Li-Chen Sim

Non-Resident Scholar, Middle East Institute

Dr. Li-Chen Sim is an Assistant Professor at Khalifa University in the UAE. She holds a PhD in Politics from Oxford and is a specialist in the political economy of Gulf and Russian energy and its intersection with domestic politics as well as international relations. Her interests include the politics of energy in the Gulf, Gulf-Asia exchanges, and Russia-Gulf interactions. Her latest book is Low Carbon Energy in MENA (Palgrave, 2021).