Gulf Research Meeting
Dr. Neil Quilliam
GRM 2022 Workshop: The Dimensions of Saudi Arabia’s Soft Power
GRM 2021 Workshop: Saudi Youth ‘Policy Relevance’: Dilemmas, Challenges, Opportunities
GRM 2019 Workshop: Domestic Policy Making and Governance in Saudi Arabia
GRM 2015 Workshop: Building an Institutional Process of Socio-Politics in the Gulf
Dr. Neil Quilliam is an Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme at Chatham House and Director of Energy at SRMG Think. He was Director of Chatham House’s Future Dynamics in the Gulf project (2017-2019), previously directed its Syria and Its Neighbours policy initiative (2015-2017); he is also CEO of Castlereagh Associates. Before joining Chatham House 2014, Neil served as Senior MENA Energy Adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Senior Analyst at Control Risks, London, and Senior Programme Officer at the United Nations University, Amman. Neil has lived in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, and has travelled extensively around the MENA region, working on a variety of development, education and research projects. He has published a number of books and articles on international relations and political economy of Syria, Jordan, Iraq and the Gulf Cooperation Council states. Neil was the first recipient of the Prince of Wales and King Faisal Foundation Scholarship in 1998. He received his PhD in International Relations from the University of Durham in 1997.
