Dr Claire Spencer is Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, and is responsible for the overseeing of all research, seminars and publications relating to the Middle East.  She has also been the Deputy Director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College and Head of Policy for the Middle East and Central Asia for the development agency Christian Aid.  She has written and commented widely on US and EU policy towards Iran, Israel-Palestine and the broader Middle East, in addition to her core research interest in North Africa.

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