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State Collapse and the Rise of the ISIS in Syria and Iraq

Posted on 9/12/2014

State Collapse and the Rise of the ISIS in Syria and Iraq

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The Arab Spring created a revolutionary setting in the whole region. People became the main actor of direct political change so far as to topple some of the authoritarian regimes such as the Mubarak rule in Egypt. The literature on the Arab Spring unanimously argues that protests were spontaneous yet they were not with any Islamist characteristics. Even in many places, Islamist groups were reluctant in the beginning. For instance, in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood became part of the protests movements only after several weeks. Therefore, this presentation is also of the same opinion that the Arab Spring protests were not essentially Islamist.

However, state collapse stands as another very important result of the so-called Arab Spring. Several major Arab states like Libya, Syria and Yemen have gone through devastating state collapses. State collapse has led to myriad structural problems including the alarming emergence of different sub-state actors such as ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front. This talk will be focusing on the emergence; social and systemic dynamics; support; and self-positioning of ISIS- like organizations in the Middle East.

Mr. Bacik was born in 1974 in Bursa, and graduated from School of Politics at Ankara University in 1998. He completed his PhD in the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University. His research papers have been published in internationally well known journals including Middle East Policy, International Review of Sociology, Peace Review, Journal of International Affairs, Arab Studies Quarterly, Turkish Studies, Electoral Studies, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, The Muslim World, The Review of International Affairs. Prof Bacik is currently a Turkey Reports contributor in German Marshall Fund (GMF) as well as working in the Department of International Relations, Ipek University. He is also an associate member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)

Presented By: Pearl Institute (Formerly knowns as Anatolia Cultural & Dialogue Centre) and Baptist University, Department of Government and International Studies

Venue: Council Chamber (SWT 501) Shaw Tower, Hong Kong Baptist University, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

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