Head, Middle East Programme

Telephone:	+44 (0) 20 7957 5714
Fax:	+44 (0) 20 7957 5758
Contact:	Email Dr Claire Spencer

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Expertise

• Middle East
• North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
• European Union relations with the Mediterranean and Middle East
• Mediterranean Security

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Recent Publications

• 'Europe and the Mediterranean: Eyeing Other Shores', The World Today, June 2008
• 'Algeria: Tired of Waiting', The World Today, January 2008
• 'There is no ignoring the new Middle East state system' in The Daily Star (Lebanon), 13 March 2007
• 'Towards a genuinely new Middle East?', Bitter Lemons International, Edition 10, Volume 5, 8 March 2007
  
• (With Norman Dombey) 'Whether or not they've been looking for a pretext to bomb Iran, they've found one', Independent on Sunday, 4 February 2007
  
• 'British Policy - Middle East & Terrorism: Talk Long, Reflect Little', The World Today, December 2006
• Iran, its Neighbours and the Regional Crises, Chatham House Report, August 2006 (co-edited with Robert Lowe)
• 'The Middle East: Voting, but for what?', The World Today, December 2005
• 'Palestine: dead on the Beach', The World Today, July 2006
• 'Limiting the Flow' (EU Asylum Camps), The World Today, February 2005
• 'Battles for Democracy: the North African Connection', The World Today, November 2003
• 'The Maghreb: Juggling International and Local Opinion' in Strategic Survey 2002/3 May (International Institute for Strategic Studies, London)
• 'Algeria & Terrorism - a complex web' in Strategic Comments, Vol. 9, Issue 3, (International Institute for Strategic Studies, London)

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Experience

• BSc. (Hons) Politics, Bristol University
• Ph. D School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
• School Diploma in Arabic (SOAS)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Arts

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Broadcast Experience

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

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Languages

French, Spanish (fluent) Italian, Portuguese, German, Arabic (comprehension)