Bryan R. Gibson

Bryan R. Gibson holds a PhD in International History at the London School of Economics, was a post-doctoral research fellow at the LSE's Centre for Diplomacy and Strategy, and an instructor on Middle Eastern politics in the LSE's Department of International History. His research focuses on foreign policy decision-making with respect to the Middle East and Gulf regions. Specifically, he analyses U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq, Iran, and the Gulf.

He is the author of Sold Out? US Foreign Policy, Iraq, the Kurds, and the Cold War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Covert Relationship: U.S. Foreign Policy, Intelligence and the Iran-Iraq War (Praeger, 2010), and co-edited with Professor Nigel Ashton, The Iran-Iraq War: New International Perspectives (Routledge, 2012).

He also contributes regularly to publications dealing with Middle Eastern issues, like Foreign Policy, Middle East Eye, CNN, and Huffington Post.

His website is: www.bryan-gibson.com