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Dr Ahmed Morsy
Associate Senior Researcher
Dr Ahmed Morsy
Dr Ahmed Morsy is an Associate Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Middle East and North Africa Programme, focusing on state-society relations and post-conflict dynamics in the MENA region. His research interests include foreign and security policies in the Middle East as well as political reform in the Arab world.
Before joining SIPRI, he was Senior Analyst at Eurasia Group providing research, analysis and risk assessments focusing on North African political and socio-economic issues. Ahmed was the Manager of the MENA program at the American Political Science Association (APSA), and he is a co-founder of the Arab Political Science Network (APSN). He received his PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, focusing on Egypt’s policy towards Iran. His work has been published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Middle East Institute, Atlantic Council and the Tahrir Institute, among others.
Subject expertise
State-society relations, Foreign and security politics, Political reform, Socio-economic development
Regional expertise
Middle East and North Africa, United States
Languages
Arabic, English
Education
PhD in International Relations, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citizenship
United States
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Yemen: Local grievances call for internationally supported local solutions (Blog, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Towards a Renewed Local Social and Political Covenant in Libya, Syria and Yemen (SIPRI, Stockholm : December 2022)
External publications
- Morsy A., On 10th anniversary of Qaddafi’s death, signs of stability in Libya, GZERO Media (Oct. 2021)
- Morsy A., Egypt’s Elections and Parliament: Old Habits Never Die, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) (March 2021)
- Morsy A., Alliances and Threats in the Middle East: Neoclassical Realism and the Balance of Interest, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) (March 2019)
- Morsy A., An Overview of Algeria’s Upcoming Elections, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (March 2017)
- Morsy A., Egypt: Uncertain and Troubling Times, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Mediterranean Yearbook (2016)
- Morsy A. and Wuite, C., A Return to the Mubarak System, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (April 2015)
- Morsy A., The Military Crowds out Civilian Business in Egypt, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (June 2014)
- Morsy A., Egypt’s al-Azhar Steps Forward, (with Nathan J. Brown), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Nov. 2013)
- Morsy A., Morsi’s Un-Revolutionary Foreign Policy, Middle East Institute (April 2013)
- Morsy A., An Eager Iran & Hesitant Egypt: Relations Before & After the Arab Spring, Muftah (2012)
- Morsy A., Egypt’s Transition in Danger of Regression, The Atlantic Council (April 2012)
- Morsy A., Is Egypt “Change Blind”?, The Atlantic Council (March 2012)
- Morsy A., Egypt’s Paradox: Foreign-Funded Military Attacks Foreign-Funded NGOs, The Atlantic Council (Jan. 2012)