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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.

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.

Israel's relations with the Gulf states: Toward the emergence of a tacit security regime? (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, C. A., & Guzansky, Y. (2017). Israel's relations with the Gulf states: Toward the emergence of a tacit security regime?. Contemporary Security Policy, 38(3), 398-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1292375

By drawing on the literature about security regimes, this article posits the idea that a particular type of regime, which can be termed a “tacit security regime” (TSR), has begun to emerge between Israel, on the one hand, and several Gulf Arab states... Read More about Israel's relations with the Gulf states: Toward the emergence of a tacit security regime?.

Israel’s Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009–2013 (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, C. (2015). Israel’s Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009–2013. Journal of Strategic Studies, 41(1-2), 160-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2015.1104668

This article examines the debates in Israel between 2009 and 2013 over Iran’s nuclear programme as a reflection of a particular type of civil–military or civil–security relationship. It analyses how key actors within that relationship – particularly... Read More about Israel’s Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009–2013.

Military intelligence and the war in Dhofar: An appraisal (2014)
Journal Article
Jones, C. A. (2014). Military intelligence and the war in Dhofar: An appraisal. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25(3), 628-646. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2014.913743

This article examines the role military intelligence played in the Dhofar campaign between 1970 and 1976. Drawing on an array of sources, it examines not only the crucial role played by military intelligence in prosecuting a successful operational ca... Read More about Military intelligence and the war in Dhofar: An appraisal.

Israel’s Clandestine Diplomacies (2013)
Book
Jones, C., & Pedersen, T. T. (Eds.). (2013). Israel’s Clandestine Diplomacies. London/New York: Hurst/Oxford University Press

Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective. (2012)
Book
Jones, C., & Catignani, S. (Eds.). (2012). Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective. Routledge

This book examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon. Since the end of the Cold War, academic debate over the nature of war in the contemporary world... Read More about Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective..