SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Wearing, David (2018) AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Book Chapters

Wearing, David (2022) 'Their Violence or Ours? EU-Middle East Arms Sales and Military Cooperation.' In: Bouris, Dimitris, Huber, Daniela and Pace, Michelle, (eds.), Routledge Handbook of EU–Middle East Relations. Abingdon: Routledge.

Wearing, David (2014) 'Critical Perspectives on the Concept of the ‘National Interest’: American Imperialism, British Foreign Policy and the Middle East.' In: Edmunds, Timothy, Gaskarth, Jamie and Porter, Robin, (eds.), British Foreign Policy and the National Interest: Identity, Strategy and Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 102-119.

Journal Article

Wearing, David (2021) 'The myth of the reforming monarch: Orientalism, racial capitalism, and UK support for the Arab Gulf monarchies.' Politics. (Forthcoming)

Wearing, David (2016) 'Militarism or internationalism? British foreign policy at a crossroads.' Soundings: a journal of politics and culture, 62. pp. 121-137.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Wearing, David (2021) The Colour Bar at the Border. Tribune [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2020) Dismantling the Empire. New Humanist [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2020) The imperialist murals in Britain's Foreign Office represent a legacy that must be dismantled. The Guardian [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2020) Black Gold, Blue Waters. Tribune [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2019) Why are we in Yemen? London Review of Books [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2019) Saudi Arabia Is Running Out of Friends. The New York Times [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2019) How the West helped to make Putin. New Humanist [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2018) Gulf petrodollars are a destructive addiction – the UK must kick the habit. The Guardian [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2017) Making a killing: examining the arms trade. New Humanist [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2017) Britain should revisit its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Prospect Magazine [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2015) Is there a future for humanitarian intervention? New Humanist [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]