Research
Research at the Centre is carried out in a wide range of areas relating to the politics, political economy, history and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia.
As of May 2012 the Centre is home to 21 PhD students:
Adel Abdel Ghafar: A Political Economy of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Zaid Alsalami: The Philosophy of Mir Damad
Shuhrat Baratov: National Identity in Tajikistan
Nematullah Bizhan: State Effectiveness in Development of Afghanistan
Christian Bleuer: The Blurred Lines of Uzbek and Tajik 'Identity': Local Solidarity Groups and Factions During the Afghanistan and Tajikistan Civil Wars (Submitted)
Aminat Chokobaeva: The role of the 1916 'Great Revolt' of Central Asia in shaping national identity in Soviet and post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Brenton Clark: Tajik-Iranian relations
Adrian D'Hage: The Influence of Religion on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Raihan Ismail: The Education of the Ulama in Saudi Arabia
Faizal Kasmani: BBC and Al Jazeera Coverage of Islam and Democracy: A study of the Iran 2009 election
Liyana Kayali: The Palestinian women's movement following the first Intifada in the occupied Palestinian Territories
Hammaad Qayyum Khan: The Bush Administration's post-invasion policy towards Iraq
Caroline Ladewig: The Middle East Peace Process: Reconciliation through education
Jessie Moritz: An audit of Rentier Theory in light of the Arab Spring
Jerry Nockles: The Constitution of Crisis: An Empirical Study of US Decision-Making on Intervention in Middle East Crises
Lee Schrader: The Middle East Peace Process: The Politics of the Quartet
Erica Schwarze: Palestinian Public Opinion Polling: The Impact of the People’s Voice on Decision-Making in a Transitional Democracy (Submitted)
Sa'id Tehrani-Nasab: The relevance of Rumi's Legacy to today's science, philosophy and politics.
Grigol Ubiria: From Tribes to Modern Nations: Soviet Nation-Building in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (Submitted)
Tom Vangelovski: Nationalism and Islamism in political mobilization of ethnic Albanians
Heather Yeates: The Gulf and Syria relations
The Centre is also home to two Master of Philosophy (MPhil) students:
Izzat Abdulhadi: Palestinian civil society and NGO groups
Timothy Jenkins: The Muslim Brotherhood
MPhil awarded
2010
Anne-Sophie Gintzburger: The Sources in Variation in the Application of Shari'a-Compliant Finance Contracts: A Comparative Analysis of Shari'a Scholars, Shari'a Board Roles, and Regulatory Variations in Malaysia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States
PhDs awarded to date
2011
Bruce Drummond: Armed Sub-State Actors and Fragile States: Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea
Victoria Kelly-Clark: Clan Power Structures in Central Asia
Dr Penelope Kinch: The United States and Iran: Identity and Alliances in Middle Eastern Sectarian Conflict
Dr Barry Naughten: U.S. Foreign Energy Policy and Grand Strategy Choice: The Challenge of Global and Regional Systemic Crises
2010
Dr Justin Leach: Comparison of Sudan’s post-independence peace accords
Dr Wendy Levy: The Politics of Governance in Post-war Sudan: problems and prospects of a unified state
Dr Hamish McGregor: Nationalism in the Islamic Republic of Iran 1979-2007
Dr Richard Scrivener: Australian Iranian relations and the Australian US alliance: 1979 to 2003
2008
Dr Abdulaziz M. Al-Wasil: Human rights in Saudi Arabia
Dr Shayeq Qassem: The Geostrategic Dynamics of Central Asian and South Asian Regions and Prospects for Stability in Afghanistan
2007
Dr Sarah Phillips: The Resilience of Authoritarianism in a Pluralised Arab State: A Case Study of Yemen
2006
Dr Yousuf Ali Humaid Al-Suwaidi: Court Management in Dubai between Present Challenges and Future Opportunities
Abu T.S. Ahmed: The Kashmiri Muslims Uprising of 1990: A Causal Study
2005
Dr Kees van der Spek: Political Economy and Social Relations of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna and Dr Abu el-Naga, Egypt
2004
Dr Enayatollah Yazdani: US policy towards central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union: changing objectives, priorities, and means
Dr Matthew May: Economic transition in Central Asia: a comparative approach
Dr Douglas Sturkey: The Arab-Israel dispute during the Clinton administration: the limits of American Power
2003
Dr Rizwan Hussain: Pakistan and the emergence of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan: a politico-historical analysis
Dr Khalifa Al-Falasi: The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf: United Arab Emirates-Oman axis
2002
Dr Mariam Al-Oraifi: Saudi Policy Behaviour Towards Iran: An Analysis of the Saudi-Iranian Relationship Since the British Withdrawal from the Gulf Region
2001
Dr Abdullah Al-Rashoud: Satellite Broadcasting & National Development: Relevance to Saudi Arabia
Dr Bob Bowker: UNRWA: Memories, Mythologies and the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Dr Aileen Keating: The Raj in Arabia and Frank Holmes, Father of Oil
Dr Matthew Webb: The right to secede and the case of Kashmir: a critical evaluation of contemporary normative theories of secession
2000
Dr Steven Barraclough: Responses to satellite television in Pakistan, Iran and Egypt
Dr Daryl Champion: Twilight of a Rentier State. Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform
Dr Bruce Koepke: The Impact of Political Islam on Cultural Practices in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, during the Taliban Era
Dr Matthew B Gray: The relationship between economic liberalisation and tourism in the contemporary Middle East: a comparative political economy study of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan
1999
Dr Jetly Rajshree: Ethnicity and nation-building in South Asia: case studies of the Baluch movement in Pakistan and the Khalistan movement in India
1998
Dr Mikhail Alexandrov: Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan in the post-Soviet era (1992-1997)
Dr Mohammad Reza: Saidabadi Iranian-British Relations Since 1979
1997
Dr Kamran Taremi: Iran and the Middle Eastern security complex: challenge and response, 1979-1980
Dr Kirill Nourzhanov: Politics and change in Tajikistan
1992
Dr Latif Abul-Husn: The Lebanese Conflict: a Sociological Study of its Causes and Resolution
1991
Dr Ralph King: Egypt's Foreign Policy in the Decade after Camp David: An Interpretation
