Irish scholar of Middle East international politics and South Yemen
His 1985 LSE thesis on the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the 1990 book built on it are the standard study cited when assessing the South Yemeni socialist state's achievements and limits.
Simon Frederick Peter Halliday (1946–2010) was an Irish writer and scholar of international relations and the Middle East, born in Dublin. He read PPE at Queen's College, Oxford, took an MSc in Middle East politics at SOAS, and sat on the New Left Review editorial board from 1969 to 1983. His 1985 LSE doctorate on South Yemen's foreign relations became the standard study of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, and he taught international relations at the LSE, as professor from 1985 until 2008.
Career Timeline
- 1967Graduated in PPE from Queen's College, Oxford
- 1969Took an MSc in Middle East politics at SOAS, University of London
- 1969–1983Member of the New Left Review editorial board
- 1973–1985Fellow of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam and Washington
- 1974Published his first major book, Arabia Without Sultans
- 1985Awarded his LSE doctorate on South Yemen's foreign policy
- 1985–2008Professor of International Relations at the LSE
- 1990Published Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967–1987
- 2002Elected a fellow of the British Academy