1st Edition
Islam, IS and the Fragmented State The Challenges of Political Islam in the MENA Region
Introduction
1 De-regionalization of the Regional Order
2 The Erosion of State Power
3 Political Islam – Reactive and/or Proactive? The Case of the Islamic State
4 The (Re)-establishment of the Caliphate
5 The Narrative of the Islamic State
6 The State Fights Back
7 Political Islam on the Run
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Notes
Biography
Anoushiravan Ehteshami is Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. He is the Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Chair in International Relations and Director of the HH Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Programme in International Relations, Regional Politics and Security. He is, further, Director of the Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (IMEIS) at Durham, one of the oldest and noted centres of excellence in Middle Eastern studies in Europe. He acts as Co-director (2016-2021) of the £3.9 million AHRC-funded Open Worlds Initiative entitled Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community.
Juline Beaujouan received her PhD from Durham University where she was awarded an al-Sabah doctoral fellowship and acted as a member of the AHRC-funded Open Worlds Initiative entitled Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community. She is now a member of the Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP), based at the University of Edinburgh, where she researches trust-building between ethnical and religious communities in Iraq and Lebanon. Juline is the co-editor and contributor to the volume Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees - Voices from Jordan and Lebanon (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2020).
Amjed Rasheed is a Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, and a member of the AHRC-funded Open Worlds Initiative entitled Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community. He is also a senior researcher and a board member of Open Think Tank (OTT) in Iraqi Kurdistan. Amjed is the co-editor and contributor to the volume Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees - Voices from Jordan and Lebanon (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2020).
