Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme

Telephone:	+44 (0)7748 621745
(Out of Hours)	+44 (0)1626 774027
Contact:	Email Professor Gerd Nonneman

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Expertise

• Gulf politics
• Political change in the Gulf oil monarchies
• Middle East foreign policies
• EU-Middle East relations

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Projects

• Political reform in the Gulf Oil Monarchies
• Foreign policies of the GCC states
• Relations between Europe and the Gulf

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Recent Publications

• 'Political Reform in the Gulf Monarchies: From Liberalisation to Democratisation? A Comparative Perspective', in A Ehteshami & S Wright (eds.), Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies (Reading: Ithaca Press, 2007).
• 'EU-GCC Relations: Dynamics, Patterns and Perspectives', in The International Spectator [Rome: Istituto Affari Internazionali], vol. XLI, no. 3, July-September 2006, pp. 59-74.
• Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs (New York: New York University Press, 2006)
• Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies, and the relationship with Europe, (London & New York: Routledge, 2005)
• 'The Gulf States and the Iran-Iraq War: pattern shifts and continuities', in L Potter and G Sick (eds.), Iran, Iraq and the Legacies of War (New York: Palgrave, 2004), pp. 167-192.

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Experience

2007	Professor of IR & Middle East Politics; Al-Qasimi Professor of Arab Gulf Studies, Exeter University
1993-2006	Professor of International Relations & Middle East Politics, Lancaster University

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Broadcast Experience

Extensive

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Languages

English and Dutch (broadcast) French, German, Arabic, Spanish