K.K. (Karim) El Taki, Dr

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2023-present · Assistant Professor, Politics of the Middle East · University of Groningen

2022-23 · Max Weber Fellow · European University Institute

EDUCATION

2022 · PhD, Politics and International Studies · University of Cambridge

2017 · Research Master, International Relations · Sciences Po Paris

2015 · Bachelor, Social Sciences and Middle Eastern Studies · Sciences Po Paris

RESEARCH

Research Positions

2021 · Doctoral Fellow · Orient-Institut Beirut, Max Weber Stiftung

2019 · Visiting Scholar · The George Washington University

2019 · Visiting Doctoral Student · Georgetown University Qatar

2016 · Research Assistant · Carnegie Middle East Center

Fieldwork

Washington, DC; Doha; Cairo

PUBLICATIONS

El Taki, Karim. "The Fall and Rise of Sovereignty." British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Available here.

El Taki, Karim. "Sanctions and Stigma: Regional and Global Ordering in the Gulf Crisis." Middle East Critique. Available here.

El Taki, Karim. 2021. “Subordinates’ Quest for Recognition in Hierarchy.” Millennium: Journal of International Studies 50 (1): 55-82. Available here.

El Taki, Karim. 2023. “Qatar's Stakes in the Israel-Hamas Conflict.” Sada Journal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Available here.

El Taki, Karim. 2017. “Rivalry for Religious Dominance in Egypt.” Sada Journal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Available here.

Works in Progress

El Taki, Karim. Arms, News, and Lobbying: The Remaking of the Middle East Regional (Dis)Order. Book manuscript in preparation.

El Taki, Karim. "Circumventing the Authoritarian Challenge: Lobbying and the Study of Middle Eastern IR." Article manuscript in preparation.

El Taki, Karim, Mayada Madbouly, and Kaoutar Ghilani. "Ramadan, TV, and Us: Intersectional Reflections on Popular Visual Culture." Article manuscript in preparation.