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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

  • Yemen
  • The War in Yemen
  • The Iranian women's movement (especially following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022)
  • The Iranian-Saudi Rivalry
  • Sectarian Identity in the Middle East
  • Disinformation
  • Social Media as a tool of power politics
  • Social Media as a site of social protest
  • Visuality in international relations and the social sciences
  • Music as a tool of social protest
  • Securitisation Theory
  • Ontological Security
  • Sportwashing (particularly in the case of Saudi Arabia)
  • Humanitarian aid
  • The law of blockades
  • International multipolarity and its manifestation in the Middle East
  • Western relations with Saudi Arabia
  • Iran since the Islamic Revolution
  • The Houthi Movement
  • Informal Alliances
  • Postcolonial theory, race, and experiences of suffering

Key Publications

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  • TikTok as a site of social protest in Iran’s Gen-Z Uprising, Walsh, T. 18 Mar 2024, In: Discourse and Society
  • Discursive challenges: Power, state legitimacy and counter-narratives in the Arab world, Walsh, T., Dogan-Akkas, B. May 2023, In: Global Policy
  • Securitisation imperatives and the exaggeration of Iranian involvement with the Houthi movement by international actors, Walsh, T. 1 May 2023, In: Global Policy
  • The forgotten war: Multipolar support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, Walsh, T. 1 Dec 2023, China, Russia, and the USA in the Middle East, London, Routledge
  • How to analyze visual propaganda in the Middle East: An analysis of imagery in the "Saudi Strike Force Movie", Walsh, T. 1 May 2022, In: Domes : digest of Middle East studies

Qualifications

  • International Politics PhD September 29 2023
  • International Politics MA January 16 2019
  • International Politics BA June 21 2017
  • PhD
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy AFHEA
  • MA in International Relations
  • BA in Philosophy and Politics

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