Consolidating and Expanding Civil Wars as a Field of Study: Editorial Reflections, 2006–2010

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James Worrall

James Worrall is Associate Professor in International Relations and Middle East Studies in the School of Politics & International Studies at the University of Leeds. The thematic focus of his work explores Western relations with the Arab World, Gulf Politics, Society and Security, Regional International Organisations, Counterinsurgency, Localised Order(s) in Civil Wars, Post Conflict Reconstruction (especially Security Sector Reform), as well as Regime Stability and Legitimacy in non-democratic states. He has published widely on these themes in journals such as International Migration Review, Third World Quarterly, Middle Eastern Studies, Small Wars & Insurgencies, Global Policy, and Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. He is Co-Editor of Civil Wars and was Assistant Editor of Civil Wars between 2006 and 2010.

Clive Jones

Clive Jones is Professor of Regional Security (Middle East) in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University and Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Historical and Classical Studies, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. His publications include The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: Code Name ‘Grin’ (2019); with Yoel Guzansky, Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies (2020); with Tore T. Petersen, eds., Israel’s Clandestine Diplomacies (2013); and Britain and the Yemen Civil War, 1962-65 (2010). He was Co-Editor (with Alice Hills) of Civil Wars between 2006 and 2010 and Assistant Editor between 1998 and 2005.