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Nicolas Pelham

Nicolas Pelham is The Economist ’s correspondent in Jerusalem and a writer on Arab affairs for the New York Review of Books . From 2005 to 2010 he was the Israel/Palestine senior analyst for the International Crisis Group, where he extensively covered the rise of national-religious movements. He began working as a journalist in Cairo in 1992, as editor of the Middle East Times , and then joined the BBC Arabic Service as an analyst and later as the Maghreb correspondent. From 2001 to 2004 he reported for The Economist and the Financial Times in Iraq and Jordan. He is the author of A New Muslim Order (2008), which traces Shia resurgence in the Arab world, and co-author of A History of the Middle East (2010). He has worked as a consultant for the UN in Gaza and serves on the advisory board of Tida (a Gaza-based research centre) and the Oxford Research Group.

Research areas: Middle East and North Africa

Publications

Hamas’s leadership struggle and the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation: Nicolas Pelham 17 February 2012
After four years of division, the West Bank and Gaza have drifted ever further apart, albeit in contrary directions to those envisaged by international donors. While the West Bank slips into economic and political crisis, Gaza is fast reviving. President Mahmoud Abbas finds himself bereft of a political horizon for achieving a two-stat... more
King Abdullah of Jordan and the Arab Spring: Nicolas Pelham 21 December 2011
Long the region’s unlikely survivor, the Hashemite dynasty of Jordan has thus far survived the Arab winds of change sweeping the Middle East, dealing with protests remarkably gently in comparison to its harsher neighbours. King Abdullah II has signalled his support for some of the demands of Jordanians, even touting the eventual realis... more