Outputs (45)

British Revival and American Decline? Anglo-American Relations and the Persian Gulf 1979–1987 (2023)
Journal Article
Petersen, T. T., & Jones, C. (2023). British Revival and American Decline? Anglo-American Relations and the Persian Gulf 1979–1987. The International History Review, 45(5), 807-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2023.2197909

Understanding the trajectory of Anglo-American relations in the Middle East in the latter half of the twentieth century has rarely enjoyed consensus. Some have characterised it as a period of perpetual competition, with London unwilling or unable to... Read More about British Revival and American Decline? Anglo-American Relations and the Persian Gulf 1979–1987.

Anthropologists, Topographers, Diplomats, and Spies: Royal Air Force Intelligence Officers in South Arabia 1954–1959 (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, C. (2022). Anthropologists, Topographers, Diplomats, and Spies: Royal Air Force Intelligence Officers in South Arabia 1954–1959. Middle Eastern Studies, 58(3), 402-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2022.2047656

Recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have reawakened interest as well as controversies over how Western militaries tried to engage, with varying degrees of success, with the ‘Human Terrain’. These debates are far from new. This article explores t... Read More about Anthropologists, Topographers, Diplomats, and Spies: Royal Air Force Intelligence Officers in South Arabia 1954–1959.

Grand Strategy in the Contemporary Middle East: The Concepts and the Debates (2021)
Book
Jones, C., & Peterson, T. (Eds.). (2021). Grand Strategy in the Contemporary Middle East: The Concepts and the Debates. Berlin/London: Gerlach Press

Getting the Better of the Bargain: Technical Intelligence, Arms Sales, and Anglo-Israeli Relations 1967–1974 (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, C. (2021). Getting the Better of the Bargain: Technical Intelligence, Arms Sales, and Anglo-Israeli Relations 1967–1974. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 32(3), 531 - 553. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2021.1961489

This analysis explores the nature of Anglo-Israeli intelligence relations between 1967 and 1974, focusing in particular on how the legacy of the British mandate in Palestine, the influence of senior British diplomats, as well as wider commercial inte... Read More about Getting the Better of the Bargain: Technical Intelligence, Arms Sales, and Anglo-Israeli Relations 1967–1974.

Moving off the Gold Standard: Energy, Security, “Stateness”, and the Nuclearisation of the Gulf (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, C. (2020). Moving off the Gold Standard: Energy, Security, “Stateness”, and the Nuclearisation of the Gulf. Journal of Arabian Studies, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/21534764.2020.1794285

Britain's Departure from Aden and South Arabia: Without Glory but Without Disaster (2020)
Book
Jones, C., & Brehony, N. (Eds.). (2020). Britain's Departure from Aden and South Arabia: Without Glory but Without Disaster. Berlin/London: Gerlach Press

Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies (2019)
Book
Jones, C., & Guzansky, Y. (2019). Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies. Hurst/Oxford University Press

Israel and the Gulf-States: Regimes, Rivalry and Regional Security (2019)
Book Chapter
Jones, C. (2019). Israel and the Gulf-States: Regimes, Rivalry and Regional Security. In Israel in a Turbulent Region: Security and Foreign Policy. Routledge

The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: 'Code Name Grin' (2019)
Book
Jones, C. (2019). The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: 'Code Name Grin'. Edinburgh University Press

Britain and State Formation in Arabia (2017)
Book
Jones, C. (Ed.). (2017). Britain and State Formation in Arabia. Routledge