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Faculty of Arts
CENTRE FOR ARAB & ISLAMIC STUDIES (THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA)

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Research

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 March 2008, the Centre is home to 18 PhD students:

Christian Bleuer: ‘The Blurred Lines of Uzbek and Tajik “Identity”: Local Solidarity Groups and Factions During the Afghanistan and Tajikistan Civil Wars’

Angela Cox: The Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria

Adrian D'Hage: The Influence of Religion on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East

Bruce Drummond: Armed Sub-State Actors and Fragile States: Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea

Penelope Epps: The United States and Iran: Identity and Alliances in Middle Eastern Sectarian Conflict

Eko Ernada: An investigation of the Muslim interpretation of key human rights issues, with reference to issues of compatibility in Egypt and Indonesia

Grazia Gunn: European Aspirations in 19th Century and Early 20th Century Egypt

Victoria Kelly-Clark: Clan power structures in Central Asia

Justin Leach: Comparison of Sudan’s post- independence peace accords

Wendy Levy: The politics of governance in post-war Sudan: problems and prospects of a unified state

David Livingstone: Shi'a Political Ideology: Reinterpretation and Impact

Hamish McGregor: Iranian Nationalism and the Islamic Revolution

Barry Naughten: Global Energy Security: A Critical IPE Approach

Gerry Nockles: A critical analysis of Australia’s Foreign Policy towards the Middle East from 1996-2007

Erica Schwarze: Palestinian Public Opinion Polling: The Impact of the People’s Voice on Decision-Making in a Transitional Democracy

Richard Scrivener: Australian Iranian relations and the Australian US alliance: 1979 to 2003

Grigol Ubiria: Nation Building Projects in Soviet and Post-Soviet Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Daoud Yaqub: Afghanistan: The Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform, and the War Against Terrorism

The Centre is also home to two Master of Philosophy (MPhil) students:

Anne-Sophie Gintzburger: A Comparative Study of Islamic finance in the Gulf Cooperation Council & Malaysia

John Hannoush: Na’iim Khoury: life and influence on Arabic-Australian Culture

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PhDs awarded to date:

2008

Abdulaziz M. Al-Wasil: Human rights in Saudi Arabia

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

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

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

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