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Dr Sarah Cardaun, a research association at the University of the Armed Forces in Hamburg, will lead a talk on security co-operation between states in the Middle East, looking at the evolution of their design, utility, and impact.
The talk, Multinational Security Coalitions in the Middle East, will be hosted on Zoom on 10 February, 2021, from 15.00.
Dr Cardaun said: “Multinational military coalitions have become a widespread format for security co-operation between states worldwide, including in the Middle East. Their institutional design, especially their informality and their ad-hoc nature, distinguishes them from traditional alliances, with significant implications for coalition formation and durability.
“Analysing cases of Saudi-led coalitions, such as the Arab Coalition in Yemen and the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), the talk will highlight both opportunities and difficulties associated with this increasingly common institutional format from the perspective of the leading state.
“It will also draw preliminary conclusions on the utility of informal coalitions as security and foreign policy instruments.”
The talk is hosted by the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at King’s College London.
Biography
Dr Cardaun is a research associate at the University of the Armed Forces in Hamburg, Germany. During her time at the King’s College London Middle East and Mediterranean Studies Programme from 2009 to 2014, she taught on the Middle East as well as the sociology of religion, while at the same time completing her PhD.
In 2013-14, Dr Cardaun held a lectureship in politics and religion at King’s and, in 2019-20, was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies (IMES). Her current research interests include international security studies and comparative policy analysis.