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ABBOTT, LUCY,MARY (2014) The Concept of the Public Sphere and the Middle East and North Africa: An Examination of the Habermasian Approach to Political Action. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABD-KARIM, MOHD,RAHIMIE,BIN (2010) ANALYSING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF ISLAMIC FUNDS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE MALAYSIAN CASE. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABDALLA, MOHAMED,NOUR,MOHAMED,OSMA (2014) The Impact of Government Policies on Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: the Case of Sudan. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABDUL-HADI, AHMAD,OMAR,BAHJAT (2016) Nationalism in the Middle East: The development of Jordanian national identity since the disengagement of 1988. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABDUL-KARIM, SHAMSIAH (2010) CONTEMPORARY SHARI'AH STRUCTURING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WAQF ASSETS IN SINGAPORE. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABDUL-RAZAK, AZILA (2011) Economic and Religious Significance of the Islamic and Conventional Pawnbroking in Malaysia: Behavioural and Perception Analysis. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABDULLA, SALEM,AHMED.M (2010) AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF LIBYAN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Abdulmajeed Ibrahim al-Mubarak, (2006) Al-Munşif min al-Kalām 'alā Mughnī lbn Hishãm by Taqï al-Dīn al-Shumunnī [d. 1468]. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABOU-JAOUDE, TAREK (2020) Squaring the Circle: Legitimacy and the Lebanese State in the 20th Century. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ABU-HUSSIN, MOHD,FAUZI (2010) Exploring International Trade between Malaysia and GCC Countries: Empirical Analysis on Trends, Developments and Challenges. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AGELI, MOHAMMED,MOOSA,O (2012) Modelling Government Expenditures and Economic Growth Nexus in Saudi Arabia: 1968 -2010. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AJEBON, HARRISON CHUKWUMA (2021) Oil, Conflict and Everyday Security in Post-Amnesty Niger Delta, Nigeria. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AKCIGER, UMIT (2013) APPLICATION OF SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY ON BAGCILAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: HIRSCHI'S MODEL. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AKSOY, MURAT (2011) INNOVATION IN POLICING REGARDING EU MEMBERSHIP IN TURKEY: POLICE OFFICERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY POLICING. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-ADWANI, TAHANI,SOUD (2010) EXPLORING SERVICE QUALITY IN THE ISLAMIC BANKING INDUSTRY IN KUWAIT: ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMER PERCEPTIONS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-GHAILANI, ABDULLAH,MOHAMMED (2014) America's Perceptions of Political Islam: Roots of Geopolitical Image and Implications for U.S. Middle East Policy. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-GHORAIRI, ABDULAZIZ (2010) The Development of the Financial Sector of Qatar and its Contribution to Economic Diversification. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-HASAN, ODAY (2022) Ibn Bābawayh, follower of Ḥadīṯ or follower of Philosophy? Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-KARBI, FATIMA,MABKHOUT,SALEM,AYE (2022) The United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy Change In The Post 2011 Middle East: A Role Theory Approach. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-MOALLA, SHEIKH,MAJID,ABDULLA (2017) ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES’ NATIONAL SECURITY. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-SAID, AL,KHATTAB,GHALIB,KHALID (2019) Vision2020 and the Private Sector:
An Analysis of Late Rentier Development Strategy in Oman. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-SUWAIDI, KHALIFA,HUSSAIN,MOHAMMED (2020) The UAE and the Challenge of Political Legitimacy Post-Arab Spring 2011-19. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AL-TAMIMI, NASER (2012) China’s Oil Strategy:
The Potential of the Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALANAZI, FAISAL,FARHAN (2011) A Critical Edition of al-Taʿrīf Bimā Anasat al-Hijramin Maʿālim Dār al-Hijra. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALESHAIKH, NOURAH,MOHAMMAD (2011) Jurisprudence on Tawarruq: Contextual Evaluation on Basis of Customs, Circumstances, Time and Place. Masters thesis, Durham University.

ALGHAMEDI, AHMED,MISFER,A (2012) Assessing the Impact of Stock Market Development on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia:
An Empirical Analysis. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALHAJAM, ABDALWAHAB,SALEM (2013) Exploring and Analysing the Demand and Supply Conditions for the Institutionalisation of Islamic Banking and Finance in Libya. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALHARBI, MOHAMMED,ABDULLAH,N (2017) Saudi Arabia and Communism During the Cold War “King Faisal’s Foreign Policy Towards the Soviet Union: 1962-1975”. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALHINAI, ALKHATAB (2017) ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION OBSTACLES IN RESOURCE-DEPENDENT STATES THROUGH THE LENS OF RESOURCE CURSE THEORY: OMAN AS A CASE STUDY. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALHOSANI, HAMAD ALI (2012) The Political Thought of the Late H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Founder of the United Arab Emirates (1966 - 2004). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALI-MASOUD, ATIYA,HAMED (2013) America and the Arab World through the prism of the United Nations- A Study of Libya and Sudan in the
Post Cold War Era (1990-2006). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALIREZANEZHAD-GOHARDANI, FARHAD (2014) Tragedy of Confusion: The Political Economy of Truth in the modern history of Iran
(A novel framework for the analysis of the enigma of socio-economic underdevelopment in the modern history of Iran). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALJARALLAH, ABDULAZIZ,M (2010) Analysing the Impact of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the Sustainability of Competitiveness of the Petrochemical Industry in Saudi Arabia. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALMA'AMUN, SUHAILI (2010) ISLAMIC ESTATE PLANNING:
ANALYSING THE MALAYSIAN PERCEPTIONS ON WASIYYAH (WILL) AND BEQUEST PRACTICES. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALMAZKURI, FATEMAH,A,H,A (2017) Political Reforms and the Process of Democratisation in Kuwait 1992-2013. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALMUTAIRI, HUMOUD (2010) A COMPARISON BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND CONVENTIONAL HOME FINANCING IN KUWAIT: CLIENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE FACILITES OFFERED BY THE NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT AND KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALNAFISI, SALEH (2013) Critical Perspectives on the Evolution of a Rentier Constitutional State: Kuwait, 1950-1962. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALOTHAIMIN, IBRAHIM,ABDULRAHMAN,I (2012) IRAN AND ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE AFTERMATH OF 2003 REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALQAHTANI, FAIZ,AWAD (2010) Evaluating the Performance Appraisal System in Public Universities in Saudi Arabia and its Impact on Human Resource Decisions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALQASHOUTI, MIRDEF (2024) Evolution and Dynamics of Qatar–Iran Relations: A Case of Proactive Strategic Hedging. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALRUWAIH, MESHARI,HAMAD (2014) Islamic Agents, Structure, and International Relations: Ontology as Faith. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALSAEED, KHALID,SULAIMAN (2012) “Sukuk Issuance in Saudi Arabia:
Recent Trends and Positive Expectations”. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALSAGHIR, MOHAMMAD,A (2020) ‘Penetration Through Fragmentation’
Modelling Authoritarian Survival versus Resilience in the Middle East. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALSAYAH, FARAG,ALI (2011) EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS AND JOB SATISFACTION AT THE LIBYAN PETROCHEMICAL COMPANIES. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALSHAMSI, REEM,SAEED,SALEM (2018) EVALUATION OF MIGRATION GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AlTerkait, Tahani,N,Y,M,H,M (2017) The Constitutional and Conceptual Underpinnings of Kuwait’s System of Government. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALTRAD, SAADI,S,E,F (2011) ECONOMIC AND MONETARY INTEGRATION IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC):
A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALTUNDAS-AKCAY, CANGUL (2022) Turkish Foreign Policy towards Iran since the Arab Uprisings (December 2010 to July 2018): A Neoclassical Realist Account. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALTUNTAS-CAKIR, RAVZA (2018) Muslim Democracy: The Return of Political Theory. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ALUNNI, ALICE (2020) National Belonging and Everyday Nationhood in the Age of Globalization: An Account of Global Flows in Libya. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AMUSO, VALENTINA (2018) The EU v the EU at al.

The Negotiations of The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ARCHAMBAULT, EMIL (2021) Making Drone Violence Strategic: A Conceptual Genealogy of Remote Warfare. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ARHAM, MUHAMMAD (2013) An Empirical Analysis Of Marketing Activities in Indonesian Islamic Banking Industry. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ARINC, IBRAHIM,SAID (2014) The Natural Gas Geopolitics of Turkey. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ASHCROFT, KATHRYN,ALEXA (2011) The case for rentierism as a cause for underdevelopment in Malaysia: Tourism Planning from Mahathir to the present day. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ASHRAF, ARSHAD,IQBAL (2016) Survey to assess the problems of corporate governance facing Islamic Financial Institutions (IFI’s) at this moment in time. Masters thesis, Durham University.

AZEEZ, IRFAN,AZEEZ (2024) The rise of the IS and its impact on
the relationships between Kurdistan,
Iran & Turkey. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AZIZAM, ABDUL,AZIZ (2022) Assessing the effect of ICT on Political Contestation. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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BAROM, MOHD,NIZAM (2013) An Analysis of Social Responsibility Dimension in Islamic Investment Funds: Evidence from Malaysian Investors. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

BAUDON, ANTOINE,PHILIPPE (2017) To Jihad and Back Home. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

BEAUJOUAN-MARLIERE, JULINE,ANNICK,JOELLE (2020) ISLAMIC STATE’S DISCURSIVE POWER IN THE MENA REGION. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

BHOJANI, ALI-REZA (2013) Moral Rationalism and Independent rationality as a source of Sharī ͑a in Shī ͑ī uṣūl al-fiqh; In search of an ͑Adliyya reading of Sharī ͑a. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Bjornsdöttir Pieper, Steinunn Björk (2006) An evaluation of immigration and integration policies with respect to the muslim community in Iceland. Masters thesis, Durham University.

BOUVENG, KERSTIN,REBECCA (2010) THE ROLE OF MESSIANISM IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN IDENTITY AND STATECRAFT. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

BRAUN, CHRISTIAN,NIKOLAUS (2018) A Thomistic Reading of Small-Scale Uses of Force. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

BURDON, MARK,GIDEON (2024) How voters evaluate public services: the case of the National Health Service in England. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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CALDWELL, DAVID,THOMAS (2023) Polarisation and Cultural Realignment in Britain, 2014-2019. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CAPASSO, MATTEO (2018) The Political Anatomy of the Everyday: The Case of the Libyan Arab al-Jamahiriyah (1977-2011). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CERCEL, CRISTIAN,ALEXANDRU (2012) Philo-Germanism without Germans. Memory, Identity, and Otherness in Post-1989 Romania. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHANG, CHIH-HANN (2010) Ethical Foreign Policy? A Study of U.S. Humanitarian Interventions in the 1990s. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHARLES, GERARD,ANTHONY (2018) Between the State and the Ummah: The Hui Negotiation of Identity in Northwest China. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHAY, CLEMENS,SHENGRONG (2019) The Diwaniyya in Urban Kuwaiti Society: A Reflection of Socio-Spatial and Diplomatic Realities. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHEMBAYIL-RAJAN, SNEHA (2016) THE IRAN POLICY DECISION-MAKING OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: A POLIHEURISTIC ANALYSIS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHEN, SHI (2016) Asymmetric Structure of Mutual Distrust and the “Locked” Sino-Japanese Relations. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHEN, WEI-FANG (2012) National Interests vs. Security and Defence Integration in the EU: A comparative case study of Britain and Germany. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHIMENTE, ANTHONY,MICHAEL (2019) From Republics of Armies to Kata'ibs of Militia, Sheikhs, and Warlords: Civil-Military Relations in Iraq and Yemen. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Chiroro, Bertha (1994) A critical analysis of regional integration in southern Africa. Masters thesis, Durham University.

CLOWRY, SARAH,ANGHARAD,MAIR (2021) Reconciling the Rift: International Mediation and Identity. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CONNOR, PETER (2014) The ability of the European Parliament to enhance the functioning of democracy within the European Union. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CONTRERAS-LUNA, RAFAEL (2016) Russia's Great Power Ambitions: The Role of Siberia, the Russian Far East, and the Arctic in Russia's Contemporary Relations with Northeast Asia. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

COSTA-ESTEVES-COUTINHO, MARINA (2021) The Standing of Economic rights: A Brazilian case study. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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Daftari, Abdulaziz (2010) Mulla Sadra and the mind-body problem:
A critical assessment of Sadra’s approach to the dichotomy of soul and spirit. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

DANOVA, MILITSA,DANIELOVA (2011) Roma as a Unique Cultural Minority: the Impact of Communism and Democratisation on Roma in Eastern Europe. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

DAVIDOVIC, MAJA (2022) The Law, Politics and Practice of ‘Never Again’: Guarantees of Non-Recurrence in Transitional Justice. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Dogan, Azimet (2016) Socıal Characterıstıcs for Mılıtancy: The Case of Turkısh Hezbollah. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

DOGAN-AKKAS, BETUL (2023) Hegemonic Practices in the GCC Political Complex (GPC): Evolvement of Counter-Hegemonic Formations. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

DORANI, SHARIFULLAH (2015) From Intervention to Exit: American Foreign
Policymaking towards Afghanistan. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

DOUSEMETZIS, CHARALAMPOS (2018) The Presidency of Jimmy Carter and the Emerging Politics of Gay Rights and Evangelical Religion. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

DRAKE, MICHAEL,JOHN (2012) The Rise of a Chinese Bourgeoisie and the Potential for Democratic Transition. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Drevon, Jerome (2015) Theorising Militant Groups' Meso-Level Evolution
A Comparative Study of the Egyptian Islamic and Jihad Groups. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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EHSAN, MUHAMMAD,ASIF (2012) Islamic Perspective on Financial Derivatives: Demand for Instruments of Risk Management in Various Businesses of Pakistan. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

EID, WAEL,KAMAL,AMIN (2012) Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

EL-AMIN, MOHAMAD,HADI (2012) Lebanon’s Democracy: Prospects and Pitfalls. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

EL-SOUDANI, ASLAM (2014) Can One Speak of a Qur’ānic Political Theory - A Hermeneutical Study Employing Semantic and Thematic Approaches. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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FANGALUA, LUCIANE,FUEFUE-O-LAKEPA (2012) CORRUPTION IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: NEO-PATRIMONIALISM, THE PEACE PROCESS AND THE ABSENCE OF STATE-HOOD. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FERGUS, STEFAN,ANDREW (2011) US FOREIGN POLICY: DOMESTIC PLURALISM AND THE SEARCH FOR A GRAND STRATEGY FOR CHINA. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FETAIS, SALEH,MOHSIN,A,R (2013) Assessing Qatar’s Readiness and Potential for the Development of a Knowledge Based Economy: An Empirical Analysis of its Policies, Progress and Perceptions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FILIS, GEORGIOS (2008) “Russia and Turkey in the Geopolitics of Eurasia & the Theory of Median Space: Thesis-Synthesis-Antithesis”. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FLYNN-PIERCY, HOLLY (2018) Presidents, Prime Ministers and Health Care Reform in Political Time: Using Stephen Skowronek's Institutional Theory to Compare Leadership Behaviour in Britain and the United States. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FOLESCU, CORINA,ANDREEA (2016) Surpassing the Leaders - Laggards gap? Conditionality, Compliance and Europeanisation viewed from Romania and Bulgaria in the post-accession period. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FOROZAN, HESAM (2013) The Military in the Islamic Republic of Iran: an Assessment of the Sepah’s Role (IRGC) as a Political and Economic Actor. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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GALEEVA, DIANA (2019) Adopted Power:
The Rise of Qatar, and the Potential of the Rentier State. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GANNON, PHILIP,RICHARD (2015) Anglo-American Defence Relations and the Government of Gordon Brown. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GATER-SMITH, PHILIP,HOWARD,ALEXANDER (2018) The New Silk Roads' Impact on the Persian Gulf Region. Contextualizing China's Economic Ties and
Diplomatic Relations with the Gulf States. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GAZIYEV, JAMSHID (2008) ETHNO-NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN CENTRAL ASIA. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GILLIGAN, DANIEL (2009) Can we be Civil? What Activists and Policymakers Tell Us about Human Rights and World Society. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GOHARI, NADIR (2014) Resource Nationalism in the Persian Gulf: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GOK, HAKAN (2015) Saīd Nursi’s Arguments
for the Existence of God
in Risāle-i Nur. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GOKSEL, OGUZHAN (2015) ASSESSING THE TURKISH MODEL: THE MODERNISATION TRAJECTORY OF TURKEY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE MULTIPLE MODERNITIES PARADIGM. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GOODE, ANGELO,AUGUSTUS,SALTING (2012) When Human Capital Becomes a Commodity: Philippines in Global Economic Changes and the Implications for the Development of Non-State Institutions. Masters thesis, Durham University.

GOODGER, EDWARD,HARVEY,WILLIAM (2021) Policy and Populism: Explaining Support for the Radical Left in Contemporary Western Democracies. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

GRIFFITHS, ROBERT,THOMAS (2009) Shouldering Giants: Campaign Consultants and the Professionalisation of American Election Campaigns. Masters thesis, Durham University.

GUNDOGDU, AHMET,SUAYB (2012) DEVELOPING ISLAMIC FINANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE FINANCING: ESSAYS ON ISLAMIC TRADE VIS-À-VIS THE OIC TEN-YEAR PROGRAMME OF ACTION. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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HADANO, TAKAMITSU (2017) Power Transition, Peaceful Change and the UN Security Council: Exploring the Role of Social Structure in International Political Change. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HAMEDI, ZOHEIR (2014) A Multilevel Perspective for an Energy Transition in the Power Generation Sector of the GCC Countries. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HANAFI, HANIRA,BINTI (2012) Critical Perspectives on Musharakah Mutanaqisah
Home Financing in Malaysia:
Exploring Legal, Regulative and Financial Challenges. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HANN, MATTHEW,JAMES (2013) Egalitarian Rights Recognition: A Political Theory of Human Rights. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HARRIS, BEN,DAVID,ALEXANDER (2010) Opposition in a Changing Political Environment: Leadership and the Conservative Party, 1997-2010. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HASAN, ZULKIFLI,BIN (2011) SHARĪʿAH GOVERNANCE IN ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN MALAYSIA, GCC COUNTRIES AND THE UK. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HEDGES, MATTHEW,JAMES (2021) The Post Arab Spring Regime Security Strategy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HOUGHTON, BENJAMIN (2024) Everyone’s Friend, No-One’s Foe: China’s Persian Gulf Hedging Strategy Since 1979. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HOUSHIALSADAT, SEYED MOHAMMAD (2013) The role of the Persian Gulf’s natural gas reserves for the European Union’s energy security. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HUSSIN, NAZIMAH (2011) AN ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDES TO ISLAMIC AND CONVENTIONAL CREDIT CARDS IN MALAYSIA: PERSPECTIVES ON SELECTION CRITERIA AND IMPACT ANALYSIS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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IBRAHIM, KHALIL,MOHAMED (2013) The Construction of Islamic Identity in Everyday Life:
The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

IMAMOGLU, SELMA (2024) ​​​​Integrating the Appraisal Theory of Emotions into Existing IR Theory​: Traumatic Encounters Between the United States and Iran​. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ISMAL, RIFKI (2010) THE MANAGEMENT OF LIQUIDITY RISK IN ISLAMIC BANKS: THE CASE OF INDONESIA. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ITBEGA, KHAMIS,MOHAMED (2010) US STRATEGY BETWEEN THE TWO FALLS: FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO BAGHDAD. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

IZHAR, HYLMUN (2012) MODELLING OPERATIONAL RISK MEASUREMENT IN ISLAMIC BANKING: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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JAN, SHAFIULLAH (2013) A Critique of Islamic Finance in Conceptualising a Development Model of Islam: An Attempt in Islamic Moral Economy. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

JAWAD, YASMINE MOH'D RIDHA (2011) The Provision of Women's Social Welfare Needs in Jordan: Why the State has failed. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

JONES, MARC,OWEN (2016) Methods of Repression in Bahrain during the 20th and 21st Century: From the Civil List to Social Media. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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KAMOLZODA, MUMTOZ,OLIMOVNA (2018) The Myths of National Identity in Former Soviet Tajikistan. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KARA, SEYFEDDIN (2014) In Search of ʿAlī ibn abī Ṭālib’s Codex: Study of the Traditions on the Earliest Copy of the Qur’ān. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KARIMOV, DUSMAMAT (2017) The Qur’anic concept of Justice (al-ʿAdl) from a Nursian perspective. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KAWAMURA, YUSUKE (2016) Social Welfare under Authoritarian Rule: Change and Path Dependence in the Social Welfare System in Mubarak's Egypt. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KEHINDE, MICHAEL,OLUJIMI (2010) Implications of Colonially Determined Boundaries in (West) Africa: the Yoruba of Nigeria and Benin in Perspective. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KERNAGHAN, MATTHEW (2018) Explaining Changing Trends in Political Participation in Britain between 1983 and 2015. Masters thesis, Durham University.

KHALEEL, FAWAD (2016) Epistemological Crisis in Ethical Governance and Constructing a New Islamic Episteme as an Ethical Theory: A Case of Institution of Hisbah. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KHAN, MUHAMMAD,TAYYEB (2010) THE POLITICS OF SOUTHERN ASIAN BALLISTIC MISSILES: TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR A MUTUAL RESTRAINT REGIME. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KIM, YUNHEE (2018) China’s public diplomacy towards Africa. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KINTZINGER, STOWE,ANDREW (2019) Civilian Power Status Questioned: The Curious Case of Post-Unification German Foreign Policy Toward Iran. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KORMOLL, RAPHAELA,TABEA (2019) Practicing the International: India-Pakistan Relations in the Punjab Borderland. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KOUHI-ESFAHANI, MARZIEH (2016) IRAN’S REGIONAL POLICY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS:
CASE STUDIES OF RELATIONS WITH
THE REPUBLICS OF AZERBAIJAN & ARMENIA. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KRANZ, ANNA,KATHARINA (2021) It’s the ideology stupid! The securitisation of extremism by Prime Ministers in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2016. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KURU, OMER (2016) Self in Relation to the Concept of God in Risale-i Nur. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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LABARCA, CLAUDIA,XIMENA (2012) A model for trust building: The state, market, and cultural norms in Sino-Chilean economic exchange. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LEESE, HAMISH,ROBERT (2013) Exploring identity within the institutions of the EU and assessing its impact on the Turkish membership bid. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LI, YUN-CHUNG (2012) The weakness of a democratic system and its interplay with external political economic development － in case study of Taiwan after 1949. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LIMLIKIT, SAMERJIT (2009) THAILAND’S RELATIONS WITH THE GCC STATES:
AN ANALYSIS OF STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LIU, SIYANG (2019) Resolving the Two impasses in the Global Justice Debate through a Reconstruction of David Miller’s Account of Deliberative Democracy on the Basis of Habermas’s Conception of Communicative action. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LUOMI, MARI,ELINA (2011) Greening for Self-Conservation? Energy Security and Responses to Climate Change in the Small Gulf Monarchies. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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MALIK, MASZLEE (2011) Constructing the Architectonics and Formulating the Articulation of
Islamic Governance: A Discursive Attempt in Islamic Epistemology. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MALL-DIBIASI, CAROLINE (2012) The Transformation of Palestinian Political Activism from the First to the Second Intifada: A Convergence of Politics, Territory and Society. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MAREI, FOUAD,MOHAMED,GEHAD,MOHAM (2012) Consociational Democracy and Peripheral Capitalism in Late-Modernising Societies: A Political Economy of Lebanon. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MARTIN, ALEXANDER,PETER (2016) “Have Tunisian civil society organisations exhibited the civil political culture required to fulfil a democratic function through the post-2011 transition?”. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MARWAN, NUR,FAKHZAN (2011) Macroeconomic Impacts of Immigration in Malaysia: Trade, Remittances and Unemployment. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MASYITA, DIAN (2012) SUSTAINABLE ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN INDONESIA: AN EXPLORATION OF DEMAND & SUPPLY FACTORS AND THE ROLE OF WAQF. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MCGAHERN, UNA (2010) State Attitudes towards Palestinian Christians in a Jewish Ethnocracy. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MCNALLY, KYLE,JOSEPH (2016) Global Norms and Local Effects: Assistance and Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOFFATT, CAELUM,ROBERT,MAGUIRE (2015) Hizbullah's Struggle for Symbolic Power: Creating and Reproducing the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOHAMED, AHMED,TOHAMI,ABDELHAY (2013) The Rupture in State-Society Relationships and the Prominence of Youth Activism in Egypt
Opportunities, Strategies and New Models of Mobilization. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOHAMMADIGHALEHTAKI, ARIABARZAN (2012) Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOHD-KARIM, MUHAMMAD,SYAHMI (2010) Profit-Sharing Deposit Accounts in Islamic Banking: Analysing the Perceptions and Attitudes of the Malaysian Depositors. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOHD-NOOR, AHMAD,YUNUS (2013) SCIENTIFIC EXEGESIS REAPPRAISED: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE AL-JAWĀHIR FĪ TAFSĪR AL-QUR’ĀN AL-KARĪM. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOHD-NOR, SHIFA (2012) Exploring CSR and Sustainable Development Practices of Islamic Banks in Malaysia: An Empirical Analysis. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOHD-SHARIFF, ROS,ANIZA,BINTI (2013) Service Quality in Islamic and Conventional Banks in Malaysia: An Explorative and Comparative Analysis. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOODIE, ALEXANDER,JAMES (2024) Complexity and Resistance in South-eastern, Myanmar 2012-2018. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MORELAND, RACHEL,LEIGH (2024) Influence without Leverage? Anglo-American Relations and Intervention Post-9/11: the cases of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MOSSA, MAJID (2021) FRAGMENTED PATRIMONY AND THE SECTARIAN STATE: EXPLAINING IRAQ’S EXTERNAL RELATIONS 2003-2014. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MULEYA, NCHIMUNYA (2024) THE STATE AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME: A CASE STUDY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ZAMBIA. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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NICK-PAY, VAHID (2013) Republicanism and Religion: Is Republicanism compatible with the Shiʻa Political Theology? Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

NOIPOM, TAWAT (2013) Assessing the Performance and Scope of Islamic Microfinance in Thailand: Developments and Prospects. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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O'NEILL, THOMAS (2016) Hobbes's Moral Factualism: Reason, Facts, and Intentions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

OTHMAN, JAIZAH (2013) Analysing Financial Distress in Malaysian Islamic Banks: Exploring Integrative Predictive Methods. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

OUADDANE, ADAM (2017) Peacekeeping in Western Sahara – The Role of the UN. Masters thesis, Durham University.

OZKAN, KADIR (2014) THEORETISING THE FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS of THE PROCESS of FINANCIAL CRIMES in COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: An Attempt in Grounded Theory. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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PADDEN, HENRY (2023) On the coherence of a duty to surrender with just war theory and the laws of war. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

PAIK, SEUNGHOON (2017) Taming the Evil: US Non-proliferation Coercive Diplomacy and the Counter-strategies of Iran and North Korea after the Cold War. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

PARVEZ, ZARQA (2021) Women and National Identity in Qatar. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

PEDERSEN, JESPER,LERKE (2016) Duties to Burdened Societies: A Challenge to the Rawlsian
Internationalist Account of Nations’ Global Responsibilities. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

PG-MD-SALLEH, AK,MOHD,HASNOL,ALWEE (2013) Exploring an Inclusive Islamic Financial Planning Framework in Brunei Darussalam. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

POWCHAROEN, PHAN-ORN (2015) Rationality or Irrationality? Deterrence in the Survival Strategy of the North Korean Regime. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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RAAFS, EVERHARD,ALBERTUS,HENDRIK (2021) ‘You Break It, You Own It’: 30 Years of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RAHMAN, NAEEM,UR (2012) Attitude of Muslims towards Islamic Banking and Finance in the North West of England: A Socio-Economic Perspective. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RAJAEI-BAGHSIYAEI, MOHAMMAD (2011) The Contribution of Islamic Banking to Economic Development
(The Case of The Islamic Republic of Iran). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RASHEED, AMJED,MAJEED (2017) SYRO-IRAQI RELATIONS: THE PUZZLE OF THE PERPETUAL ‎RIVALRY. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RATTU, MUHAMMAD,UMER (2013) Exploring Legal, Regulatory and Shari‘ah Compliance Issues in Islamic Financial Instruments:
Derivatives and Sukuk. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RIAZ, ADNAN,SHEIKH (2014) Iran, Persian Gulf and Relations with the United States: The Myth of Hegemony (1968-75). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RIWAJANTI, NUR,INDAH (2013) Islamic Microfinance in Indonesia:
A Comparative Analysis between Islamic Financial Cooperative (BMT)
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RIX, DERYA (2013) United States Foreign Policy Towards Iran in the 21st Century. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ROBERTS, DAVID,BRYN (2013) QATAR™ AND A CHANGING CONCEPTION OF SECURITY. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Roberts, Rebecca (1999) Bourj al-Barajneh: the significance of village origin in a Palestinian refugee camp. Masters thesis, Durham University.

ROBINSON, MARK (2019) Science Mega-Project Communities; Mechanisms of Effective Global Collaboration? Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ROSSIS, NICHOLAS,MICHAEL (2011) The Informal Economy in Lebanon: Dangers and Benefits. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ROUZATI, NASRIN (2013) Notion of Divine Trial in the Qur’an
A Critical Analysis and Reappraisal of the balā Narratives. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ROZPEDOWSKI, JOANNA (2019) Between Sovereign Prudence and Global Jurisprudence: The Evolution of Supranational Courts and Cosmopolitan Norms in Human Rights Discourse and State Practice. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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SACMALI, AHMET,ABDULLAH (2019) RECONCILING RELIGION AND NATIONALISM: The Nur Movement in Modern Turkey (2002-2018). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SAEEH, ATEF,AHMED (2010) EXPLORING THE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN LIBYA AND THE EU: A PERCEPTION ANALYSIS OF LIBYAN BUSINESSMEN. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SALEH, MUHAMMAD,MAHMOOD (2021) Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan (1991-2014) from clientelism to interdependence: evolution of fluctuating relations in light of identity, security, economy and external interventions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SALEH, MUSBAH,SALEM,MUFTAH (2013) EXPLORING THE APPLICATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE LIBYAN OIL AND GAS COMPANIES: POTENTIAL, OBSTACLES AND SOLUTIONS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SALLEH, MOHD,AFANDI (2011) The Christian Right and US Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SAMPSON, BENJAMIN,JAMES (2024) Fear and Loathing in Ashington: Investigating the impact of deindustrialisation on social capital and its social and political consequences. Masters thesis, Durham University.

SAUERLAND, JOHANNES,DAVID (2024) Conspiracy narratives and Fear in Israel and Palestine
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SAYCE, TERENCE,RICHARD (2016) Recalibrating Youth Bulge Theory
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SCHENNER, JOHANNA,KATHARINA (2015) A Comparison of Two Different Post-democratic Theories. Masters thesis, Durham University.

SCHMIDT, DENNIS,ROBERT (2016) Order, Ethics and the Constitution of International Society: Rethinking the Concept of Jus Cogens. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SCITA, JACOPO (2022) Role Theory and China’s Relations with Iran: All-weather Friends on Beijing’s Terms. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHAH, AHMED,ALI (2023) Dynamics of Pakistan’s Ballistic Missile Acquisition. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHAHI, AFSHIN (2012) THE POLITICS OF TRUTH MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF WAHHABISM IN SAUDI ARABIA. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHAHID, RUDABEH (2019) The Social Capital Formation among the Bengali-speaking Muslims in three Indian border states. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHAREEF, MOHAMMED,JALAL,MAJEED (2010) President George W. Bush’s Policy Towards Iraq:
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SHAW, MARK,ROBERT (2016) Why the Media Matters: A Postfunctionalist Analysis of European Integration and National Identity in Public Discourse. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SHERNANNA, HESHAM,FARHAT (2013) CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIVATISATION POLICIES IN LIBYA: ASSESSING FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC, LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SLITI, ABDULLAH (2015) A LOST LEGACY OF CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT:
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SMAIRA, DIMA (2014) Changing Security:Theoretical and Practical Discussions.
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SMART, LILIAN,NWANYISONDE (2018) Exploring the rapid urbanisation of the oil rich developing countries in Africa
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SOLOIMAN, DANIEL (2013) An Explorative and Comparative Analysis of Customers’ Perception and Expectations of Service Quality in the Islamic and Conventional Banks of Kuwait and Qatar. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SONG, YANAN (2015) The US Commitment to NATO in the Post-Cold War Period. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

STROETGES, FABIAN,JOHANNES (2021) The Constitution and Re-Constitution of Citizenship: Political Change in Tunisia since 2011. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SUNUODULA, MAMTIMYN (2016) Multilingualism, Language Policy and Negotiation of Uyghur Identity. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SURMELI, GUNGOR (2011) The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Turkey in the EU Accession Process: A Perception Analysis of the Police Officers Dealing with IPR Crimes. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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TAGGART, JACK,ROBERT (2020) Global Development Governance in the ‘Interregnum’: Legitimacy and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

TAMEME, MOHAMMED,EL,KHATIM,M (2009) Demand and Supply Conditions of Islamic Housing Finance in the United Kingdom: Perceptions of Muslim Clients. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

TAUBER, LILIAN,ALEXANDRA (2020) Realms of Influence: The Dynamics of Social Entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Jordan. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

TEKDEMIR, OMER (2013) Trajectories of Kurdish Political Economy and Political Identity:
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TETIK, MUSTAFA,ONUR (2018) THE DISCOURSE OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY:
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TREES, HANS (2017) The political economy of financial regulation of US investment banking. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

TRENTA, LUCA (2014) RISK VS. RISK TRADE-OFFS: PRESIDENTIAL DECISION-MAKING AND THE EMERGENCE OF FOREIGN POLICY CRISES. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

TSUI, LIN (2021) Michael Oakeshott and the Traditionalists:
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UNLU, SAVAS (2019) Structural Change and the Trajectory of the Kurdish Ethno-nationalism in Turkey: 1999-2015. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

USLU, SAFA (2018) Exploring Turkey’s Energy Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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VAN-ROOYEN, DAVID,PATRICK (2019) The Legitimacy of International Law: Re-examining the Theory of State Consent. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

VOSTERMANS, LIANNE,PETRONELLA,ELISE (2020) Debating ‘Religious Violence’ in Lebanon: A Comparative Perspective on the Mobilisation of Religious and Secular Militias during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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WALKER, EDWARD (2019) Challenging Rules: A study of minority nationalist party rhetoric and strategy in Catalonia, Corsica and Scotland. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WALSH, TOM,JOSEPH (2023) The Iranian-Saudi Rivalry: Prolonging the War in Yemen.
External Actors, Securitisation, Sectarianisation, and Digital Media. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WARSAME, MOHAMED,HERSI (2009) The role of Islamic finance in tackling financial exclusion in the UK. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WHITTALL, ARTHUR,CRAIG (2020) Biopolitics and the British Empire: Giorgio Agamben's 'Homo Sacer' and the 'Criminal Tribes' of British India. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WIDHIYOGA, GANJAR (2017) Understanding the Umma as an Islamic “Global” Society. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WILKINS, HENRIETTA,CHARLOTTE (2011) The making of Lebanese foreign policy: The case of the 2006 Hizballah-Israeli war. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WISAIJORN, THANACHATE (2015) Re-thinking the Thai-Lao border in International Relations: Can anti-geopolitics reveal a human dimension? Masters thesis, Durham University.

WU, CHENCHEN (2009) China’s economic statecraft at the contemporary stage
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WU, HSIN-CHE (2013) Evaluating the Role of Confucian Tradition in the Prospects and Limits of Political Change in Four East Asian Societies. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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XU, YANZHUO (2014) China and its International Responsibility in Africa. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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YESILHARK, TUBANUR (2013) Theodicy and the Problem of Evil in Islam: The Risale-i Nur as Case Study. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

YOUNIS, NUSSAIBAH (2014) HOW CONDITIONS OF STATE WEAKNESS HAVE INFLUENCED IRAQI FOREIGN POLICY PRODUCTION 2003-2013. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

YU, YING (2010) Contentious Activities and Party-State Responses
in Contemporary China
-- Investigating China’s Democratisation during its Modernisation. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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ZAMAN, NAZIM,ALI (2013) Towards an authentic Islamic development model: Incorporating the roles of trust and leadership in the Islam – Iman – Ihsan paradigm. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ZENBOU, TAREK,RAMADAN (2010) The Strategic Importance of Africa to Arab National Security From the Perspective of Libyan Foreign Policy. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.