Elham Fakhro Senior Analyst, Gulf States Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role As Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Gulf States, Elham Fakhro works on security, conflict, and governance in the Gulf region. Professional Background Elham has over a decade of experience working on governance, politics and conflict in the Middle East. Before joining Crisis Group, she acted as a Lecturer at NYU Abu Dhabi, and as a Research Analyst with organisations including the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Elham has a Masters in International Human Rights Law from Harvard Law School and a Doctorate in Socio-Legal Studies from St Antony’s College, Oxford University. Languages English Arabic In The News 18 Jul 2021 [Saudi Arabia can] reassert its role, particularly in the charity aid sector, which it always has been traditionally proud of [...] I think we can see [Saudi Arabia] expanding its aid into more Covid diplomacy. Washington Post Elham Fakhro Senior Analyst, Gulf States 13 Jun 2021 For those who care about the Palestinian side, they see every Israeli government as similar, they feel like the occupation is going to continue regardless and it doesn’t matter who is the face of it. The New York Times Elham Fakhro Senior Analyst, Gulf States 14 May 2021 Israel really isn’t dependent on [the Gulf states] and is not really going to change its behavior based on what they think. The Washington Post Elham Fakhro Senior Analyst, Gulf States Latest Updates Podcast / Africa 9 March 2021 What Does Reconciliation among Gulf States Mean for Africa? This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell is joined by Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Gulf States, Elham Fakhro, to discuss what the recent accord between the Gulf countries means for their geopolitical rivalries in the Horn of Africa. Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 26 January 2021 Resolving the Gulf Crisis outside the Gulf Officially, the dispute between Qatar and three of its Gulf neighbours is over. But the formal declaration says nothing about foreign policy, meaning that intra-Gulf rivalries could continue to stoke conflicts and political tensions in the Middle East and Africa. Also available in العربية Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 20 August 2020 An Open Affair: As the UAE and Israel Normalize Ties, Gulf Actors Respond Originally published in Jadaliyya Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 20 April 2020 COVID and Gulf Foreign Policy While GCC policymakers have responded swiftly to the threat of COVID-19 domestically, some Gulf states deftly used the crisis to advance their foreign policy objectives with states with which they have had adversarial relationships. Only time will tell whether these new diplomatic opportunities will lay groundwork for concerted regional efforts. Originally published in POMEPS Studies