Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates


Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen  

Department

Position held

Department of Government

Research Fellow

Experience keywords:

Arab politics; modern Iraqi history; Gulf states; security

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Kristian Ulrichsen's research interests focus on the political, economic and military trends in the Gulf. These include the growing internationalisation of the Gulf and the emergence of multiple competitors for regional assets; the current strategic climate in the region and the ongoing conflict in Iraq; the connection between energy and national security and the links between homeland, regional and global security networks; and the moves towards economic diversification and liberalisation in the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. He also researches on Britain's past role in the historical development of the Gulf and the interaction between warfare, colonialism and nationalism in shaping the creation of the modern state of Iraq between 1914 and 1921.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Qatar; Gulf states; Iraq; Bahrain; Kuwait

Languages:

Norwegian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Greek [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Arabic [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6295

Publications

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2012

Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates, (ed.) (2012) The political economy Of Arab Gulf states. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9780857939876

Kitchen, Nicholas and Dodge, Toby and Lawson, George and El-Issawi, Fatima and Stein, Ewan and Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates and Alaaldin, Ranj and Phillips, Christopher and Thiel, Tobias and Rafati, Naysan and Voller, Yaniv (2012) After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East? LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2012) After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?: Bahrain’s aborted revolution. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2011

Held, David and Ulrichsen, Kristian, (eds.) (2011) The transformation of the Gulf: politics, economics and the global order. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415574518

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2011) Insecure gulf: the end of certainty and the transition to the post-oil era. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231702263

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2011) The geopolitics of insecurity in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Middle East policy, 18 (2). pp. 120-135. ISSN 1061-1924

2010

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2010) The logistics and politics of the British campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-1922. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230233003

2009

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2009) The durability of weak states in the Middle East. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, (eds.) Persistent state weakness in the global age. Ashgate, Farnham, UK, pp. 83-96. ISBN 9780754676126

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2009) Gulf security: changing internal and external dynamics. Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2009) The evolution of internal and external security in the Arab Gulf States. Middle East policy, 16 (2). pp. 39-58. ISSN 1061-1924

2008

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2008) Gulf security: challenges and responses. In:Royal College of Defence Studies Conference (10 July 2008 : London, UK).

2007

Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates (2007) The British occupation of Mesopotamia, 1914-1922. Journal of strategic studies, 30 (2). pp. 349-377. ISSN 0140-2390

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2007) Coming as liberators. History today, 57 (3). pp. 47-49. ISSN 0018-2753

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2007) Western reflections on Islam. Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies, London, UK.

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2007) Alternative strategies to Gulf security in 2007. Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies, London, UK.

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2007) The Gulf in European strategy. Gulf affairs, Winter

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2007) Withdrawal or redeployment: the situation facing American forces in Iraq. Gulf affairs, Autumn

Ulrichsen, Kristian (2007) The international environment in the Gulf in 2020. Gulf affairs, Summer

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Insecure Gulf explores the relationship between traditional and recent security issues within the changing political economy of the Gulf Corporation Council states.

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Awards

University of Cambridge Newton Trust Award 2002-05

 

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