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Charles R. H. Tripp is an academic and author specializing in the
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. Tripp's main areas of research include the study of state and society in the Middle East, especially Iraq, and Islamic political thought. He lectures on
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and politics of the Middle East for both
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at the
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(SOAS), a college of the
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. Professor Tripp is a world class specialist on
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and has contributed as regional expert to media broadcasters including the
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. In the run up to the war against Iraq, Professor Tripp was part of a small team that visited 10 Downing Street in order to advise the prime minister,
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, on the consequences of going to war. On 19 November 2008, Tripp gave his inaugural lecture as Professor of Politics at SOAS entitled 'The Riotous Politics of the Middle East', in which he was presented by
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professor Avi Shlaim.


Selected publications

* 1996: ''Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations and Regional Order'' (with S. Chubin) * 2000: ''A History of Iraq'' (2nd Ed. published 2002; 3rd Ed. published 2007) * 2006: ''Islam and the Moral Economy: the challenge of capitalism'' (2006) * 2013: ''The Power and the People: paths of resistance in the Middle East"" (Cambridge University Press)


Editorial work

* 1995-2008: Editor of the multidisciplinar
Cambridge Middle East Studies
series


References


External links


SOAS Staff Profile

Interview in The Guardian newspaper, September 2007

Charles Tripp talks to the BBC about Iraq, May 2003


(Radio stream and full transcript) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tripp, Charles R. H. Academics of SOAS University of London Living people Year of birth missing (living people)