K.K. (Karim) El Taki, Dr
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2023-present · Assistant Professor, Politics in the Middle East · University of Groningen
2022-23 · Max Weber Fellow · European University Institute
EDUCATION
PhD, Politics and International Studies · University of Cambridge
Research Master, International Relations · Sciences Po Paris
Bachelor, Social Sciences and Middle Eastern Studies · Sciences Po Paris
RESEARCH
Research Positions
Doctoral Fellow · Orient-Institut Beirut, Max Weber Stiftung
Visiting Scholar · The George Washington University
Visiting Scholar · Georgetown University Qatar
Research Assistant · Carnegie Middle East Center
Fieldwork
Washington, DC; Doha; Cairo
PUBLICATIONS
El Taki, Karim. Forthcoming. Arms, News, and Lobbying: The Remaking of the Middle East Regional (Dis)Order. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
El Taki, Karim. 2026. "Ignorance is Power: The Antiepistemology of International Order." International Affairs 102 (3). Available here.
El Taki, Karim. 2025. "The Fall and Rise of Sovereignty." British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Available here.
El Taki, Karim. 2024. "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.
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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.