Introduction
The Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures is a research unit with the Polish Academy of Sciences, a state scientific institution founded in 1952. From the very beginning, it has functioned as a learned society acting through an elected cooperation of top scholars and research organizations, via its numerous scientific establishments. It has also become a major scientific advisory body through its scientific committees.
The activities of the Academy in its present form are regulated by the Parliamentary Act of April 30, 2010. The PAS is currently comprised of 79 research establishments (institutes and research centres, research stations, botanical gardens and other research units) and auxiliary scientific units (archives, libraries, museums, and foreign PAN stations). The research activities of the Academy are financed mainly from the State budget via the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
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Themes of the Conference
In 2012, as part of a phenomena known as the ‚Arab Spring’, anti-government protests escalated into civil war in Syria. Like other countries such as Libya and Yemen, the domestic conflict has widened to involve state and non-state actors on domestic, regional and international levels. The result has been a shift in the balance of powers in the region with new powers emerging. Syria predominates, as it is the battleground of the proxies of different states and non-states. To a lesser extent, focus is also on Yemen and Egypt, but with the same level of concern as ‚Arab Spring’ sentiments of democracy and a high influx of radicalism persist.
Submission Topics
Given these facts, the conference welcomes papers that engage in the following subjects:
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Analyzing the policies of states, be they regional (such as Iran and Saudi Arabia) or non-regional (such as Russia and the United States), in continuing or ending the war in the Middle East region and /or in specific states such as Iraq and Syria;
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Evaluating the role of non-state actors, such as IS, in perpetuating the war and crisis in the region;
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Reviewing the role of non-state organizations, such as the UN Security Council and the EU, in the war;
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Analyzing the effects and repercussions of the current wars in the Middle East on the balance of power in the region;
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Possible solutions for ending the wars.
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Important Date
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Nov 10
2017
Conference Date
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Sep 01 2017
Abstract Submission Deadline
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Sep 20 2017
Abstract Notification of Acceptance
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Nov 10 2017
Registration deadline
Contact Information
- Mahnaz Zahirinejad (PhD)
- mz******@gmail.com
- Agata Wójcik
- aw******@iksio.pan.pl
- se******@iksio.pan.pl
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