, on a distorted picture of Lebanon as a place of some obscure elite as opposed to "the people" in the current media discourse, full article available at: https:/...