A Selection of Dr. Steven Wright's Publications

Books and Short Monographs

Krane, J. and Wright, S. (2014) Qatar ‘Rises Above’ Its Region: Geopolitics and the Rejection of the GCC Gas Market. No. 35. LSE Kuwait Programme, London, UK. 

Wright. S. (2008) Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain. Vol. 3. CIRS Occasional Paper Series, Georgetown University SFSQ, Doha, Qatar.

Wright. S. (2007) The United States and Persian Gulf Security, Ithaca Press, Reading, UK.

Wright S. and Ehteshami, A. Eds. (2007) Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies, Ithaca Press, Reading, UK.

Wright. S. (2006) Generational Change and Elite Driven Reform in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Vol. 81. Durham Middle East Papers, Durham, UK.

Journal Articles

Wright, S. (2017) “Qatar’s LNG: Impact of the Changing East-Asian Market” Middle East Policy, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring. 

Wright, S. (2016) “Un petit État accède à la scène internationale: la trajectoire du Qatar” Critique Internationale, No.71, April-June. 

Baskan, B and Wright, S. (2011) “Seeds of Change: Comparing State-Religion Relations in Qatar and Saudi Arabia” Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 2.

Ehteshami, A. and Wright S. (2007) “Political Change in the Gulf Arab Monarchies: From Liberalization to Enfranchisement” International Affairs, Vol. 83, No. 5.

Book Chapters

Wright, S. (2018) “Qatar: The Context of a Hydrocarbon-funded Social Contract” in Overland, I. Public Brainpower: Civil Society and Natural Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

Wright, S. (2016) “Iran’s Relations with Bahrain” in Baghat, G., Ehteshami, A., and Quilliam, N. Security and Bilateral Issues Between Iran and its Arab Neighbours Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK.

Piet, R. and Wright, S. (2016) “The dynamics of energy geopolitics in the Gulf and Qatar’s foreign relations with East Asia” in Lester, Leo (Ed.) Energy Relations and Policy Making in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK.

Wright, S. (2011) “Foreign Policies with International Reach: The Case of Qatar” in Held, David and Ulrichsen, Kristian (Eds). The Transformation of the Gulf: Politics, Economics and the Global Order. Routledge, London, UK.

Wright, S. (2011) “Foreign Policy in the GCC States” in Kamrava, M. (Ed.) The International Politics of the Persian Gulf.  Syracuse University Press, Syracuse N.Y.

Wright, S. (2010) “Qatar” in Davidson, Christopher M. (Ed.) Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies. C. Hurst & Co., London, UK.

Wright, S. (2009) “Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Geopolitics and Strategic Pillars” in Czulda, R. and Gorak-Sosnowska, K., (Eds.) The State of Qatar: Economy – Politics – Culture. Ibidem Publishing House, Lodz, Poland.

Wright, S. (2007) “US Foreign Policy and the Changed Definition of Gulf Security” in Ehteshami, A. and Wright S., Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies, Ithaca Press, Reading, UK.