International Relations Seminar Series

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Easter Term 2026

The Practices of Sovereignty in the Arab State System

Speaker: Raslan Ibrahim

Time: 4pm - 5.30pm

Date: 30 April

Venue: Room 138, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge, CB3 9DP

Abstract: This research examines how practices of sovereignty in the Arab state system have evolved from its emergence after World War I to the present. It also analyses both the similarities and differences between sovereignty practices in the Arab state system and those of international society. The study develops an analytical framework of sovereignty that integrates insights from social constructivism, the English School, social practices, and role theory. It concludes by highlighting the broader implications of this study for IR debates on sovereignty, international society, Global IR, and the international relations of the Middle East.

Raslan Ibrahim, State University of New York at Geneseo and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland

For more information on this series, please contact Professor Jason Sharman.