Guy Burton is an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at Vesalius College, Brussels and a Fellow on the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation Project at Lancaster University. He has previously held research and teaching appointments in Dubai, Malaysia, Iraq and Palestine. He is the author of China and Middle East Conflicts (Routledge, 2020) and Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1947 (Lexington, 2018).