GCC Meeting: A Gulf of Nothingness?
The GCC summit will take place amidst an atmosphere of worsening tensions and a climate of mistrust and...
Academic Background
PhD
Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand • Media and Communication Studies
Short Biography
Dr. Tarek Cherkaoui has an extensive experience in strategic management, research, and consultancy across international media, tertiary education, and the creative industries throughout the U.K., Qatar, Malaysia, and New Zealand. He is an expert in international media and strategic communications, and holds a Ph.D. in Media and Communication Studies from the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, for which he was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Studies. He has put forward several publications, including The News Media at War: The Clash of Western and Arab Networks in the Middle East (2017) (London: I.B. Tauris). As an academic, strategic communications researcher, and a senior manager within organizations, Dr. Cherkaoui displays excellent interpersonal and communication skills with fluency in four languages – English, French, Arabic, and German.
Total Contribution: 102
Macron’s Mea Culpa: Too Little, Too Late?
Macron bears a heavy responsibility in the current imbroglio. His economic and fiscal policies have proven inadequate, while...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Jamal Khashoggi Affair and Turkish-Saudi Relations
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate The paper highlights the profound strategic dilemma wherein Saudi Arabia’s aggressive counter-revolutionary...
Some Lie and Some Die: Saudi Media and Khashoggi Affair
Instead of providing meaningful information about Khashoggi’s disappearance or even offering substantial counter-evidence, the Saudi media’s reaction ranged...
Saudi, UAE Dreams of Middle East Dominance Inflame Regional Conflicts
The Saudi-UAE cold war with Iran has been a hot war for most of the Middle East. Lebanon,...
A New Kind of Information Warfare? Cyber-Conflict and the Gulf Crisis 2010-2017
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate The 2017 Gulf Crisis exposes a profound strategic dilemma where middle-power states...
American Diplomacy Needs a More Mature Approach Towards Turkey
US policy is increasingly marred by erratic behaviour masquerading as well thought out policy and the Turkish political...
A Tale of Coups, Double Standards, and Democracy
On this day two years ago the Turkish people defied a coup attempt to preserve their democracy. In...
Has Bias Become New Norm in Western Media?
The extraordinary display of democratic maturity by the Turkish people during these elections and the unambiguous results constitute...
Representation of Politics or Politics of Representation? Patterns of Western Mainstream Media Coverage During Turkey’s 2018 Elections
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate The persistent media bias within Western democracies reveals a profound strategic contradiction...