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Analytical Support

To Unpack Key Dimensions of GCC Politics, Economy and Foreign Policy for UNICEF

Principal Investigator: Professor Steffen Hertog
Duration: November 2015–June 2016
Supported by: UNICEF

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Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE. Jason Mrachina, flickr.com, 2013.

The Middle East Centre carried out analytical work to help UNICEF unpack key aspects of the politics, economics and foreign policy of the GCC states. This research aimed to help UNICEF understand better how the GCC countries influence the operating environment for UNICEF country programmes in the region, and to inform programming, advocacy and fundraising approaches vis-à-vis the GCC countries.

Research Team

  • Steffen Hertog

    Steffen Hertog | Technical Team Leader

    Steffen is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics in the LSE Department of Government.

  • Courtney Freer

    Courtney Freer | Deputy Team Leader

    Courtney is Research Officer at the Kuwait Programme.

  • Khaled Almezaini

    Khalid Almezaini | Research Consultant

    Khalid is Assistant Professor of Gulf Studies at Qatar University. Prior to joining Qatar University, he was a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Kuwait Programme.

  • Karen Young

    Karen Young | Research Consultant

    Karen was previously Visiting Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre. She is Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.