Role
Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Senior Analyst for Gulf State Analytics.
Bio
He holds a Master of Arts in Middle East & Mediterranean Studies from King's College London and a PhD in Middle East Politics from the University of Exeter, focusing on threat perceptions in Gulf Cooperation Council countries following the 2011 Arab uprisings.
Since 2015, he has been a Senior Analyst for Gulf State Analytics, where he provides consulting and analysis for public and private stakeholders. He is a Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, where he studies political, economic, and security developments in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf region, as well as relations with Europe.
Previously, she was a Research Fellow on the European Commission's project on EU-GCC relations "Sharaka" (2013–2014) and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at TRENDS Research & Analysis (2015–2017). Her research focuses on the foreign and security policies of the Gulf monarchies and countries , Europe-Gulf relations, and the evolution of regional security. In 2024, she published "The Gulf Monarchies after the Arab Spring: Threats and Security" with Manchester University Press.