Deconstructing ’Energy Security’ in Oman: A Journey of Securitisation from 1920 to 2020

Chapter 1. Securitisation of energy in discourse and practice.- Chapter 2. The heterogeneity of ’energy security’.- Chapter 3. State formation, energy, and security from 1920 to 1970.- Chapter 4. Competition or Cooperation? Energy discourse during 1970 to 1989.- Chapter 5. Neoliberalising energy post 1990.- Chapter 6. Energy and social development, post-Bouazizi to 2015.- Chapter 7. Climate change and financial stability, 2015 to 2020.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Oman’s eclectic take on ’energy security’.- Appendix.- Bibliography.

Lamya Harub currently works as a project manager in OQ, an Omani integrated energy company. She is widely experienced in policy development, political economy and energy security. Her interest lies in sustainability, energy efficiency and decarbonisation. Lamya was previously an Omani diplomat (First Secretary) for ten years, serving in the Foreign Ministry, where she worked directly with the Secretary General on diplomatic, political, and economic issues. During her final year in the Foreign Office, she contributed to the country’s national framework on the peaceful use of nuclear technologies. Academically, Lamya has a PhD in Political Economy from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. During her doctoral studies, she was a Research Associate with the European Centre for Resource and Energy Security. She also obtained a Masters (Hons) in Middle Eastern and Asian Language and Culture, where she focused on political philosophy, at Columbia University, New York.