Carnegie Corporation funded project at @RichardsonInst based @LancasterUni. Led by @profmabon & @EdwardWastnidge.
Joined June 2018
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12 Dec 2023
Our new reports based on surveys conducted in Iraq & Lebanon post covid19 are out now.
The surveys looked at 4 areas:
1. Priorities & issues
2. Social attitudes & behaviours
3. Political attitudes & behaviours
4. Regional relations
sepad.org.uk/reports
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23 Oct 2025
Dear Sir #Smotrich,
It’s not your fault you are the victim of an extremist ideology that preaches bigotry and racism
One day, IF all conditions of normalization with #Saudi is fulfilled, we can host you in the desert to teach you: respect, modesty and dignity on our camel farm
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21 Oct 2025
🎙️ Speakers:
• Prof Simon Mabon (SEPAD / Lancaster)
• Dr @Nour_Abu_Assab (CTDC)
• Dr @SanamVakil (Chatham House)
We'll explore:
🔹 Geopolitical landscape
🔹 Civic movements & identity
🔹 Post-sectarian governance & rebuilding
ℹ️ More info: fpc.org.uk/events/forging-ne…
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9 Oct 2025
Both peoples share spilled blood, and clearly, both share jubilation when they know their own is safer
While the next phases may be more difficult to reach, it wouldn’t hurt to be relieved and hopeful -just for a bit
Long may peace last and long may we find a way to live together
Tel Aviv and Gaza tonight. Ceasefire!
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7 Oct 2025
Professor of International Relations Simon Mabon writes in the Conversation about how “The two years of fighting since October 7 have transformed the Middle East”
theconversation.com/the-two-…
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6 Oct 2025
🧭 New expert briefing: ‘#Syria’s transition nine months on’
Our roundtable, co-hosted with @IBAHRI & @ProjectSEPAD brought together Syrian and international experts to assess the political & legal transition following Assad’s fall.
🔗- fpc.org.uk/expert-briefing-s…
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24 Jul 2025
#France will recognize the State of #Palestine
May more of this courage continue.
Conflict has failed for decades, it’s time we give statehood a real chance
24 Jul 2025
🚨🚨Macron announces that France will recognize the State of Palestine during the UN General Assembly in NY in September
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3 Jul 2025
🚨In case you missed it - The Middle East in 2025: Current Developments and Prospects for the Future brought together expert voices on the unfolding regional crisis.
w/ @ProjectSEPAD
🎥 Watch the full event recording here: youtu.be/i4wsEX5xfJY?si=Gl-e…
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8 Jul 2025
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#جدة | سمو وزير الخارجية الأمير #فيصل_بن_فرحان @FaisalbinFarhan يستقبل في فرع الوزارة بمنطقة مكة المكرمة وزير خارجية الجمهورية الإسلامية الإيرانية السيد عباس عراقجي.
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Improved relations between Arab Gulf countries and #Iran helped contain the #IranIsraelConflict, #MiddleEast experts said during a @ProjectSEPAD @FPCThinkTank discussion
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30 Jun 2025
Very grateful to the editorial team at @ManchesterUP and @profmabon @ProjectSEPAD. Also to @warstudies @UPFBarcelona & @IBEI for the support throughout these years. The book is available here: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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26 Jun 2025
🔔 Happening next Wednesday: Join @profmabon , @LinaKhatibUK , Prof Clive Jones, @EyadAlRefaei & Chair Alice Copland for a webinar on recent developments in the Middle East and future regional prospects.
📅 2 July, 12:30 BST
🔗Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
w/ @ProjectSEPAD
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20 Jun 2025
Rapid changes are taking place across the Middle East. Join our upcoming webinar w/
@ProjectSEPAD to discuss current developments and future prospects for the region
Speakers: @profmabon, @LinaKhatibUK & Prof Clive Jones. Chair: Alice Copland
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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22 May 2025
"Spain's political stance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict".
📝 My latest paper in Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
✅ A research carried out at @ProjectSEPAD
🖇️ Link tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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13 May 2025
My thoughts on what to expect from the bilateral #Saudi -#USA discussions on the defense & security
We know there will be no treaty, but will there be a security deal that protects the agreed understanding of a treaty during the previous administration? youtube.com/watch?v=PrfiTElf…
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12 May 2025
My new article for @intl_spectator is finally out! Probably the most consequential piece I've written so far.
'They Are All The Same': Securitising the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Ordering Space and the Regional 'Common Sense'.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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15 Apr 2025
🚨 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce a new SALAM workshop (online) on Sectarianism & Militarization in the Middle East, in collaboration with @ProjectSEPAD.
Apply now to join this important conversation (250-word abstracts before May 15)! All info here 👇
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20 Feb 2025
Delighted to share that the new @ProjectSEPAD report, 'Football, Identity and Politics in and from the MENA region' is finally out! @DrFrancescoBelc.
sepad.org.uk/report/football…
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20 Feb 2025
📚⚽ Football, identity and politics in and from the MENA region by @JavierBordonOs @DrFrancescoBelc
It is huge pleasure to collaborate in the last @ProjectSEPAD report with great experts 👇 sepad.org.uk/report/football…
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21 Feb 2025
Contributed with Doctoral student Sarah Muhanna Al-Naimi @QatarUniversity @QUGulfStudies on “A framework for the Study of Qatar’s Sport Diplomacy & International Relations” @ProjectSEPAD Football,Identity& Politics from the MENA region by @DrFrancescoBelc & @JavierBordonOs
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21 Feb 2025
It was a pleasure to contribute to this @ProjectSEPAD report on Football, Identity and Politics In and From the MENA Region. My contribution is on Gulf investments in world football. The report is available below
sepad.org.uk/report/football…
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