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 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
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/
Contributor & Co-Investigator
University of Cambridge
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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.
Presentation / Talk
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. Scottish Council on Global Affairs series, Scotland, 06.11.2024. https://scga.scot/2024/11/06/podcast-the-next-100-years-of-peace-in-the-greater-middle-east/
Other
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/
Presentation / Talk
Gul Z (2024) Podcast interview on my monograph "The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite" for New Books Network.., 13.07.2024. https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-making-of-foreign-policy-in-iraq
Article
Bilateral economic diplomacy between South Korea and Iraq
Gul Z (2024) Bilateral economic diplomacy between South Korea and Iraq. Asian Politics & Policy, 16 (1), Art. No.: 7–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12724
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: Orofino E & Allchan W (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates. London: Routledge, pp. 166-178. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032793-13
Presentation / Talk
A lecture for the US Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) on Wilayat Sinai
Gul Z (2023) A lecture for the US Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) on Wilayat Sinai., 07.12.2023. https://nsiteam.com/smaspeakerseries_07december2023/
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/
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, 8 (1), pp. 348-363. 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
Newspaper / Magazine
October revolution: How Iraq's protest movement parties are shaping the political debate
Gul Z (2021) October revolution: How Iraq's protest movement parties are shaping the political debate. October revolution: How Iraq's protest movement parties are shaping the political debate. 07.07.2021. https://www.newarab.com/analysis/emergence-iraqs-new-protest-movement-parties
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 / Magazine
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?. 16.11.2020.
Newspaper / Magazine
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. 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 / Magazine
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 / Magazine
Gul Z (2015) Iraq's game of thrones. The New Arab. 22.09.2015. https://www.newarab.com/opinion/iraqs-game-thrones
Newspaper / Magazine
A Short Profile of Iraq’s Shi’a Militias
Gul Z (2015) A Short Profile of Iraq’s Shi’a Militias. 17.04.2015, p. Volume: 13 Issue: 8.
Newspaper / Magazine
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. 27.11.2014.
Newspaper / Magazine
Gul Z (2014) Who is in control of Mosul?. 07.07.2014.
Newspaper / Magazine
Gul Z (2014) 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 / Magazine
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 / Magazine
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. 20.08.2013.
Newspaper / Magazine
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?. 22.07.2013.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Professional qualification
Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
