Wednesday 21 May 2025

• 18:00 - Jihad and Geopolitics: Islamist Militancy and the Remaking of the Middle East
  Thomas Hegghammer, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College
  Oxford Middle East Security Society (MESS)

Friday 7 March 2025

• 17:00 - MESS: Türkiye's foreign policy and regional aspirations with Dr. Ezgi Basaran
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 18 March 2025

• 17:30 - MESS: Russia in the Middle East - The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church
  Professor Dima Adamsky (Changing Character of War Centre)

Wednesday 7 May 2025

• 17:00 - From Shah to Sanctions: Nationalism, Nuclear Ambitions, and the Evolution of Iran’s Foreign Policy
  Ali Ansari (St. Andrews)
  Oxford Middle East Security Society (MESS)