Home > About NOREF > Elsa Foucraut

About NOREF

About NOREF
Staff
The board
Partners
Tenders
Vacancies
Contact us
Subscribe
Permissions
Privacy

Elsa Foucraut

Elsa Foucraut holds a master’s degree in Middle East Studies from Sciences Po, Paris, where she studied Gulf Politics. She has worked extensively on economic and political reform in the Gulf region and Egypt. In 2010, she obtained a scholarship from CEFAS (a French research centre for the Gulf region based in Sanaa, Yemen) to conduct research on labour market reform in Bahrain. She had previously worked as a research assistant on UAE defence policy and also spent a year in Cairo learning Arabic.

Research areas: Middle East and North Africa

Publications

Consequences of the political deadlock in Bahrain on reforms in the Gulf: Elsa Foucraut 5 April 2011
The current unrest in Bahrain poses a challenge to the ruling family and the political model adopted by King Hamad following a decade of incomplete top-down reforms. In this updated report, Elsa Foucraut believes that the risk of major unrest spreading to other Gulf states remains unlikely. more

Featured

Stay informed

Follow NOREF

Recommended


International Crisis Group: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process: International Crisis Group: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process

BBC: BBC
Syria opposition head 'to resign': Syria opposition head 'to resign'
US strike plan on Iran 'ready': US strike plan on Iran 'ready'
Turkey jets 'pursue Israel plane': Turkey jets 'pursue Israel plane'

Open Democracy - Open Security: Open Democracy - Open Security
Defining NATO partnerships: why the 'Stability' critique is flawed, Josiah Surface: Defining NATO partnerships: why the 'Stability' critique is flawed, Josiah Surface
The Chicago Summit: a relevant NATO in a post-western world ?, Trine Flockhart: The Chicago Summit: a relevant NATO in a post-western world ?, Trine Flockhart
A UN emergency peace service?, H. Peter Langille: A UN emergency peace service?, H. Peter Langille

ISN: ISN
Pakistan's Relations with India: Beyond Kashmir?: Pakistan's Relations with India: Beyond Kashmir?
Wie weit kann die Krise mit dem Iran führen?: Wie weit kann die Krise mit dem Iran führen?
Iraq After the US Withdrawal: Staring into the Abyss: Iraq After the US Withdrawal: Staring into the Abyss