IMEIS Professor Anoush Ehteshami was interviewed by Channel 4, about the current developments in the Middle East. @anoushehteshami.bsky.social
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BI's Chief Global Derivatives Strategist Tanvir Sandhu is joined by Professor Anoush Ehteshami, to examine the geopolitical backdrop and its transmission into financial markets. @anoushehteshami.bsky.social @sgiadurham.bsky.social
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Event poster. Iran, “Reverse savages, victims, saviours” politics, and the human rights moral maze When? 2.00pm 12 March to 3.30pm 12 March 2026 Where? Zoom - full joining instructions provided after registration Cost Free and open to all
coming up next week!
if you haven't already, sign up for the webinar next week with @shadimokhtari.bsky.social on the “reverse savages, victims, saviours” politics and Iran!
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The far right label is not easily applied in China, yet xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, and anti feminism are rising in online discourse and sometimes within the state. The global fight against fascism requires solidarity with grassroots resistance. www.tni.org/en/article/m...
Professor Bahar Baser published an article, co-authored with Professor Elise Feron titled "Neither from within nor from without: how states securitize diasporas" in Ethnic and Racial Studies. @sgiadurham.bsky.social
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💡Meet Professor @anoushehteshami.bsky.social from our @sgiadurham.bsky.social, a leading expert on the Middle East, North Africa & Asia. His research shapes global policy & helps governments navigate a rapid world changes.🌍
Read more in our latest Spotlight On feature 👉https://bit.ly/3OjBQlT
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🚨New book alert 🚨
Anouk S. Rigterink and Mareike Schomerus's new book Research Design in Politics and International Relations is coming out soon. If you are looking for a methods textbook to make students enthusiastic for research, give this a look!
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Six 36-month postdoctoral positions @durham.ac.uk open for application now.
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in this interview for TNI's State of Power report, I take a look at China and/in the global politics of the far right, convergence and mismatch, civilizationism and digital culture, and visions for transnational solidarity.
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This talk draws on my book Intimacy as a Lens to explore the emotional experiences of being an ethnic performer in Southwest China, and how performers’ emotions reveal the broader politics of inequality in contemporary China. By situating these micro-level emotional experiences within the broader emotional regime at the societal level, this talk reveals how the emotions of ethnic performers offer valuable lenses for understanding the politics of inequality related to ethnicity, the rural-urban divide, and gender in contemporary China. Speaker: Jingyu Mao is Lecturer of Sociology at The University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on migration and work, ethnicity and gender, emotions and intimacy, and the politics of care. She is the author of Intimacy as a Lens on Work and Migration (Bristol University Press, 2024). She is the co-author of two forthcoming books about the welfare and labour struggles of migrant workers in China and Vietnam
We are delighted to be hosting a talk by Dr Jingyu Mao on the emotional politics of inequality in contemporary China:
📅 Thursday 19 February 2026
🕔 14:00 - 15:30
📍 CB-0020 (Confluence Building)
The Durham Global Security Institute & and Centre for the Study of Ukraine invite you to a discussion on Women, Peace and Security in Ukraine: The Role of NATO and Civil Society Women have played major roles in Ukraine’s war as survivors and caregivers, as well as defenders, advocates, campaigners, and diplomats. Three eminent panellists, each with extensive leadership experience, will discuss women’s contributions and their implications for peace negotiations, mediation and post-war planning for the day after. Their actions are particularly relevant today at the time when peace negotiations involving the heads of state appear to stall yet again. Thursday 22 January 2026, 17:00 – 19:00 Durham University, Department of Geography, Room W103 Please register here for the event: https://lnkd.in/eN47Yxhy
Join us for a discussion on Women, Peace and Security in Ukraine: The Role of NATO and Civil Society with expert speakers.
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wps-in-ukr...
A man holding up a Venezuelan flag in front of a building.
There are three likely scenarios for Venezuela after intervention by the US, according to public policy expert Dr Omar Hammoud Gallego.
👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
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Good news - I'm hiring at Durham University!
1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness.
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Our new MA Politics and International Relations of East Asia offers a research-led and policy-relevant approach to understanding East Asia’s role in a changing international order, with a distinctive focus on Europe–China relations.
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I was lucky to join @addiemcgowan.bsky.social and @philiproscoe.bsky.social's (not so virtual) kitchen to chat about Musk and founder ideology with @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social. My podcast's baptism of fire 🙈 - thanks for having me!
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How can Hannah Arendt’s book The Origins of Totalitarianism help us understand this new age of far-right populism? @cjfinlay.bsky.social @sgiadurham.bsky.social takes a look 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
come join us for the first guest lecture of the term!
Call for Papers
Durham University – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Conference
Challenges to Democratic Resilience
Dates: April 22-24, 2026
Location: Durham University, UK
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📣New Publication📣
My article in The Conversation on reading Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism 50 years after her death is available here: tinyurl.com/yeyp3yy8 #Populism #PoliticalTheory #Totalitarianism #HannahArendt #Democracy #TheConversation
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Monday 15th December 2025 is the final closing date for submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Last-minute submissions are very welcome!
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in this new publication @ncrm.ac.uk, Adrian Millican, Fanni Toth (both SGIA researchers) and Andrew Hamilton, disability rights activist and one of our students in politics & IR, offer insights into teaching statistics to visually impaired students
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Wondering what it’s like to study on SGIA’s MSc in Defence, Development and Diplomacy? Hear directly from recent graduate, John Loudon.
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My friend Salim Hmimnat and I have a new essay out in The Middle East Journal on the latest developments inside Morocco's Party of Justice and Development. We ask how viable is the Islamist project today.
muse.jhu.edu/article/975851
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📢We have kicked off todays @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop at Durham University!
☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC)
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Ferran Perez Mena, our assistant professor in international relations of East Asia, joins BRI dialogue to discuss transnational elite connections between Chinese and Western non-state actors and their impact on world politics.
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We were honoured to host Former Ambassador James Watt for an insightful and engaging talk. Drawing on his distinguished diplomatic career, he offered a nuanced reflection on the challenges and opportunities shaping the Middle East’s political landscape. @sgiadurham.bsky.social
The 2025 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture was held 12th Nov by @imeisdurham.bsky.social and BIPS who hosted her Former Majesty’s ambassador to Iran, Qatar and Yemen, Mr. Nicholas Hopton.
The title: "A British Diplomatic Perspective on Iran’s Position & Policies in the Middle East Since 7 October 2023"
Join us on 1 December 2025 at 17:00 for the Annual Ambassadorial Lecture:
“Kuwait’s Priorities in a Changing Middle East”
delivered by His Excellency Bader A. Almunayekh, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the UK.
Location: WB-2003, The Waterside Building, Durham.
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Join us on 4 December at 17:00 for a talk by James Watt, former ambassador and now partner at Ambassador Partnership LLP:
“Two Years on from 7 October: What Future Awaits the Middle East?”
All welcome.
Hosted by Durham Diplomatic Society and IMEIS, Durham University.
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