Dr Christopher Phillips is a Reader in International Relations, and the author of Everyday Arab Identity: the daily reproduction of the Arab World and The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East, who prior to joining Queen Mary, lived in Syria.
He is currently an associate fellow at the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House, working primarily on the Syria conflict and its impact on neighbouring states and the wider Middle East. He is co-curator of ‘Syria: story of a conflict’ a public exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and the Imperial War Museum North. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University in 2014 & 2015.
Chris lived in Syria for two years, in Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia, and much of his research focuses on that country. Since the beginning of the civil war there in 2011, he has regularly consulted various government agencies and NGOS, and has made numerous media appearances on outlets including BBC Newsnight, Radio 4’s Today Programme, BBC News, Al-Jazeera, Sky News and Channel 4 News. He has written for The Guardian, The Washington Post, Newsweek and CNN, among others.
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