Tim Niblock

Chair Professor in the Institute for International and Area Studies at Tsinghua University, and Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Exeter

Professor Tim Niblock is Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Exeter. He is also currently Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He has held the position of Vice-President of the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (2009-2014), Vice-Chair of the UK Council of Area Studies Associations (2010-2014), and Vice-President of the British Society for Middle East Studies (2009-2012). He was the founding Director of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. He has previously served at the University of Khartoum, the University of Reading, and the University of Durham. Among his published books are: The Gulf States, Asia and the Indian Ocean: Ensuring the Security 6 of the Sea Lanes (edited with Talmiz Ahmad and Degang Sun, 2018); Conflict Resolution and the Creation of a Security Community in the Gulf Region (edited, with Talmiz Ahmad and Degang Sun); Security Dynamics of East Asia in the Gulf Region (edited, with Yang Guang, 2014); The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia (2007), Saudi Arabia: Power, Legitimacy and Survival (2006); ‘Pariah States’ and Sanctions in the Middle East: Iraq, Libya and Sudan (2001); Class and Power in Sudan (1987); Iraq: the Contemporary State (edited, 1982); State, Society and Economy in Saudi Arabia (edited, 1981); and Social and Economic Development in the Arab Gulf (edited, 1980).


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