Researcher | Middle-East 2024

Contact : alexis.montambault.trudelle@umontreal.ca 

Presentation

Alexis Montambault-Trudelle holds a PhD in politics and international relations from the University of Edinburgh. Alexis' research focuses on the political economy of Gulf, particularly in the areas of sovereign wealth funds, authoritarian resilience, and state-society relations. He is also interested in issues related to international relations in the Middle East and how resource-rich countries are adapting to the energy transition.

Areas of expertise

• International political economy
• Political economy of natural resources
• Gulf and Middle East politics
• Political economy of authoritarian rule
• International relations

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Montambault Trudelle, Alexis (2024). “Tools of regime stability : The political economy of sovereign wealth funds in Gulf rentier states”, Review of International Political Economy, p.1-26, doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2024.2325394

Montambault Trudelle, Alexis (2023). “Towards a sociology of state investment funds? Sovereign wealth funds and state-business relations in Saudi Arabia”, New Political Economy, Vol. 28, n°3, p.380-397, DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2022.2126448

Montambault Trudelle, Alexis (2023). “The Public Investment Fund and Salman’s state: the political drivers of sovereign wealth management in Saudi Arabia”, Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 30, n°2, p.747-771, DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2022.2069143

Other publications

Montambault Trudelle, Alexis (2024). Que cherche Riyad sur le terrain du tennis professionnel? La Presse, 18 avril 2024, https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opinions/2024-04-18/que-cherche-riyad-sur-le-terrain-du-tennis-professionnel.php

Montambault Trudelle, Alexis (2023) “Money trees in the Gulf: The power of sovereign wealth funds in shifting GCC international politics”, Orient, Vol.64, no.2, p. 29-37