Paul Aarts

GRM 2014 Workshop: Iran and the GCC: Prospects for Change?

GRM 2013 Workshop: Saudi Arabia and the Arab Uprisings: National, Regional, and Global Responses

GRM 2011 Workshop: Potential and Limits of Civil Society in the Gulf Region

Department of Political Science - University of Amsterdam

Paul Aarts is senior lecturer in international relations in the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the politics of the Arab world, with a specific focus on the Gulf countries. He has published several edited volumes and numerous articles in different academic journals, including Democracy & Society, Orient, Middle East Policy, International Spectator, Review of International Affairs, and Middle East Report. He is co-author (with Gerd Nonnemann) of “Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs” (London/New York: Hurst & Company/New York University Press, 2005/2006). The updated Arabic edition was published by the Center for Arab Unity Studies in Beirut (http://www.caus.org.lb/Home/publication_popup.php?ID=4763&MediaID=1). In 2013, he co-edited, with Francesco Cavatorta, “Civil Society in Syria and Iran. Activism in Authoritarian Contexts” (Lynne Rienner). Last year, he finished a report “From Resilience to Revolt. Making Sense of the Arab Spring” available via (http://wodc.nl/onderzoeksdatabase/duiding-maatschappelijke-omwentelingen-in-noordafrika-en-het-midden-oosten.aspx). More on: http://medewerker.uva.nl/p.w.h.aarts.