David B. Roberts is Associate Professor in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London and Adjunct Faculty at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po. Previously, David was Director of the Gulf office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security studies think-tank (RUSI Qatar). He is the author of Continuity Amid Change in the Gulf Monarchies (2022), Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City State (2017), and dozens of academic articles focusing primarily on the international affairs, politics, and security of the Gulf monarchies.

• Introduction, 1. Ontological Security and the Gulf Crisis, 2. Society and State in Post-Blockade Qatar: Lessons for the Arab Gulf Region, 3. Nationalism and Identity in Qatar after 2017: The Narrative of the New National Museum, 4. European Policies Towards the Gulf: Patterns, Dynamics, Evolution, and the case of the Qatar Blockade, 5. The Regional Implications of the Gulf Crisis, 6. The Blockade Against Qatar: A Blessing in Disguise?

David B. Roberts is Associate Professor in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London and Adjunct Faculty at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po. Previously, David was Director of the Gulf office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security studies think-tank (RUSI Qatar). He is the author of Continuity Amid Change in the Gulf Monarchies (2022), Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City State (2017), and dozens of academic articles focusing primarily on the international affairs, politics, and security of the Gulf monarchies.

• Introduction, 1. Ontological Security and the Gulf Crisis, 2. Society and State in Post-Blockade Qatar: Lessons for the Arab Gulf Region, 3. Nationalism and Identity in Qatar after 2017: The Narrative of the New National Museum, 4. European Policies Towards the Gulf: Patterns, Dynamics, Evolution, and the case of the Qatar Blockade, 5. The Regional Implications of the Gulf Crisis, 6. The Blockade Against Qatar: A Blessing in Disguise?

David B. Roberts is Associate Professor in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London and Adjunct Faculty at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po. Previously, David was Director of the Gulf office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security studies think-tank (RUSI Qatar). He is the author of Continuity Amid Change in the Gulf Monarchies (2022), Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City State (2017), and dozens of academic articles focusing primarily on the international affairs, politics, and security of the Gulf monarchies.

• Introduction, 1. Ontological Security and the Gulf Crisis, 2. Society and State in Post-Blockade Qatar: Lessons for the Arab Gulf Region, 3. Nationalism and Identity in Qatar after 2017: The Narrative of the New National Museum, 4. European Policies Towards the Gulf: Patterns, Dynamics, Evolution, and the case of the Qatar Blockade, 5. The Regional Implications of the Gulf Crisis, 6. The Blockade Against Qatar: A Blessing in Disguise?