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 Latest Updates 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