Eleanor Gillespie
Analyst
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Eleanor Gillespie
is Cross-border Information's specialist Middle East researcher with a
particular focus on the Gulf states. Eleanor is a contributing editor
of Gulf States Newsletter.
Eleanor has a Masters degree in Middle East Politics from the School of
Oriental and African Studies in London and read International Relations
at Leeds University. She has studied both Arabic and Farsi.
Eleanor is a specialist in the security policies of the GCC states and
political liberalisation in rentier states, particularly Kuwait and Bahrain.
She has a special interest in the complex relationships that tipify Gulf
ruling and merchant families.
Eleanor grew up in West Africa and Qatar, where she regularly travels.
Eleanor has lived and taught horse riding in the Unites States and worked
for the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)
in London.
