Dr Zana Gul

Lecturer in International Politics

Politics Stirling

Dr Zana Gul

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About me

Dr Gul joined the Division of History, Heritage and Politics at the University of Stirling in January 2022 as a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in International Politics. Zana Gul completed a Ph.D. in international politics at the University of Sheffield and he is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dr Gul taught at the University of Sheffield and Edge Hill University, the UK. Zana completed a teaching qualification and postgraduate degree (MEd in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at the University of Sheffield). Publications include a book "The making of foreign policy in Iraq: Political factions and ruling elites" London: I.B. Tauris (an imprint of Bloomsbury) (2021), book chapters and peer-reviewed articles with academic journals such as an article published in 2020 with Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (Routledge: Taylor and Francis), an article published in 2021 with Small Wars and Insurgencies (Routledge: Taylor and Francis) and an article in 2022 with Asian Affairs (Routledge: Taylor and Francis). Dr Gul's research also encompasses social movements and political parties, as well as their transnational links and networks. Dr Gul has a single-author book contract titled 'Green Political Parties and Environmental Movements in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges, Mobilisation and Transnationalism' with Palgrave Macmillan.

Dr Zana Gul has published dozens of articles and reports on the politics, IR, development and security of the Middle East with research institutes, think tanks and newspapers such as CTC Sentinel, Open Democracy, E-International Relations, National Security Innovations, the Jamestown Foundation and The National. Dr Gul presented papers at conferences organised by the Political Studies Association, the American Political Science Association, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and the British International Studies Association.

Dr Gul's recent projects include contributing to the events and publishing a report on a project titled "Charting a New Path: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and UK Relations", which was led by Audere International and Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum (based at the University of Cambridge). Dr Gul received the Insight Award grant (Co-I) from the Scottish Council on Global Affairs on the project "The next 100 years of peace in the Greater Middle East: Beyond the 1923 peace settlement and the reconfiguration of the East-West relations".

Dr Gul's research also includes projects and publications on East Asia (China, South Korea and Japan) and Middle East relations, focusing on energy, trade, economic development, and diplomacy.

Teaching • International Conflict and Cooperation Analysis ICCPP01 (PG module, Autumn 2024) • US foreign policy POLU9AF (module coordinator/leader; Autumn 2024). • Research Methods in Politics POLU9RM (module coordinator, Spring 2024). • Global Development POLU9DG (module coordinator, Spring 2024). • International Conflict and Cooperation Analysis ICCPP01 (PG module, Autumn 2023) •Research Methods in Politics POLU9RM (module coordinator, Spring 2023). • US foreign policy POLU9AF (module coordinator/leader; Autumn 2022). • International Organisation ICCPP02 (PG module coordinator/leader; Autumn 2022). • Global Political Economy POLU9PE (module coordinator/leader; Spring 2022). • Postgraduate dissertation and PGR supervision. • Undergraduate dissertation supervision.

Human Security, Conflict, Co-operation; Global security & resilience; Foreign Policy; Cultures, Communities & Society

Award

Insight Award grant - The Scottish Council on Global Affairs

https://scga.scot/…ter-middle-east/
https://scga.scot/2024/11/06/podcast-the-next-100-years-of-peace-in-the-greater-middle-east/

Other Project

Contributor & Co-Investigator
University of Cambridge

https://cmenaf.org/about-menaf/
I contributed to the "Charting a New Path: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and UK Relations" project, which was carried out by Audere International and Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum.

Research projects (1)

UK-Japan Collaboration on Sustainable Reconstruction in Post-conflict countries: Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine
PI: Dr Zana Gul
Funded by: The Great British Sasakawa Foundation
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Outputs (32)

Other

Podcast: The next 100 years of peace in the greater Middle East – Beyond the 1923 peace settlement and the reconfiguration of the East-West relations

Gul Z (2024) Podcast: The next 100 years of peace in the greater Middle East – Beyond the 1923 peace settlement and the reconfiguration of the East-West relations. [https://scga.scot/2024/11/06/podcast-the-next-100-years-of-peace-in-the-greater-middle-east/]. Edinburgh. https://scga.scot/2024/11/06/podcast-the-next-100-years-of-peace-in-the-greater-middle-east/

Project Report

Charting a New Path: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and UK Relations

Ozcelik et al. (Gul, Zana - contributor) B (2023) Charting a New Path: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and UK Relations. Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum & International Audere. The UK. https://cmenaf.org/research-charting-a-new-path-the-kurdistan-region-of-iraq-and-uk-relations/

Consultancy Report

Messaging: Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) reach back cell report

Gul Z, Astorino-Courtois (NSI) A, Logan M, Olidort J, Abbas H & Everington A (2017) Messaging: Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) reach back cell report. NSI Team. http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Messaging_Final.pdf. http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Messaging_Final.pdf

Policy Document

SMA CENTCOM Reach-back Reports: ISIL Support and Recruitment

Canna S, Abbas H, Gul Z, Aguero S, Cragin K & Dagher M (2017) SMA CENTCOM Reach-back Reports: ISIL Support and Recruitment. NSI & The United States Central Command. http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ISIL-Recruitment-part-6.pdf. http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ISIL-Recruitment-part-6.pdf

Other

Unseating the Caliphate: Contrasting the Challenges of Liberating Fallujah and Mosul

Gulmohamad Z (2016) Unseating the Caliphate: Contrasting the Challenges of Liberating Fallujah and Mosul [Unseating the Caliphate: Contrasting the Challenges of Liberating Fallujah and Mosul]. [https://ctc.westpoint.edu/unseating-the-caliphate-contrasting-the-challenges-of-liberating-fallujah-and-mosul/]. VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10. The United States, pp. 16-24.

Research Report

Iraq’s Shia Militias: Helping or Hindering the Fight Against Islamic State?

Gulmohamad Z (2016) Iraq’s Shia Militias: Helping or Hindering the Fight Against Islamic State?. The Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor, Volume 13, Issue 9. Washington, DC. https://jamestown.org/program/iraqs-shia-militias-helping-or-hindering-the-fight-against-islamic-state/#.VzVwxIR96Uk

Policy Document

ISIL Propaganda effect

Astorino-Courtois A, Scott Ligon G, Derrick D, Church and Michael Logan S, Olidort J, Abbas H & Gul Z (2016) ISIL Propaganda effect. NSI Team & The United States Central Command. http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/QL-5_-response-_-how-audiences-reveive-info_10-4-2016FinalDraftV2.pdf

Newspaper Article

Iraq's game of thrones

Gul Z (2015) Iraq's game of thrones. The New Arab. 22.09.2015. https://www.newarab.com/opinion/iraqs-game-thrones

Teaching

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching

Professional qualification
Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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