I’m an International Relations scholar with research interests in regional and global order(ing), sovereignty, and Middle Eastern politics.
About me
I’m an Assistant Professor in Politics of the Middle East at the University of Groningen. I was previously a Max Weber Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute and held research positions at Georgetown University Qatar, the George Washington University, and the Orient-Institut Beirut. I completed my PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.
My research combines empirical analysis of Middle Eastern politics with theoretical contributions to International Relations. Specifically, I examine how the Arab Uprisings reshaped regional order while contributing to theoretical debates on recognition, sovereignty, and international ordering. My research has been published in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and Middle East Critique. You can find my publications here.
My book project, Arms, News, and Lobbying: The Remaking of the Middle East Regional (Dis)Order examines the struggle over the Middle East regional order after the Arab Uprisings through arms deals, news coverage, and political lobbying. You can read more about this and other projects here.
When I’m not working (but frankly when I am, too), I enjoy drinking coffee, eating gelato, making cinnamon rolls, and travelling.
APPLY NOW: fully FUNDED PHD POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
We invite applications for a fully funded PhD position in International Relations at the University of Groningen within the project “Unbounding the Arab World: Anti-Colonial Geopolitics, Transnational Territorial Imaginations and Post-imperial Worldmaking, c. 1908-1977“.
This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to work in an international, diverse environment and to acquire valuable research experience at a top-ranked university. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their academic writing skills, undertake archival work, gain teaching experience, and develop career skills. The candidate will be embedded in the Chair Group of History and Theory of International Relations and in the Middle Eastern Studies department. The supervision team will be comprised of Dr António Ferraz de Oliveira and myself (as supervisors) and Dr Benjamin Herborth (as promotor).
Karim El Taki 