May Darwich
Lecturer
Social and political Science
German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Germany
Biography
Since 2016: Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East and/or the Muslim World in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University 2014 - 2015: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies 2011 - 2015: PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, Politics & IR Department (Thesis Working Title: Threat Perception and Alliance Choice in Middle East International Relations: The Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia)
Research Interest
Foreign Policy Analysis of Middle Eastern States The Interplay Identity and Power in Middle East International Relations
Publications
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May D (2016) Ideational and Material Forces in Threat Perception: The Divergent Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia during the Iran-Iraq War. Journal of Global Security Studies 1: 142-156.
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May D (2016) The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy Analysis 12: 469-488.
