George Joffe is Professorial Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute as well as a Research Fellow at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University, a Visiting Professor at King’s College and Director of RUSI Qatar. He was Deputy Director and Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) between 1997 and 2000. Professor Joffe is a renowned international expert on the Middle East and North Africa, who is published widely and a regular commentator in print, radio and television on developments in the Arab world.