Background Depression is a major population health challenge globally. This systematic
review and meta-analysis aims to (i) determine depression prevalence and (ii) identify the …

This article examines the implications of the post-2011 conflict in Syria for the relationship
between Turkey's shifting border politics and its domestic politics, focusing on the period …

The conventional literature on the role of middle powers emphasises the importance of soft
power, niche diplomacy and coalition building. This article explores a case of unusual …

The Kurds are the largest territorially concentrated ethnic group in the world without its own
nation state. However, the Iraqi Kurdish population has been striving to establish its own …

The recent upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have exerted pressure on
the regional state system and its borders. Exploring the altered nature and function of …

International border management strategies have become the favoured practice to counter
global threats, notably terrorism, migration flows and 'weak states'. This article shows how …

This introductory article to the Special Issue MENA Political Science Research a Decade
after the Arab Uprisings: Facing the Facts on Tremulous Grounds takes stock of MENA …

The conventional accounts of the history of the sovereign state system assume that territorial
sovereignty originated in Europe and spread to the rest of the world through colonial …

This chapter casts light on the understudied and rarely problematised role of scholars
shaping perceptions of peoples in nationalist conflicts through their methodological …

While the wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen, alongside the establishment of the so-called
“Islamic Caliphate” have brought the debate about the crisis of the territorial nation-state in …