Dr Kristian Alexander is a Senior Fellow and Lead Researcher at the Rabdan Security & Defense Institute. He is an adviser at Gulf States Analytics, a Washington-based geopolitical risk consultancy.
He previously worked as a Senior Fellow at Trends Research & Advisory and before that as an Assistant Professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Alexander is the co-editor of an edited volume on ‘Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates’ (with William Gueraiche), Routledge. His papers have been published in numerous outlets, such as Middle East Institute, The Arab Gulf States Institute, Atlantic Council, Gulf International Forum, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Cambridge Middle East and North America Forum, Middle East Institute Singapore, the Institute for Security & Development Policy, Stimson Center, and many others. His research examines security related issues in the Middle East, with a particular interest in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA PhD, Political Science (International Relations/Comparative Politics)
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany MA, Political Science, Minors in Psychology and Sociology
“Introduction to International Relations”, “International Relations of the Gulf”, “Social & Economic Trends in the Gulf”, “Terrorism and Counterterrorism”, “Security Studies”, Graduate Program in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi
Security, Terrorism, GCC Politics, International Relations
Edited Books:
Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates; with William Guéraiche (University of Wollongong, Dubai) (eds.) (February 2022) Routledge.
An Introduction to Gulf Politics; with Khaled AlMezaini (Zayed University, Abu Dhabi) (eds.) Cambridge University Press, anticipated publication: end of 2024.
Select publications:
Stimson Center, Washington, DC (2024) ‘Consumers Protest the Gaza War by Boycotting US Goods’, April 9, 2024, https://www.stimson.org/2024/consumers-protest-the-gaza-war-by-boycotting-us-goods/
Royal Elcano Institute, Madrid, Spain (2024) ‘The limits of international law: the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), Israel and the International Court of Justice’, March 1, 2024, https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/commentaries/the-limits-of-international-law-the-responsibility-to-protect-r2p-israel-and-the-international-court-of-justice/
Global Policy Journal (2024), ‘Strategies for Change: Youth Climate Activism in MENA’, February 14, 2024, https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/14/02/2024/strategies-change-youth-climate-activism-mena
Foreign Policy Research Institute (with Gina Bou Serhal) (2024) ‘Prisoner Exchanges and Hostage Diplomacy in US Foreign Policy, January 12, 2024, https://www.fpri.org/article/2024/01/prisoner-exchanges-and-hostage-diplomacy-in-us-foreign-policy/
Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm, Sweden (with Gina Bou Serhal) (2023) ‘Globalization and Technology see Italian Mafia going Global’, https://isdp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Brief-Mafia-Oct-10-2023.pdf
Manara Magazine, Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum (MENAF) in Cambridge, UK, ‘Diplomacy in a Time of Crisis: Germany’s Chancellor Visits Israel and Egypt’, November 17, 2023, https://manaramagazine.org/2023/11/diplomacy-in-a-time-of-crisis-germanys-chancellor-visits-israel-and-egypt/
TRT World: 'Evolution of terrorism: 22 years after 9/11', September 11, 2023, https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/evolution-of-terrorism-22-years-after-911-14917977
Geneva Center for Security Policy (2023) (with Gina Bou Serhal, Serhat S. Cubukcuoglu) ‘The Business of War: IDEX 2023 Reveals the Latest Military Acquisition Trends in the Middle East’, May 5, 2023, https://www.gcsp.ch/publications/business-war-idex-2023-reveals-latest-military-acquisition-trends-middle-east
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (2021) (with Leonardo Mazzucco) ‘Living Up to Its Reputation: A Critical Look at Crime in the UAE’, October 19, 2021, https://agsiw.org/living-up-to-its-reputation-a-critical-look-at-crime-in-the-uae
