Fred Halliday is ICREA research professor at IBEI, the Barcelona Institute for International Studies. He was formerly professor of international relations at the London School of Economics. He is a widely known and authoritative analyst of middle-eastern affairs who appears regularly on the BBC, ABC, al-Jazeera television, CBC and Irish radio. Among his many books are The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology (2005) and 100 Myths about the Middle East (2005)

Recent articles

An international study group convened in Barcelona to examine the political options for Iraq after five years of war. Fred Halliday, its chair, digests its conclusions.

Armenia's standoff with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh continues. Its regional climate after the Georgia-Russia war is tense. The cautious signs of rapprochement with Turkey have yet to produce results. But the progress Yerevan needs is limited by authoritarian domestic politics, finds Fred Halliday.

The crisis of the finance sector is vindication of the neglected work of an economic historian of "great transformation" and an anatomist of "casino capitalism", says Fred Halliday.  

The Russia-Georgia war emphasises the need for a nuanced understanding of international politics that recognises the autonomy of local agents, says Fred Halliday.

(This article was first published on 24 August 2008)

Nicolas Sarkozy's multinational and cross-cultural initiative looks less impressive in light of the current flaws and failings of European governance and leadership, says Fred Halliday.

(This article was first published on 29 July 2008)