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Matthew Ayton

Matthew Ayton is currently a postgraduate student of International Security with a specialization in the Middle East. At the undergraduate level, Matthew studied Politics and Japanese, and spent a year studying at a Japanese university. Matthew’s interests include postcolonial Middle East studies, Palestine-Israel, and the identity construction of jihadi groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.

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