David B. Roberts

PhD student

School of Government and International Affairs,
University of Durham

Contact Details:

d.b.roberts@durham.ac.uk or
davidbroberts@gmail.com

Current Activities:

Thesis title: The Search for Security in Qatar

Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Davidson

Experience consulting on Saudi Arabian politics and UAE business culture.

Available for comment or consultation on Gulf politics and international relations. 

Qualifications:

• MA (Merit), Nottingham University (2006)
  
• MA Hons (2:1), St. Andrews University (2004)

Publications/Papers:

Book Chapters

• ‘Qatar and the Search for Security’ State of Qatar ed. Robert Czulda. (Expected publication 2010)
• ‘The Transformation of Society on the Arabian Peninsula’ Society and Change in the Contemporary Gulf eds. A.K.  Ramakrishnan & M.H. Ilias. (Expected publication July 2009)

Articles

• Qatar’s Increasing International Profile’ Kuwait Times (17/07/2009)
• ‘Tracking Trajectories: Differences in development, FDI in the Gulf’ Kuwait Times (15/07/2009)
• ‘The Darker Half of Kuwait’ Egypt Daily News (12/07/2009)
• ‘Iranian Nukes and the Gulf’s Balance of Power’ Kuwait Times (12/07/2009)
• ‘UAE Torture, the Divine Right of Kings and Qatar’ Egypt Daily News (08/05/2009)
• ‘Explaining Qatar’s Schizophrenic Foreign Policy’ Egypt Daily News (28/04/2009)
• ‘The links between religion and violence’ Infinity Journal (March 2009)
• 'Reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia' Infinity Journal (January 2009)
• 'History haunts Saudi strategy with Syria' Asia Times Online (10/12/2008)
• 'Saudi interfaith dialogue: a means to a different end' Egypt Daily News (06/06/08)
• 'Saudi attempt to diversify their dependency' Egypt Daily News (31/07/08)
• 'China's soft power filling a moral void' Asia Times Online  (14/02/08)
• 'China, Middle East: An Unfolding Courtship' Kuwait Times (08/02/08)
• Various articles for The Student, Edinburgh University

Book Reviews

• “Building Moderate Muslim Networks” by Angel Rabasa et al (2007) Millennium Journal of International Studies (forthcoming)
• “Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf” by Laurance Louër (2008) Millennium Journal of International Studies (forthcoming)
• “Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East: The Cases of Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq” by Gokhan Bacik (2008) Political Studies Review vol.7, no.3 (September 2009)
• “Great Powers and Regional Orders: The United States and the Persian Gulf” by Markus Kaim (Ed.) (2008) Political Studies Review vol.7, no.3 (September 2009)
• “Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices from a New Generation” by Madawi Al Rasheed (2006) Association for the Study of the Middle East and North Africa (ASMEA) (January 2009)
• “The Ethics of Foreign Policy” by David MacDonald et al (2007) Political Studies Review vol.6, no.2 (May 2008)
• “Security and the War on Terror” by Paul Rogers Political Studies Review vol.6, no.2 (May 2008)
• “Understanding Global Terror” edited by Christopher Ankersen (2007) Political Studies Review vol.6, no. 3 (September 2008)
• "The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to Al Qaeda” by Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin (Eds) (2007) Political Studies Review vol.6, no. 3 (September 2008)
• “Holy War, Just War” by Lloyd Steffen (2007) International Journal on World Peace (February 2008)

Papers Presented

• ‘Qatar™ and the Changing Conception of Security’ Graduate BRISMES Conference. September 2009
• ‘Qatar and the Search for Security’ Plymouth Graduate Symposium. 15th May 2009
• ‘The Branding of Qatar and the Search for Security’ CASAW Research Workshop. 31st March 2009