Hamdullah Baycar
College: College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Last updated on 26 November 2023
I did my PhD at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, graduated in 2023. My research focuses on the identity politics of the Gulf. Orientalism, colonialism, and post-colonialism are among the focus topics that I am interested in.
Before joining Exeter, I was a graduate student at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University (2017). I hold a B.A. in International Relations from Abant Izzet Baysal University (2013).
Since September 2023, I have compiled a digital bibliography about Gulf Studies, where I collect Gulf Studies-related books, book chapters, articles, theses, syllabuses, and conferences. Moreover, the project includes a Gulf Studies-related blog and will be expanded to be a digital encyclopedia. You can access the project at https://www.gulfstudiesproject.com/
The Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) has named me to its 40 under 40 cohort for 2023. This award celebrates the depth of cultural, economic, and political ties between the United States and Middle Eastern countries, with honorees coming from a variety of professional areas, including academics, business, culture, and diplomacy.
My Academia profile can be accessed through this link.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
2023 Emirati Expats in Social Media: A New Area of Involvement and Participation?
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2023.2228606
2023 Promoting Multiculturalism and Tolerance: Expanding the Meaning of “Unity through Diversity” in the UAE
Digest of Middle East Studies, Vol 32 (1), pp. 40-59.
https://doi.org/10.1111/dome.12282
2022 Emirati Nationalism in Global Age: Purifying the Society and Creation of Emirati Identity
Janus.net e-journal of International Relations, Vol. 13 (2), pp. 141-169
https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.13.2.5
2022 The United Arab Emiratesʼ Religious Soft Power through Ulema and Organizations
Religions, (September 2022) (Special Issue "Religious Soft Power: Definition(s), Limits and Usage") (With Mehmet Rakipoglu)
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13070646
2022 Anatomy of Turkish-Saudi Relations: The Spiral of Competition and Cooperation (In Arabic) [تشريح العلاقات التركية- السعودية: دوامة التنافس والتعاون]
Rouya Turkiyyah, Year 11. Issue 3, pp. 115-128 (With Mehmet Rakipoglu)
https://doi.org/10.36360/1560-011-003-007
2022 17th Century Ottoman Women in Evliya Celebi’s Seyahatname
Bilimname, (2022), 47, pp. 773-797
https://doi.org/10.28949/bilimname.1050129
2021 British Pragmatic Arab Spring Politics: An Analyses of Bahrain Case (In Turkish) [İngiltere’nin Pragmatik Arap Baharı Politikası: Bahreyn Vaka Analizi]
Tezkire, Volume 75-76, Year 30, pp. 109-123 (with Emrah Atar)
https://tezkiredergisi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Hamdullah-BAYCAR-Emrah-ATAR-Ingilterenin-Pragmatik-Arap-Bahari-Politikasi-Bahreyn-Vaka-Analizi.pdf
2021 An Analysis of the Impacts of the First Palestinian Uprising (Intifada) on the Israeli Economy
Imgelem, (2021) 5 (9), pp. 565 – 578 (with Emrah Atar)
https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.988280
BOOK CHAPTERS
2023 Saudi Arabia: Muslim Brothers and Sahve Movement (In Turkish) “Suudi Arabistan: Müslüman Kardeşler ve Sahve Hareketi” in The Global Brotherhood: The Muslim Brotherhood's Relations with Regimes and Its Transnational Character (Küresel İhvân: Müslüman Kardeşler’in Rejimlerle İlişkileri ve Ulusötesi Niteliği) editors: Abdülgani Bozkurt and Mehmet Rakipoğlu Istanbul: Ketebe Yayinevi p. 305-319 ISBN: 978-625-6910-62-1
https://www.ketebe.com/kuresel-ihvan-abdulgani-bozkurt-mehmet-rakipoglu
2022 International Relations and Covid-19: Realism and Covid-19 Pandemic (In Turkish) (Uluslararası İlişkiler ve Kovid-19: Realizm ve Küresel Salgın (Kovid-19)) in “Pandemi Döneminde Siyaset Bilimi: Politikalar, Uygulamalar ve Tartışmalar” (Political Science during pandemic: Policies, Applications, and Debates) editors: Emrah Atar and Önder Kutlu Konya: Cizgi Yayinevi (with Emrah Atar) ISBN: 978-605-196-884-1 https://www.cizgikitabevi.com/kitap/1524-pandemi-ve-siyaset-bilimi-politikalar-uygulamalar-ve-tartismalar
2022 UK’s Post Brexit Strategy “Global Britain:” A Quest of being Great Power in Great Power Politics in Greater Eurasia: Conflicts, Institutional/Regional Alliances, and Projects, edited by Rahman Dag and Ozgur Tufekci, Lanham: Lexington Books (with Emrah Atar) ISBN: 978-1-66691-411-5
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666914115/Great-Power-Politics-in-Greater-Eurasia-Regional-Alliances-Institutions-Projects-and-Conflicts
2021 From Bandwagoning to Interventionism the United Arab Emirates’ National Security Strategy (In Turkish) "Eklemlemeden Müdahaleciliğe Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri (BAE)’nin Everilen Ulusal Savunma Stratejileri" in Security, Terrorism, Migration and Diaspora in Global Age (Küresel Çağda Güvenlik, Terörizm, Göç ve Diaspora) edited by Cihad Islam Yilmaz, Istanbul: Ekin Yayinlari (with Huzeyfe Altiok) ISBN 978-6-25802-443-2
https://www.ekinkitap.com/kuresel-cagda-guvenlik-terorizm-goc-ve-diaspora-cihad-islam-yilmaz
BOOK/MOVIE REVIEWS
2023 From Black Gold to Frozen Gas: How Qatar Became an Energy Superpower byMichael D. Tusiani and Anne-Marie Johnson,
Arab Studies Quarterly , Vol. 45 (4).
In Press Secrets & Deals: How Britain Left the Gulf, a Documentary, BBC Arabic directed by Paul Mitchell
Journal of Arabian Studies
https://doi.org/10.1080/21534764.2022.2246722
2023 Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s Global Energy Policy
Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol.45 (1), p. 96-98.
https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.1.0096
2022 State Recognition in International Law: The Cases of Palestine and ISIS by Ensar Mutlu
Ortadoğu Etütleri, Vol. 14(2), p.259-263. (In Turkish)
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2681662
2021 Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t by Toby Matthiesen
Sharq Forum, 04 March
https://research.sharqforum.org/2021/03/04/toby-matthiesen-sectarian-gulf-bahrain-saudi-arabia-and-the-arab-spring-that-wasntstanford-ca-stanford-university-press-stanford-briefs-2013/
2020 AngloArabia – Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain by David Wearing
Inside Arabia, 16 February, https://insidearabia.com/book-review-angloarabia-why-gulf-wealth-matters-to-britain-by-david-wearing/
2016 This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States by Anja Manual.
Civitas Hominibus: The Philosophical and Social Yearbook, Vol.1(11) 2016: p. 163-169. https://ch.ahe.lodz.pl/content/112016-0
ACADEMIC BLOG/BULLETIN/NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
2023 Emirati Expats in Social Media
Identities Journal Blog
https://www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collection/emirati-expats-in-social-media
2022 Global-Local: Being an Emirati in a Globalized World
The GSC Newsletter (Meridian), 3, pp. 12-14
https://gsc.gust.edu.kw/sites/default/files/files/GSC%20Newsletter%203%20-%202022(1).pdf
2022 Civil War and Pandemic: Syrian’s Response to the Covid-19
Syrian Studies Association Bulletin, 26(1), pp. 33-43
https://libguides.siue.edu/ld.php?content_id=69674750
2021 Iraq as a Theatre for the Gulf’s Geostrategic Ambitions
LSE Middle East Centre Blog (with Mehmet Alaca)
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2021/06/29/iraq-as-a-theatre-for-the-gulfs-geostrategic-ambitions/
2021 The Emirates Mars Mission Kills Many Birds with One Stone
LSE Middle East Centre Blog
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2021/03/08/the-emirates-mars-mission-kills-many-birds-with-one-stone/
2020 Trump Gone: What does it mean for the GCC
Qatar University Gulf Studies Center: Gulf Insight Series (With Huzeyfe Altiok)
http://www.qu.edu.qa/static_file/qu/research/Gulf%20Studies/documents/Gulf%20Insights%2040.pdf
2020 Will COVID-19 Decrease the Number of Indian and Pakistani Expats in the UAE?
LSE Middle East Centre Blog
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2020/06/04/will-covid-19-decrease-the-number-of-indian-and-pakistani-expats-in-the-uae
2020 The Sudden Cost of Unexpected Threats: The Novel Coronavirus and Dubai
Qatar University Gulf Studies Center: Gulf Insight Series
http://www.qu.edu.qa/static_file/qu/research/Gulf%20Studies/documents/Gulf%20Insights%2018.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3xbRFvY03PVgPkW4dfniqlY9445PGQeoTI3mIBnGRJs08-KNlSuBk1_H8
2020 Coronavirus and its Impact in the Gulf,
E-International Relations
https://www.e-ir.info/2020/02/28/opinion-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-its-impact-in-the-gulf/
2020 Challenges for Oman’s New Sultan
E-International Relations
https://www.e-ir.info/2020/01/24/opinion-challenges-for-omans-new-sultan/
2019 Waking Up Post Brexit: To a Colonizer Dream or a Colonized Reality?
Oxford University Politics Blog
https://blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/waking-up-post-brexit-to-a-colonizer-dream-or-a-colonized-reality/
OP-EDS, POLICY PAPERS, AND ANALYSES
19 Nov 2023 Israel-Palestine war: Europe is following the US into another disastrous war Middle East Eye (with Ali Bakir)
Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-europe-following-us-another-disastrous-war
11 Nov 2023 What does the Gaza Conflict Mean for the UAE, the Abraham Accords and Saudi Normalization?I
Informed Comment
https://www.juancole.com/2023/11/conflict-abraham-normalization.html
6 Nov 2023 The Gulf in BRICS: Reshaping Geopolitical Landscapes
Gulf International Forum (Gulfif)
https://gulfif.org/the-gulf-in-brics-reshaping-geopolitical-landscapes/
16 Sept 2023 Expansion of BRICS, the anti-G7, in the Mideast: Is the Oil Gulf no Longer Pax Americana?
Informed Comment
https://www.juancole.com/2023/09/expansion-mideast-americana.html
26 July 2023 Modi’s call for AU membership in the G20 and the China factor
African Arguments
https://africanarguments.org/2023/07/india-modis-call-for-au-membership-in-the-g20-and-the-china-factor/
18 May 2023 China-U.S. Rivalry Enters a New Phase in the Middle East
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Sada)
https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/89789
11 May 2023 What Turkey’s Elections Mean for the Gulf
The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW)
https://agsiw.org/what-turkeys-elections-mean-for-the-gulf
7 Feb 2023 Britain's retreat from the Arab world: Farewell to BBC Arabic Radio
The New Arab
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/britains-final-broadcast-farewell-bbc-arabic-radio
16 Jan 2023 The Politics of the Emirati Long Weekend: Between Modernity and Islam
Political Reflection
Vol.9 No. 1 Issue 34.
https://politicalreflectionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PR_Vol9_No1_A4.pdf
24 June 2022 Saudi-Turkish Normalization: More Complicated than Meets the Eye
Gulf International Forum (Gulfif)
https://gulfif.org/saudi-turkish-normalization-more-complicated-than-meets-the-eye
31 May 2022 Regional Implications of a Turkey-UAE Reconciliation
Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy
https://newlinesinstitute.org/state-resilience-and-fragility/regional-implications-of-a-turkey-uae-reconciliation/
23 Feb 2022 Israel, the Gulf and Turkey: Why is everyone making up in the Middle East? (with Selcuk Aydin)
Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/middle-east-reconciliation-season-what-will-come
14 Feb 2022 The UAE Formally Ceases to be a Tax-Free Haven (with Sana Quadri)
The Washington Institute (Fikra Forum)
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/uae-formally-ceases-be-tax-free-haven
10 Jan 2022 The UAE’s Israel-Iran Balancing Act
Gulf International Forum (Gulfif)
https://gulfif.org/the-uaes-israel-iran-balancing-act/
21 Dec 2021 Macron’s Gulf Gamble Pays Off (With Sana Quadri)
The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW)
https://agsiw.org/macrons-gulf-gamble-pays-off/
16 Dec 2021 Rapprochement Spree: Abu Dhabi Recalibrates Relations with Ankara
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Sada)
https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/86025
1 Dec 2021 Saudi Arabia’s Foray into the World of English Football
Amwaj Media
https://amwaj.media/article/dreams-of-diversification-saudi-arabia-forays-into-the-world-of-premier-league
22 Nov 2021 UAE-UK Relations: Investments, Risks, and Expectations (In Turkish) [BAE-İngiltere İlişkileri: Yatırımlar, Riskler, Beklentiler]
ORSAM
https://orsam.org.tr/tr/bae-ingiltere-iliskileri-yatirimlar-riskler-beklentiler/
15 Nov 2021 Why Gulf Countries Invest in European Football? (In Turkish) [Körfez ülkeleri Avrupa futboluna neden ciddi yatırım yapıyor?]
Fikir Turu
https://fikirturu.com/spor/korfez-ulkeleri-avrupa-futboluna-neden-ciddi-yatirim-yapiyor/
22 Sept 2021 Turkey-UAE Normalisation: for what cost and how durable is it? (In Turkish) [Türkiye-BAE normalleşmesi: Ne uğruna ve ne kadar kalıcı?]
Fikir Turu
https://fikirturu.com/jeo-strateji/turkiye-bae-normallesmesi-ne-ugruna-ve-ne-kadar-kalici/
May 2021 Al-Jazeera’s Motivations for launching Conservative Platform “Rightly” in the US (In Turkish) [El-Cezire’nin ABD’deki Muhafazakâr “Rightly” Girişimindeki Hedefi]
Journal of Ortadogu Analiz (ORSAM), Issue 101 Vol. 12, pp. 62-66
https://orsam.org.tr//d_hbanaliz/16_HAMDULLAHBAYCAR_101.pdf
26 Mar 2021 Can Qatar be a regional mediator? (In Turkish) [Katar bölgesel arabulucu olabilir mi?]
Yeni Safak
https://www.yenisafak.com/dunya/katar-bolgesel-arabulucu-olabilir-mi-3615436
17 Mar 2021 Gulf Normalisation on the Expense of Palestinians (In Turkish) [Körfez'deki normalleşme adımlarının bedelini Filistinliler ödüyor]
Anadolu Agency
https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/analiz/korfezdeki-normallesme-adimlarinin-bedelini-filistinliler-oduyor/2178740
8 Mar 2021 ‘Rightly’ as a New Soft Power Tool: The Motivation behind Al Jazeera’s American Right-Wing Platform
Informed Comment
https://www.juancole.com/2021/03/motivation-jazeeras-american.html
5 Mar 2021 Dubai EXPO: A New Failure? (In Turkish) [Dubai EXPO: Yeni hezimet mi?]
Star (Acik Gorus)
https://www.star.com.tr/acik-gorus/dubai-expo-yeni-hezimet-mi-haber-1614235/
17 Feb 2021 Is Normalisation Possible between Turkey and UAE (In Turkish) [Türkiye-BAE: Normalleşme mümkün mü?]
Yeni Safak
https://www.yenisafak.com/dunya/turkiye-bae-normallesme-mumkun-mu-3599570
05 Feb 2021 The anatomy of Turkey-UAE relations (In Turkish) [Türkiye-BAE ilişkisinin anatomisi]
Star (Acık Görüş)
https://www.star.com.tr/acik-gorus/turkiyebae-iliskisinin-anatomisi-haber-1607564/
15 Jan 2021 GCC not dead after all: End of the Qatari crisis
Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/gcc-not-dead-after-all-end-of-the-qatari-crisis
29 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Diplomacy in the Gulf: Iran and its Arab Neighbours
Pink Jinn
https://www.pinkjinn.com/2020/04/29/covid-19-diplomacy-in-the-gulf-iran-and-its-arab-neighbours/
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATION
July 2023 Strengthening National Identity through the Dallah: A Case study of Emirati Coffee Pots
In: Cultural Heritage in the Gulf – Emerging Trends, Identity Politics, Challenges, and Concerns
Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge, UK
Apr 2023 A Critique of Binarism of Global South and North
Roundtable Debating the Global South (with Yunus Abakay)
2023 PSA Annual International Conference, Liverpool, UK
Sept. 2022 Divided Emirates: How the Covid-19 Deepen the Division in the UAE
Insaniyyat: International Forum for Humanities and Social Sciences Tunis, Tunisia
July 2022 A Comparative Analyses of Gulf Investment in Sports: Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia
In: The Dimensions of Saudi Arabia’s Soft Power
Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge, UK
Dec 2021 Coffees and Coffee Pots and the Construction of Emirati Identity
International Anatolian Congress on Coffee & Cocoa
Discover Anatolia, Yesilyurt Municipality, Yesilyurt, Malatya
Nov 2021 The GCC from the Hegemony of One to the Balance of Power to All
The 6th Annual International Conference of the Gulf Studies Center (with Huzeyfe Altiok)
Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Sept 2021 Savunmasız ama Dayanıklı: Körfez Ülkelerinin Kovid- 19'a Yanıtı (Vulnerable but Powerful: The Gulf Response’s to Covid-19) Sosyal Bilimlerde Covid-19 Çalışmaları Kongresi (with Huzeyfe Altiok)
Fenerbahce University, Istanbul, Turkey
Sept 2021 US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: The Rise of Small Gulf States in International Area (with Huzeyfe Altiok)
IEPAS 2021: 8th Annual Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society, Lisbon, Portugal
June 2021 What do International Relations Theories Tell about the Covid-19? (with Emrah Atar)
2nd International Congress on Economics and Administrative Sciences, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan
April 2021 Public Health during Covid-19 in Syria: Decennial of Arab Spring
Governance of Public Policies During and After Conflicts in the Middle East, Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, Qatar
2020 Creating a Nation through Heritage: Emiratization of the Coffee Pot (Dallah)
Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition QUARFE 2020 https://qspace.qu.edu.qa/handle/10576/16671
PEER REVIEWING, EDITORIAL WORKS, AND REFEREEING
2021- Cont. Index Editor
Journal of Interdisciplinary Food Studies
https://foodstudiesjournal.com/index.php/1/about/editorialTeam
2023 Reviewer
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-sciences-and-humanities-open
2022-2023 Reviewer (Three publications)
African and Asian Studies
https://brill.com/view/journals/aas/aas-overview.xml
2022 Reviewer
ASR Chiang Mai University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
https://cmuj.cmu.ac.th/asr/asr.php
2022 Reviewer
The Journal of Middle East Studies (Ortadoğu Etütleri Dergisi)
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/issue-full-file/71071
2020- 2022 Global South Commissioning Editor
E-International Relations
www.e-ir.info
MEDIA APPEARANCE AND COMMENTS
5 Sept 2023 Will India’s G20 summit be a ‘stunning’ success – or an embarrassment?
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-g20-delhi-putin-communique-b2400990.html
24 May 2023 What could the Turkish presidential election mean for the rest of the world?
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/czrpzpmlljeo
https://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast-65694526
https://www.bbc.com/hausa/articles/cg354lgz7rxo
https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/articles/cer1wpe9p7jo
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cn3vd22zk7no
26 Apr 2023 Conversation about Saudi Arabia with Hamdullah Baycar and Nick Hayen
KYMN Radio (National Security this Week with Jon Olson)
https://kymnradio.net/2023/04/26/national-security-this-week-with-hamdullah-baycar-and-nick-hayen-4-26-23/
8 Dec 2022 Les pétrodollars du Golfe à la rescousse d’Ankara
L’orient-Le jour, Analyses by Pauline Vacher
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1320796/les-petrodollars-du-golfe-a-la-rescousse-dankara.html
16 Feb 2022 Strategic ties between Turkey and the UAE: Winds of change
Mena Affairs, Op-ed by Mehmet Rakipoglu
https://menaaffairs.com/strategic-ties-between-turkey-and-the-uae-winds-of-change/
2021 UAE's Identity Building Processes Challenge the Traditional Approaches to Nationalism
Cafe Khaleej, hosted by Sana Quadri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfvV8bdEXM
