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Address | RUSI (Qatar) PO Box 28282 Al Fardan Office Tower, Level 8 West Bay, Doha, Qatar
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Tel: | +(974) 4101 828 |
Fax | +(974) 4101 500 |
Staff
Mark Thomas, Deputy Director and Research Fellow
Mark Thomas received a Master’s degree in War Studies from King’s College London, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Politics and Strategic Studies from the University of Wales; Aberystwyth. His primary area of studies concerned the conduct of contemporary warfare, diplomacy, military transformation, and nuclear strategy.
Mark is a founding member of RUSI’s branch in Doha, Qatar. Prior to this he ran the Institute’s Middle East and North Africa Programme in London. In this position he was responsible for leading research projects, hosting private discussion meetings and organizing major public conferences on the leading debates about regional security in the Middle East and North Africa.
Mark’s main research interests focus on Gulf security; the Iranian nuclear crisis; Iraq; transnational terrorism; the possibilities of building new security regimes; and the role of hard and soft power in Middle East politics. Mark previously trained as a pilot in the RAFVR.
Tel: +(974) 5085 287
Email: markt@rusi.org
Agnieszka Eile, Research Intern
Agnieszka joined RUSI in November 2009, after completing her MA in International Relations at King’s College, London. Her dissertation focused on diplomatic relations between Libya and the United States and examined the role of coercive diplomacy in reforming ‘rogue states’. Agnieszka also holds a BA in Arabic Cultural Studies from SOAS, University of London.
Prior to moving to London and during her studies at the Oriental Institute at Warsaw University, Agnieszka worked as a volunteer on the team of Arabia.pl – a Polish NGO devoted to the Middle East and the Islamic World. After her MA she did an internship at Marker Global - a risk advisory consultancy based in London with a special focus on emerging markets, and some freelance work for the HSBC Business Intelligence Unit.
Agnieszka’s research interests include Middle Eastern military regimes, democratisation processes in the region, nuclear proliferation, terrorism and security. She is also interested in the politics and economic development of Central and Eastern Europe, in particular Poland.
Email: agnieszkae@rusi.org
