Lecture
Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa
How ideology shapes foreign policy
When
27 September 2024
14:00 - 17:00 CET
Where
Sala Belvedere
Villa Schifanoia
Join Özgür Özdamar who, adopting a social science-based methodology, reconsiders the dynamics of power and leadership in Africa and the Middle East.
The study of politics in the MENA region has traditionally been dominated by historical and case study approaches. This lecture will instead adopt a social science-based methodology to reconsider the dynamics of power and leadership in Africa and the Middle East. By analysing the psychological profiles of fourteen leaders across eight countries and three non-state organisations, Özgür Özdamar will develop a nuanced portrait of modern leadership. In their new book using this approach, the authors, Özgür Özdamar and Sercan Canbolat, draw connections between apparently disparate political ideologies, from Sunni Islamism to Shia revolutionism, from secular nationalism and armed non-state groups. Demonstrating the previously unacknowledged commonalities and divergences in these leaders' approaches, the lectures aims to illuminate their tactics and strategies and offer novel insights into how best to negotiate with them.
Scientific Organiser
Olivier Roy
EUI
Dr. Metin Koca
EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences
Contact
Valentina Gorgoni
Send an emailSpeaker
Özgür Özdamar
Bilkent University