Dr David Styan

Positions held:

Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences

Research
Research

Research interests
- International Political Economy
- Foreign policy analysis
- Development
Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Supervisions within Birkbeck:

2

Current doctoral researchers
- KIRSTEN KAARRE JENSEN
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2020 onwards
- SANJU GURUNG
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2022 onwards
Teaching

Teaching modules
- International Political Economy (POSO007S7)
- International Political Economy (POSO007S7)
- Introduction to International Political Economy (POSO029S5)
- Introduction to International Political Economy (POSO029S5)
- International Relations and Foreign Policy (SSPO270S5)
- International Relations and Foreign Policy (SSPO270S5)
Publications
Publications
Article
- Styan, David (2020) China’s maritime silk road and small states: lessons from the case of Djibouti. Journal of Contemporary China 29 (122), pp. 191-206. ISSN 1067-0564.
- Styan, David (2016) Djibouti: small state strategy at a crossroads. Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal 1 (1), pp. 79-91. ISSN 2380-2014.
- Styan, David (2016) All at sea? Maritime dimensions of Europe's relations with Africa. Insight on Africa 8 (2), pp. 112-130. ISSN 0975-0878.
- Styan, David (2012) EU power and armed humanitarianism in Africa: evaluating European security and defense policy in Chad. Cambridge Review of International Affairs 25 (4), pp. 651-668. ISSN 0955-7571.
- Styan, David (2012) Fred Halliday: engagements, languages, myths and solidarities. Development and Change 43 (1), pp. 319-339. ISSN 0012-155X.
- Styan, David (2012) Introduction: Sami Zubaida, modernity, politics and a social Middle East. Economy and Society 41 (4), pp. 485-500. ISSN 0308-5147.
- Styan, David (2007) The security of Africans beyond borders: migration, remittances and London's transnational entrepreneurs. International Affairs 83 (6), pp. 841-867. ISSN 0020-5850.
- Styan, David (2004) Jacques Chirac's 'non': France, Iraq and the United Nations, 1991-2003. Modern & Contemporary France 12 (3), pp. 371-385. ISSN 0963-9489.
Book
- Styan, David (2006) France and Iraq: oil, arms and French policy making in the Middle East. London, UK: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781845110455.
- Chole, E. Styan, David, ed. (2004) Underdevelopment in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa. ISBN 9781904855350.
Book Section
- Styan, David (2022) Djibouti: bridging the Gulf of Aden? balancing ports, patronage and military bases between Yemen's war and the Horn. In: Mason, R. and Mabon, S. (eds.) The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: Interests, influences and instability. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526162168.
- Styan, David (2021) “Africa’s connectivity on the Maritime Silk Road. Djibouti: China Merchants Group, sub-regional BRI analyses and the agency of small states.”. In: Blanchard, J.-M. (ed.) Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East: Feats, Freezes, and Failures,. Palgrave Studies in Asia-Pacific Political Economy. London, UK and New York, U.S.: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. xx-xx. ISBN 9789813340138. (In Press)
- Styan, David (2020) Djibouti: geostrategic balancing between the Horn and Red Sea. In: Carbone, G. (ed.) Africa’s Thorny Horn. Searching for a New Balance in the Age of Covid-19.. Rome, Italy: Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale (ISPI) - The Institute for International Political Studies. pp. 52-76. ISBN 9788855263726.
- Styan, David (2020) China’s Maritime Silk Road: The Horn of Africa and Red Sea. In: Fulton, J. (ed.) Regions in the Belt and Road Initiative. Rethinking Asia and International Relations. London, UK and New York, U.S.: Routledge. pp. 75-96. ISBN 9780367194321.
- Styan, David (2020) China’s Maritime Silk Road and small states: lessons from the case of Djibouti. In: Zhao, S. (ed.) China’s Global Reach: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). New York, U.S. and London, UK: Routledge. pp. ?-?. ISBN 9780367460983.
- Styan, David (2017) Europe’s multiple security strategies towards Africa. In: Economides, S. and Sperling, J. (eds.) EU Security Strategies: Extending the EU System of Security Governance.. Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138210417.
- Styan, David (2013) Chad's political violence at 50: bullets, ballots and bases. In: Chafer, T. and Keese, A. (eds.) Francophone Africa at Fifty. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719089305.
- Styan, David (2012) The revival of Franco-Libyan relations. In: Godin, E. and Vince, N. (eds.) France and the Mediterranean: International Relations, Culture and Politics. Modern French Identities. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang. pp. 105-130. ISBN 9783034302289.
- Styan, David (2010) Modern taxation. In: Uhlig, S. and Bausi, A. (eds.) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 984-990. ISBN 9783447062466.
- Styan, David (2005) Twisting Ethio-Eritrean economic ties: misperceptions of war and the misplaced priorities of peace. In: Jacquin-Berdal, D. and Plaut, M. (eds.) Unfinished Business: Ethiopia and Eritrea at War. Red Sea Press. pp. 177-200. ISBN 9781569022177.
- Styan, David (2004) Tasks, texts and context. In: Styan, David (ed.) Underdevelopment in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Ethiopa: Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa. ISBN 9781904855350.
Monograph
- Styan, David (2013) Djibouti: changing influence in the Horn's strategic hub. London, UK: The Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Other
- Styan, David (2018) The politics of ports in the Horn: War, peace and Red Sea rivalries. African Arguments (Blog) Royal African Society.

Dr David Styan

Research

Research interests

Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Current doctoral researchers

KIRSTEN KAARRE JENSEN

SANJU GURUNG

Teaching

Teaching modules

Publications

Article

Book

Book Section

Monograph

Other