Associate Fellows
Tamer Badawi is an Associate Fellow with Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO).
He is an Iraq analyst with over a decade of experience across think tanks, geopolitical risk consulting, the development sector, and journalism. His work is grounded in extensive field research across Iraq, where he has interviewed some of the country’s top political stakeholders, former prime ministers, government advisors, security officials, tribal leaders, political activists, and internally displaced persons.
Tamer’s research focuses on violent conflict, sub-state armed groups, foreign policy, and regional security, particularly the positioning of Iraqi paramilitary actors within the Iran-led ‘Axis of Resistance.’ His current interests lie in examining the interconnections between climate change, violent conflict, non-state armed groups (NSAGs), and political economy in Iraq and the wider region.
He is regularly invited to speak at high-level workshops and international conferences on Iraq and regional security. Tamer has been trained as a doctoral researcher at the University of Kent’s School of Politics and International Relations in Canterbury, United Kingdom. He holds an MA in International Relations from Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, earned in 2016, and in 2019 he was a Policy Leader Fellow at the School of Transnational Governance (STG) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Fiesole, Italy, a programme designed to bridge research and policy practice.
His insights have appeared in leading and emerging platforms, including the Carnegie Middle East Program, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Atlantic Council, Amwaj.media, and Al Monitor. His commentary and analyses have also been featured in international outlets such as Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP), Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle (DW), and The National.
For more information and a selection of Tamer Badawi’s publications, please visit his personal website: tamerbadawi.org
violent conflict; sub-state armed groups; foreign policy; regional security
(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.
