Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad
Founder & Director
Contact
Expertise
- Iran
- Middle East
- EU Foreign Policy
- U.S. Foreign Policy
- World Order
Languages
- English
- German
- French
- Persian (Farsi)
Bio
Experience
Current Positions
Founder & Director, Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG)
McCloy Fellow on Global Trends, American Council on Germany (ACG), New York.
Associate Fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), American University of Beirut (AUB)
Initiator & Co-Host, Berlin Mideast Podcast, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Affiliate, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science (OSI), Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
Collaborateur scientifique, Centre d'Etudes de la Coopération Internationale et du Développement (CECID), Faculty of Social and Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Member, Board of Trustees (Kuratorium), Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS, Kölner Forum für Internationale Beziehungen und Sicherheitspolitik) [GER]
Honorary Founder, The Eurasia Studies Society of Great Britain and Europe
Past positions
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Middle East and Comparative Politics, Institute of Political Science (IfP), University of Tübingen [D] & Coordinator, joint CMEPS MA program with the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) Department of Political Science {parental-leave position}
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center (BDC) & Nonresident Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Assistant Professor (part-time), Ph.D. program, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University (QU), Doha
Post-Doc Associate, The Iran Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Harvard Kennedy School)
Associate Fellow, Middle East & North Africa Program, Research Institute, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
Visiting Lecturer, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science (OSI), Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
Expert, Research Programme »Culture and Foreign Policy«, Institute for International Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart [GER]
Analyst, futureorg Institute, Dortmund [GER]
Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Duisburg–Essen [GER]
Inaugural Spokesperson, »Middle East / North Africa« research group, Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS) [GER]
Visiting Lecturer in Globalization and Development, Department of Social and Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages, University of Westminster, London
Education
Ph.D. in International Relations, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London)
M.A. in European Studies, Institute of Political Science, University of Münster [Germany]
M.Sc. in European Studies (cum laude), School of Management and Governance, University of Twente [NL]
B.A. in Public Administration, Institute of Political Science, University of Münster [D]
B.Sc. in Public Administration, Faculty for Business, Public Policy & Technology, University of Twente [NL]
Intermediate Diploma, Lille Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Lille) [F]
Publications (selection)
2023 The Islamic Republic in Existential Crisis: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in the EU’s Iran Policy, Paris: European Union Institute for Security Studies, Chaillot Paper 178, 29 June.
2021 Iran in an Emerging New World Order: From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (Studies in Iranian Politics), May. {advance praise}