SEPADPod with Diana Galeeva

Richardson Institute

On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Diana Galeeva, Non-Resident Fellow with Gulf International Forum. Diana was previously an Academic Visitor to St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford (2019-2022). She is the author of two books “Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power” (Routledge, 2022) and “Russia and the GCC: The Case of Tatarstan’s Paradiplomacy” (I.B. Tauris/ Bloomsbury, 2022). She is also a co-editor of the collection “Post-Brexit Europe and UK: Policy Challenges Towards Iran and the GCC States” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). You can find her on twitter at @diana_galeeva. On this episode, Simon and Diana talk about a desire to study Qatar and the Gulf, hard/soft/smart/subtle power, Rented Power, Tatarstan, the 2022 World Cup, covid19, and Russian links to the Gulf. A wide ranging conversation not to be missed!