Associate Fellows
Tamer Badawi is a Team Leader at Peace Paradigms Org. (PPO), where he oversees climate change and community resilience projects in Iraq. His work focuses on violent conflict, security, and governance issues in Iraq and the broader region. With over ten years of experience, he has worked in journalism, think tanks, and with international NGOs, publishing in both Arabic and English. His analyses have appeared in Sada Journal, Amwaj.media, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, the Atlantic Council, Al Monitor and ISPI, among others. His media commentary has featured on Al Jazeera English, the Associated Press, The National, and Deutsche Welle, among other outlets.
Tamer is a PhD candidate at the University of Kent's School of Politics and International Relations, where he is writing his thesis on tribal mobilization in wartime Iraq. He previously served as a seminar leader at Kent, teaching politics and conflict modules.
violent conflicts; political economy; climate change; tribal politics; Iraq
(2022): ‘Iraq country profile’, in: Armed Conflict Survey 2022, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
& Osama al-Sayyad (2021): ‘Mismatched expectations. Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood after the Arab Uprisings’, in: Maha Yahya and Mohanad Hage Ali (eds.): A Restless Revival: Political Islam After the 2011 Uprisings, Carnegie Middle East Center, pp. 17-24. Available online.
(2020): ‘The impacts of climate change and sanctions on Iran’s water-food security nexus’, in: Luigi Narbone (ed.): Revisiting Natural Resources in the Middle East and North Africa, European University Institute. Available online.
(2020): The Popular Mobilisation Units as a Relief Agency. Can the Coronavirus Pandemic Accelerate Institutional Transformation?, Policy Brief 24, Middle East Directions (MED). Available online.
