Role
Lecturer in International Relations & Programme Manager MA International Relations
Qualifications & background
BA (Hons.) History and Politics; MA Middle East Politics (both Exeter); PhD (Exeter)
Professional membership
International Studies Association (ISA); British International Studies Association (BISA); Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN); Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN); University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES).
Roles on external bodies
Member of the editorial board of Ethnopolitics
Teaching interests
Critical theories of international relations; Middle East & North African politics; European Union foreign policy.
Module Leader for:
IRL2201 Understanding World Politics - Stage 2 Module on critical theories of international relations
IRL3216 Democracy and Democratisation in the Middle East and North Africa - Stage 3 module
IRL526 Globalisation, Resistance and Change in World Politics (MA module)
IRL527 International Relations in Practice (MA module; work & fieldwork based)
PhD Supervision
Defining economic risk in regional-level governments in Europe (ongoing; ESRC-funded)
Foreign policy and national identity construction in Romania and Moldova (ongoing; ESRC-finded)
Saudi Arabian counter terrorism policy
Staff serving as external examiners
2011-4 Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Research interests
Critical approaches to international relations; identity politics; Welsh Government foreign relations; EU foreign policy; Middle East & North African politics; democracy promotion; European security.
UoP Research group membership
Centre for Research in Environment and Society (CeRES)
Plymouth International Studies Centre
Creative practice & artistic projects
Sleeve essay for In Transit, by Heidi Morstang (http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/hmorstang), University of Plymouth, 2011.
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
'Tunisia, Europe and the Metageographies of Democracy', Political Geography, under review.
'The Stability Syndrome: US and EU Democracy Promotion in Tunisia', Journal of North Africa Studies, 14(1), 2009, 57-73.
'A Clash of Norms: Normative Power and EU Democracy Promotion in Tunisia', Democratization, 16(1), 2009, 193-214.
Books
(with Larbi Sadiki) Europe and Tunisia: Democratisation via Association, London: Routledge, 2010.
Book Chapters
‘Convergence or conflict of interest? EU and US democracy promotion policies in Tunisia’ in F. Cavatorta and V. Durac (eds.), The Foreign Policies of the European Union and the United States in North Africa, London: Routledge, 2010.
‘A clash of norms: normative power and democracy promotion in Tunisia’, in M. Pace and P. Seeberg (eds.), The European Union’s Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean, London: Routledge, 2009.
Other articles
'Wales needs an ecological democracy', Celyn, May 2010.
‘Darn Barn: Hamas yw’r unig fudiad sy’n barod i herio Israel’ (‘Opinion Piece: Hamas is the only organisation willing to challenge Israel’), Golwg, 8 January 2009, p. 7.
'Diolch byth am Ryan Giggs' ('Thank God for Ryan Giggs'), Barn, December/January 2009/10, pp. 31-32.
Reports & invited lectures
'Civilisation and Empire: Tunisia and the geopolitics of the EuroMed region', invited lecture at the School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham, 7 February 2011.
'Foreign policy, defence policy and ethics' paper given at Plaid Cymru Spring Conference 2010, Cardiff, 19 February.
'A foreign policy for Wales? Foreign policy in a devolved setting', paper given at A Safer Wales Plaid Cymru Policy Conference, Cardiff, 16 November 2009.
'An historical overview of Plaid Cymru's foreign policy', internal report for Plaid Cymru, July 2009.
Other academic activities
Member of the editorial board of EthnoPolitics.
