Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2008, 38 p., Professor Paul Stevens is Senior Research Fellow for Energy at Chatham House and Emeritus Professor at Dundee University. He was educated as an economist and as a specialist on the Middle East at Cambridge and the
School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He taught at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon (1973–79), interspersed with two years as an oil consultant; at the University of Surrey as lecturer and senior lecturer in economics (1979–93); and as Professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum andMineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee (1993–2008) – a chair created by BP. Professor Stevens has published extensively on energy economics, the international petroleum industry, economic development issues and the political economy of the Gulf. He also works as a consultant for many companies and governments.
