Manager and Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

Telephone:	+44 (0)20 7957 5737
(Out of Hours)	+44 (0)7799 472 393
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Contact:	Email  Robert Lowe

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Expertise

• Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
• Kurdish issues, especially in Syria

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Projects

• The Kurdish Policy Imperative
• Kurdish Politics and Syria

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Recent Publications

• 'The Kurdish Policy Imperative', with Gareth Stansfield and Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Chatham House Briefing Paper, December 2007
• 'The Kurdish Question: Raising the Stakes', with Gareth Stansfield, The World Today, December 2007
• 'Treaties and Alliances of the World', 8th edition, contributor to Middle East section, John Harper 2007
  
• 'Kurdish Nationalism in Syria', in The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism, edited by Mohammed Ahmed and Michael Gunter, Mazda 2007
• 'Hamas and Palestinian Politics: Faction Fighting', The World Today, November 2006
• Iran, its Neighbours and the Regional Crises, Chatham House Report, August 2006 (co-edited with Claire Spencer)
• The Kurds of Syria: A People Discovered, Chatham House Briefing Paper, January 2006
  
• 'Kurds in Syria: From the Shadows' The World Today, November 2005
  
• Aid, Diplomacy and Facts on the Ground: The Case of Palestine, co-edited with Michael Keating and Anne Le More, Chatham House 2005
  
• 'Aid in the Palestinian Territories: Turning off the Life Support', The World Today, July 2005

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Experience

2001 - Date	Manager, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
1998-1999	MA Asian History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

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Broadcast Experience

Commentary for television and radio, including BBC, ITN, Channel 4, CNN, ABC, NPR, CBC.

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Languages

English