Zana Gul completed a Ph.D. in international politics at the University of Sheffield and he is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Zana completed a teaching qualification and postgraduate degree (MEd in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at the University of Sheffield). Previously, he was a teaching associate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield and an associate lecturer at Edge Hill University, the UK. 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 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.
Teaching • International Conflict and Cooperation Analysis ICCPP01 (PG module) •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 supervision. • Undergraduate dissertation supervision.
Book Chapter
Gulmohamad Z & Jumet K (2023) Non-violent Salafist Political Engagement: Comparing Egypt's Al-Nour Party with Kuwait's Islamic Salafi Alliance. In: Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism Groups, Perspectives and New Debates. Routledge, pp. 166-178. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032793-13
Article
The new era in the continuum of China and Iraq's relationship
Gul Z (2022) The new era in the continuum of China and Iraq's relationship. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/20578911221140690
Article
The Survival and Political Participation of a Kuwaiti Shia Movement: The National Islamic Alliance
Gulmohamad Z (2021) The Survival and Political Participation of a Kuwaiti Shia Movement: The National Islamic Alliance. Asian Affairs, 52 (4), pp. 958-983. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2021.2011122
Monograph
The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite
Gulmohamad Z (2021) The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite. London: I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781838605001
Article
Munathamat Badr, from an armed wing to a ruling actor
Gulmohamad Z (2021) Munathamat Badr, from an armed wing to a ruling actor. Small Wars & Insurgencies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2021.1875310
Article
Jumet K & Gulmohamad Z (2020) Reframing the Campaign: From Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis to Wilayat Sinai, Islamic State’s Sinai Province. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610x.2020.1862737
Book Chapter
The Evolution of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Forces)
Gulmohamad Z (2020) The Evolution of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Forces). In: Amour PO (ed.) The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East: Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 259-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45465-4_9
Newspaper Article
What will Iraqi-US bilateral relations look like under Biden’s administration?
Gul Z (2020) What will Iraqi-US bilateral relations look like under Biden’s administration?. https://english.alarabiya.net/views/news/middle-east/2020/11/16/What-will-Iraqi-US-bilateral-relations-look-like-under-Biden-s-administration-. 16.11.2020.
Newspaper Article
Iraq protests one year on: Demands, Iran’s role, al-Kadhimi and the future
Gul Z (2020) Iraq protests one year on: Demands, Iran’s role, al-Kadhimi and the future. Al Arabiya News. 11.10.2020.
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
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
The heat of protests in Iraq forces government reforms
Gul Z (2015) The heat of protests in Iraq forces government reforms. The heat of protests in Iraq forces government reforms. 17.10.2015.
Newspaper Article
A Short Profile of Iraq’s Shi’a Militias
Gul Z (2015) A Short Profile of Iraq’s Shi’a Militias. https://jamestown.org/program/a-short-profile-of-iraqs-shia-militias/. 17.04.2015, p. Volume: 13 Issue: 8.
Newspaper Article
Report: Iraqi Kurdistan’s rise on the international scene amid the expansion of the Islamic State
Gul Z (2014) Report: Iraqi Kurdistan’s rise on the international scene amid the expansion of the Islamic State. https://yourmiddleeast.com/2014/11/27/report-iraqi-kurdistans-rise-on-the-international-scene-amid-the-expansion-of-the-islamic-state/. 27.11.2014.
Newspaper Article
Gul Z (2014) Who is in control of Mosul?. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-is-in-control-of-mosul/. 07.07.2014.
Newspaper Article
Gul Z (2014) Who is in control of Mosul?. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-is-in-control-of-mosul/. 07.07.2014.
Other
The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (Levant) ISIS
Gul Z (2014) The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (Levant) ISIS. [https://makhaterltakfir.com/File/Article/The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20the%20Islamic%20State.pdf] Global Security Studies, pp. p.10-21.
Newspaper Article
The Washington and Baghdad relationship: Are the allies in the same orbit?
Gulmohamad Z (2014) The Washington and Baghdad relationship: Are the allies in the same orbit?. E-International Relations. 04.2014.
Newspaper Article
The new phase in the Turkish-Iraqi relationship: fluctuating between friendly and inimical
Gul Z (2013) The new phase in the Turkish-Iraqi relationship: fluctuating between friendly and inimical. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/new-phase-in-turkish-iraqi-relationship-fluctuating-between-friendly-and-inimical/. 20.08.2013.
Newspaper Article
Where are the Syrian Kurds heading amidst the civil war in Syria?
Gul Z (2013) Where are the Syrian Kurds heading amidst the civil war in Syria?. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/where-are-syrian-kurds-heading-amidst-civil-war-in-syria/. 22.07.2013.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Professional qualification
Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
