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Professor Clive Jones

Professor of Regional Security

BA(Hons), MA, PhD (Wales)


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Professor of Regional Security in the School of Government and International AffairsIM202, Al-Qasimi Building+44 (0) 191 33 45675
Member of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies  

Biography

Clive completed his PhD at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1994. His thesis, which examined the political and social impact of the mass migration of Jews from the former Soviet Union upon Israeli conceptions of security was published soon after as a research monograph. Having taught for a year in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth, he moved to the University of Leeds where he eventually came to hold a Chair in Middle East Studies and International Politics. After 17 years at Leeds, Clive moved to the School of Government and International Affairs in February 2013 where he now holds a Chair in Regional Security (Middle East). In 2011, Clive was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society and between 2013-16 was the Chair of the European Association of Israel Studies (EAIS). In 2018, he was awarded a Visiting Research Chair at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. 

Clive’s research interests lie in three related areas: International Relations (particularly with regard to foreign and defence policy decision-making), Middle East studies (with a clear emphasis upon Israel and Gulf Security) and security studies (with emphasis upon low intensity conflict and the political and operational use of intelligence as it relates to the Middle East). His book Britain and the Yemen Civil War 1962-1965 (2004/2010) as well as recent articles in peer reviewed journals such as The Middle East Journal, Middle Eastern Studies, International Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, Intelligence and National Security and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism have explored many of these themes. In 2010, his work on British covert involvement in the Yemen civil War during the 1960s was the subject of a BBC documentary http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00r5fk6. In 2019, he was interviewed for the ZDF (Germany) documentary, Geheime Israel: Der Mossad (Secret Israel: The Mossad).

Research interests

  • Israeli foreign and security policy
  • Gulf Security
  • Civil-Military relations in the Middle East
  • Intelligence and National Security

Esteem Indicators

  • 2018: Visiting Research Professor : Department of Historical & Classical Studies, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2013: European Association of Israel Studies: Chair from 2013-2016
  • 2011: Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: In 2011, Professor Clive Jones was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society
  • 2002: Senior Visiting Research Fellow: In 2002, Professor Jones was a senior visiting research fellow in the Department of Political Science, University of Haifa
  • 0000: Co-editor: SSCI ranked journal Civil Wars (2007-10).
  • 0000: Editorial Board Member: Middle Eastern Studies, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Israel Studies Review, Fathow
  • 0000: Plenary lectures: Professor Jones has given plenary lectures and papers to a host of think tanks, research institutes, university departments and government agencies across the world, ;the most recent including:

    • Israeli Intelligence Commemoration Centre Tel Aviv (2018),
    • Royal United Services Institute London (2017),
    • Bahrain Centre for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (DERASAT) Manama (2016),
    • The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Arts, Trondheim (2013).
    • The Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo (2011),
    • US Army War College in Carlisle PA (2005)

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Media Contacts

Available for media contact about:

  • International: Defence & disputes: Politics and history of the Israel/Palestine Conflict, Israeli politics, Gulf Security and the role of intelligence services in state creation and consolidation.

Publications

Authored book

  • Jones, Clive (2019). The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: 'Code Name Grin'. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Jones, Clive & Guzansky, Yoel (2019). Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies. Hurst/Oxford University Press.
  • Jones, Clive (2010). Britain and the Yemen civil War 1962-1965. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.
  • Jones, Clive & Murphy, Emma (2002). Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy and the State. London: Routledge.
  • Jones, Clive (1996). Soviet Jewish Aliyah: Impact and Implications for Israel and the Middle East. London: Frank Cass.

Chapter in book

  • Jones, Clive (2019). Israel and the Gulf-States: Regimes, Rivalry and Regional Security. In Israel in a Turbulent Region: Security and Foreign Policy. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Jones, Clive (2013). Gone But Not Forgotten? The Occasional Lessons of the October 1973 War. In The October 1973 War. Siniver, Asaf London: Hurst. 249-264.
  • Jones, Clive (2013). Israel’s Insurgent Citizens: Contesting the State – Demanding the Land. In Islamist Radicalisation in Europe and the Middle East: Reassessing the Causes of Terrorism. Joffé, George London: I. B. Tauris. 200-213.
  • Jones, Clive (2012). A Guiding Hand or Controlling Grasp? Britain, Intelligence and the War in Oman 1970-76. In Imperial Crossroads: The Great Powers and the Persian Gulf. Macris, Jeffrey R. & Kelly, Saul Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute Press. 91-107.
  • Jones, Clive (2012). From the deniable to the acceptable?’ Britain, intelligence and covert action in Yemen and Oman, 1962-1976. In Challenging Retrenchment: The United States, Great Britain and the Middle East. Petersen, Tore T. Trondheim: Tapir Academic Press/NTNU. 141-172.
  • Jones, Clive (2010). Israel and the Al-Aqsa Intifada: The Conceptzia of Terror’. In International Terrorism Post 9-11. Siniver, Asaf London: Routledge. 126-143.
  • Jones, Clive (2008). Britain, Covert Action and the Yemen Civil War 1962-1967. In Britain and the Middle East: From Imperial Power to Junior Partner. Levey, Zach & Podeh, Elie Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. 248-263.
  • Jones, Clive (2006). Israel: Major Beneficiary. In The Iraq War: Causes and Consequences. Fawn, Rick & Hinnebusch, Ray London: Lynne Rienner. 187-185.
  • Jones, Clive (2002). Israel’s Foreign Policy. In The Foreign Policies of Middle East States. Ehteshami, Anoush & Hinnebusch, Ray London: Lynne Rienner. 115-138.

Edited book

  • Jones, Clive & Peterson, Tore (2021). Grand Strategy in the Contemporary Middle East: The Concepts and the Debates. Berlin/London: Gerlach Press.
  • Jones, Clive & Brehony, Noel (2020). Britain's Departure from Aden and South Arabia: Without Glory but Without Disaster. Berlin/London: Gerlach Press.
  • Jones, Clive (2017). Britain and State Formation in Arabia. London: Routledge.
  • Jones, Clive & Pedersen, Tore T. (2013). Israel’s Clandestine Diplomacies. London/New York: Hurst/Oxford University Press.
  • Jones, Clive & Catignani, Sergio (2012). Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective. London: Routledge.
  • Jones, Clive & Pedahzur, Ami (2005). Between Terrorism and Civil Wars: The Al-Aqsa Intifada. London: Routledge.
  • Jones, Clive & Kennedy Pipe, Caroline (2000). International Security Issues in a Global Age. London: Frank Cass.

Journal Article

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