Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles
My research spans critical topics in international relations (IR), security studies, and geopolitical shifts, with a particular focus on the Gulf region, the broader Middle East, and the role of non-Western actors in global affairs. I have explored the defense diversification of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the emerging roles of Turkey and China in the Middle East, and the theoretical frameworks that shape global IR.
Below is a collection of my peer-reviewed scholarly works, reflecting my commitment to advancing research and contributing to deeper understandings of these vital topics:
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2024
- Strategic Shifts in the Gulf: GCC Defence Diversification Amidst U.S. Decline (submitted).
- The Indo-Pacific Chessboard: Arab Gulf Monarchies’ Hedging Amid Great Power Competition (submitted).
- Turkey’s Growing Involvement in the Gulf Security: An Empirical analysis of the Security and Defense Engagement with the GCC Countries (modifications needed).
- Preparing for the Future: A Strategic Foresight into the JCPoA Fates and the GCC’s Strategic Behavior (modifications needed).
- From Sand to Steel: A Reality check of the UAE’s ‘Indigenous’ Defense Industry (work in progress).
- Knowledge Production in Turkey on GCC Countries (work in progress).
- Special Issue, “Fortifying the Gulf: Defense Strategies, Indigenous Capabilities, and Shifting Security Dynamics”, (tentative title) will be submitted at the end of 2024.
2023
- Post-Ottoman Legacy in the Middle East: A Compendium of 100 Years of Turkish Foreign Policy, Insight Turkey, Summer 2023, Volume 25, Number 3. DOI: 10.25253/99.2023253.3.
- Turkey’s Security Role in the Gulf Region: Exploring the case of a new comer, Turkish Studies Journal, March 2023. DOI: 10.1080/14683849.2023.2182686.
- The strategic implications of the Lebanese-Israeli maritime demarcation agreement: SWOT Analysis, Lubab Journal for Strategic Studies, Aljazeera Center for Studies, February 2023.
2022
- Islam and International Relations (IR): why is there no Islamic IR theory?, Third World Quarterly, September 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2022.2121695
- The Emerging Security Role of Turkey and China in the Middle East, Taylor and Francis Inc, September 2022, DOI: 10.4324/9781003269175-7
- The Rise and Fall of Homegrown Concepts in Global IR: The Anatomy of ‘Strategic Depth’ in Turkish IR, All Azimuth, July 2022. DOI: 10.20991/allazimuth.1150360
- The 2021-2022 “De-Escalation Moment” in the Middle East: A Net Assessment, Insight Turkey, July 2022. DOI: 10.25253/99.2022242.4
... - 2021
- Soft Power in Action: Towards a Theoretical Framework, Siyasat Arabiya Journal, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha Institute, November 2021. https://doi.org/10.31430//BVGN3307
- The UAE’s Disruptive Policy in Libya, Insight Turkey, November 2020. DOI: 10.25253/99.2020224.10