Jessica Watkins

Visiting Research Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre; Research Associate at GIGA; focused on politics & security in Iraq, Jordan & Syria

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

What role do the police play in co-creating social order in the Middle East? Find out with respect to Jordan in my forthcoming book with @CambridgeUP. Out 9th June! https://t.co/WPGz9YDRhP

[Eckart Woertz @eckartwoertz]

Our special issue in the Middle East Journal on Iraq since the US invasion is out: https://t.co/mbU53MhHIZ .

[Ibrahim Olabi @IbrahimOlabi]

Breaking!! International Court of Justice confirms that The Netherlands & Canada filed a case against #Syria under the Convention Against Torture. A heavy responsibility to have been assisting in this process which started in 2020 to push for ending breaches fight impunity!!

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

Adding my thanks to @Giga_Institute for such an enriching conference on #Iraq20YearsOn for the opportunity to meet such inspiring academics working on Iraq.

[German Institute for Global and Area Studies @GIGA_Institute]

Conference on #Iraq20YearsOn: We’re happy to have international experts at the GIGA, taking stock of the scholarship on #Iraq’s 🇮🇶 modern history, #governance, #protest movements & the politics of memory.
➡️For more: https://t.co/qZzPWjZxid

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

@ArabReform_ARI A huge loss, to Syria, and to the academic community.

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

Super happy to see my book on Jordan reviewed by @YomSean alongside the awesome books of @DrJSchwedler and José Ciro Martinez.😃

[Sean Yom seanyom.bsky.social @YomSean]

Want to read great new books on Jordanian politics? Check out my review for @meriponline re: @DrJSchwedler @jesterwatkins and Jose Ciro Martinez! Capsule summaries below. Tldr: these are really, really good ethnographies.

https://t.co/6q22bGC6xo

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

So terribly sad to hear about the death of @ian_black
He was an inspirational colleague at @LSEMiddleEast and a wonderfully entertaining Arabic language classmate.

[Ian Black @ian_black]

Ian Black (1953-2023)

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

Many thanks to @abuaardvark and @POMEPs for hosting me! Loved discussing my book on policing in Jordan: Creating Consent in an Illiberal Order, Protests, & Environmental Politics in Egypt (S. 12, Ep. 7) - Project on Middle East Political Science (https://t.co/jW4y4PFE7J)

[Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis]

Come work with our growing @CenturyIntl programs.

We're looking for a full-time associate in New York, to help with Arabic outreach; climate and governance initiatives; and more.

Arabic and MENA knowledge a must.

Please share the job posting widely!

https://t.co/fSCOGq15hK

[thirdworldq @thirdworldq]

"Locating the local police in Iraq’s security arena:
community policing, the ‘three Ps’ and trust in
Ninawa Province"

By Jessica Watkins, Abdulkareem al-Jerba & Mahdi al-Delaimi

https://t.co/PMp8AASOdt

@jesterwatkins

#Iraq #Policing

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

@ALKTaif @Dept_of_POLIS @CamGeopolitics Woohoo! Enjoy!

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

Iraq’s local police sometimes appear lost amidst a plethora of other security actors; check out our article with Third World Quarterly on prospects for community policing in Ninawa post-ISIL:
https://t.co/5dbMz5lK4i

[POMEPS @POMEPS]

POMEPS is thrilled to announce the release of The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings on 07/15, co-edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom! The book launch is scheduled for 09/09 at GW! To RSVP: https://t.co/Cuf8jeQG1o

[Spyros A. Sofos @spyrosasofos]

#London people, we, at the @LSEMiddleEast are looking for participants for our Being Muslim in London #research project. Please share this through your networks.

[Natasha Hall @NatashaHallDC]

I keep hearing that the war is over. Over for who? It's not over for Ayhman Mozan who just lost all four of his children under the age of 10. Think about that. Really think about that if you're a parent. How is this situation sustainable?

#Syria #Russia

[Matthew Nanes @MatthewJNanes]

My book "Policing for Peace" is finally out in paperback! Now you can learn about policing in divided societies (esp. Iraq and Israel) at a much lower price. Use code LAWX2722 for an extra 20% off. https://t.co/rA4drmvfy5

[Jessica Watkins @jesterwatkins]

Congratulations Nesrin @Nal_Ref ! Didn't realise you were working on this but it's an awesome novel...!

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

Congratulations to our Visiting Fellow Dr Nesrin Alrefaai (@Nal_Ref) whose adaptation of the novel 'The Beekeeper of Aleppo', co-written with @spanglerSF, will premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023!