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Sudan - An Analysis of the British Colonial Policy and its Legacy

Consociational Democracy in Lebanon (1945-1975)

Book review on B. L. Glasser's "Economic Development and Political Reform: The Impact of External Capital on the Middle East"

Lebanon: The downfall of a democracy model?

Between the Devil and the Deep Sea. The Consequences of U.S. Presence in Iraq on Democratization Efforts in the Greater Middle East

Who can bring peace? The role of external actors in the Israeli-Palestinian peace-process

The Lebanese Civil War 1975-1990: Its Causes and Actors

Terrorism in the name of Allah - Islamic fundamentalism as sign of the 'Clash of civilizations'?

Ahmadinejad´s Quest for Leadership
Representations of Regional Order in the Gulf Region

A radical consequence of modernity
The Fethullah Gülen Movement as a Political Power Beyond the Turkish Nation State

The Arab World after 9/11 and the US Democratization Efforts

Account for Arab animosity towards the state of Israel.

Secularism and Political Islam in Syria. Does (Political) Islam constitute an obstacle to the secularization process of Syria?

Foreign influence and authoritarianism in the Middle East
Case studies: Syria and Iraq

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East. How Can Donald Trump's Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital be Explained?

What are the conceptual, socio-political, and strategic roots of al-Qaeda?

Saudization. How Saudi Arabia Spreads Wahhabism

The New Project for the Middle East. From US Democracy Promotion to ISIL Destruction

The Diplomacy of Pakistan since 1947. An Analytical Approach to the Foreign Relations of Pakistan
Achievements and Failures

Understanding Socio-Economic and Political Mobility of Naturalized Kurds in Lebanon

'Identity and a Modern State'. The political evolution of the Salafi movement in Egypt through a social movement theory perspective

Can sectarianism explain the conflict in Syria?

Middle East Enigma. Managing Political and Economic Risks on the Ground
A Hundred Years War

The United Nations Mediation During The Syrian War. Tactics And Reasons For An Unsuccessful Long-Term Peace Agreement

Turkey in the Middle East Politics. Political Discourses, Identity and the National Interests

Water Scarcity and Regional Security in the Nile Basin

Were the Arab Revolts ‘Social Media Revolutions’?
The Impact of the Global Digitisation on Mass Mobilisations

The 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict. Self-Defence or Atrocities in Gaza?

Reassessment of Turkish Foreign Policy
Turkey’s Changing Role in the Middle East

Lebanon - a state trapped in conflict
Do a conflict mapping, analyzing conflict sources and dynamics. Also analyze what conflict management approaches (if any) were employed and how they impacted the conflict process.

Persistence of Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa
Rentierism: A Paradigm in Distress?

The Transformation of the Jihad-Doctrine in Sadat's Egypt

The PLO Charters of 1964 and 1968 and the Hamas Charter of 1988
A Comparative Study

Gulf War II (1990/91) - Iraq between United Nations' Diplomacy and United States' Policy

The Palestinian Declaration of Independence of 1988
An Analysis

Prospects of Democratic Transition in the Middle East
Does “Islam” Matter?

Sectarianism under the Umayyads and Abbasids, orthodoxy and heresy

The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Israel as a constitutional democracy? The "Constitutional Revolution" and the High Court of Justice in the political system of Israel

The Ideals and Vision in Former President Reuven Rivlin's "Four Tribes Speech"

The Impact of Language on Strategic Communication. A Discourse Analysis of the Public Debate about Germany’s Mission in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010

Are Rentier Monarchies a Viable Road to Development in the Gulf States

Breaking the Deadlock? Why Unilateral Disengagement Cannot Equal Peace

The Relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
An Analysis from Ideational Liberalism and Defensive Structural Realism

Peace-building through State-building. EU Strategies towards the Palestinian Territories and the Role of Democracy

The implications of the rentier state theory regarding the major oil-producing states of the Middle East

Syria's Uprising. Process of a Country’s Militarization

Sudan's Domestic Politics

Turkey, Qatar and the evolution of soft power in a changing Middle East

Syrian Conflict. Dilemmas and Challenges in Peaceful Settlement
Why are International actors taking too much time to intervene in the Syrian conflict and how can a peaceful conflict settlement be found?

Turkey EU Relations

A neorealist assessment of India´s Look East Policy
The Balancing of China as a motive for India´s close cooperation with Southeast Asia

The United States and Saudi Arabia – Explaining the Strange Relationship after the End of the Cold War

Why does Iran have such a different relationship with the West from that of its Gulf Arab neighbours?

Democratization of Iraq

The Hama Massacre – reasons, supporters of the rebellion, consequences

Is criticism of Israel on issues of rights, pluralism, equality and minorities justified given the historic and regional context of the state?

Israel’s Colonial Predicament
A Novel Framework for Analysing Israeli-Palestinian Relations and Conflict

Iran of Pre- and Post-Revolution (1979). A Comparative Perspective

Political Culture, Islam and Public Participation in Modern Egypt

A threat analysis of Iran in 2002 and its relevance today

Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Frantz Fanon on the topic of decolonization and the French occupation of Algeria.

The Impact of Arab World Satellite Television on the Democratisation Process in the MENA States

Al-Qa'ida in Saudi Arabia 2003 and 2004

Analysing the Headscarf Debate in Turkey from a Deliberative Perspective: Is Social Learning Possible?

The Depiction of USA, Israel and the Gulf States as Enemies from Iran
Has it been sucessfull?

The Making of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy Towards Yemen Since 2015

Syria’s Path Forward. Political, Economic, and Social Challenges Post-Assad

The Al-Asads and the dog that did not bark. EU Democracy Promotion in the Middle East - The case of Syria

Is the idea of a Jewish State anachronistic, based on 19th century ideology, and incompatible with 21st century values?

Operation Enduring Freedom
‘Innovation or accident?’ Account for why the Afghan model emerged in Operation En-during Freedom in 2001 and evaluate its military effectiveness against the Taliban/Al Quaeda

Kashmir Conflict. Recent Developments and Interpretation

What is the difference between Judaism and Zionism? The impact of religion on political decision-making in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Outbreak of the Sudanese Civil War. A Summary

US relations with Israel from 1948 to the present days

Bashar Al-Assad. The Web of Interests Surrounding Syria’s Dictator

The Tyranny of the Minority. The Effectiveness of Policy Making in Israel

The Concept of a European Identity. Does Turkey culturally fit to Europe?

Obstruction or Facilitation?
US and Arab Foreign Policy in the Israeli-Palestine Conflict

Eretz Israel and Palestine. The question about escalation in the Middle East (deleted)

Economic Transition in Iran
The first Revolutionary Decade

The Doha Agreement for Lebanon
Analysis of a negotiation situation from contemporary international relations

United Nation's Intervention in the Israel-Palestine Conflict over Jerusalem

The Sahara Issue and the Arab World
The silence of an inconvenient conflict

On water, statehood and interdependence - Is water an obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians?

Enlightenment, Secularization and Democracy in Turkey during 21st Century

The Mobilization of Grievances. An Alternative Narrative for Understanding Sunni Militancy

The History of Shi'ism and Iranian Shi'ism

The political logic of economic restructuring in the Middle East

The state question of religion

Forward (Kadima) to the Centre? - The Rise and Fall of Israeli Centre Parties

Martyrdom, not Suicide: The Legality of Hamas' Bombings in the mid-1990s in Modern Islamic Jurisprudence

Responding to Iran’s Influence? A Comparative Account of Saudi Foreign Policy Behavior towards Bahrain and Yemen since 2011

George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil". Helpfulness in Fighting the War on Terror

The Crisis in the Middle East. An explanation of the persistence of stagnation and violence in the region

Palestinian National Identity Since the Palestine War in 1948

The Hamas as a Political Movement and the Differences between the Hamas' and the Fatah’s Approaches to Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Turkey and the EU. The period of AKP rule

Why did they not fight? A Study on the Kardak-Imia Crisis 1995-1996 between Greece and Turkey

The Origins of Violent Islamism. Can the “political Islam” be seen as a cause for violent religious extremism in the Middle East?