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Special Lecture:
Three Perspectives on Arab Politics: Political Science, Religion/Ethics and the Statecraft

The Arab world is undergoing fundamental transformation domestically/internally and regionally/internationally. The order established after World War I, composed of sovereign states, is in some part corroded but consolidated in others. De-escalation, or the easing of tensions, is the call of the times, but deep-seated tensions persist. Some states stand out as leading actors of the region, however, some persistent non-state actors still maintain their presence and refuse to be dismantled.

How can we grasp the Arab politics now? Are there distinctive patterns in the politics of the countries in the Levant, the North Africa and the Gulf? How the politics of the Arab world as a region is formed? What kind of disciplines do we have for a proper understanding of the Arab politics?

Dr. Zayd Eyadat, a leading political scientist and counsellor in the Middle East with the multiple backgrounds of the history of political ideas and the social science research who has taught both in the West and the Middle East both in universities and in more informal circumstances, will explore this fundamental question.

At the concluding lecture of his Japan tour in May 2025, during which he will have made innumerable dialogues and consultations with leaders and officials in Japan on the policy issues of the Middle East affairs, he contemplates on how to hit best balance between theory and practice, and academic analysis and political decision based on his exploration of the intellectual legacy of the Arab civilization where a rich tradition knowledge, examined and transmitted in generations, on how to grasp the man as a political being, philosophically/scientifically, ethically/religiously and by efficacy/statecraft, implementing the theoretical understanding into practice in government. 


Speaker: Dr. Zaid Eyadat, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, and the founding dean of the Prince Hussein School of International Studies at the University of Jordan/Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)   

Moderator: Prof. Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor of Religion and Global Security of RCAST of the University of Tokyo and Founding Chair of ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies)

Date: Thu. May 22, 2025, 16:00-17:30 (JST)

Venue: RCAST Building 3, M2F floor, Seminar Room-1
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Format: In-person

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Language: English

Prof. Eyadat is Professor of Political Science and International Relations, and the founding dean of the Prince Hussein School of International Studies and former Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan.

He was co-organizer of the Japan-Middle East Strategic Dialogue held in Amman on May 12 and 13 of 2024.

Some of the coverage of Prof. Eyadat in Japanese media are as follows.
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO77607610S4A110C2TCT000/
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGR13B3B0T10C24A5000000/
https://roles.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publication/20240321