https://aliabrahimi.global Alia Brahimi Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:09:05 +0000 https://aliabrahimi.global en https://aliabrahimi.global/Home Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:09:48 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Home Click the links below&nbsp;︎ Academia / Commentary / Public Speaking / Policy / Media / Advisory / Community <img width="4238" height="4517" width_o="4238" height_o="4517" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9e6ba92fce20e6f556a81b9e354d9e2819fbbfffcd22f21d11048eeb3e896d2/Dr-Alia-Brahimi-Doha-Forum.jpeg" data-mid="243772133" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9e6ba92fce20e6f556a81b9e354d9e2819fbbfffcd22f21d11048eeb3e896d2/Dr-Alia-Brahimi-Doha-Forum.jpeg" /><img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9eac11a0e38ceaaf35936fa005345c546aa21dd13344a995aee8efda9a4908ad/Dr-Alia-Brahimi-Advisory.jpeg" data-mid="243771749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9eac11a0e38ceaaf35936fa005345c546aa21dd13344a995aee8efda9a4908ad/Dr-Alia-Brahimi-Advisory.jpeg" /><img width="4000" height="1848" width_o="4000" height_o="1848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1234b29173f2f817f8a6ef8ef0a9f4c9509cd46e03c2a154c29612e06c06f11e/Dr-Alia-Brahimi-Middle-East-Peace-and-Security-forum.jpeg" data-mid="243772126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1234b29173f2f817f8a6ef8ef0a9f4c9509cd46e03c2a154c29612e06c06f11e/Dr-Alia-Brahimi-Middle-East-Peace-and-Security-forum.jpeg" /> .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Academia Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:12:42 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Academia Academia Academic positions 2013-2016 Visiting Research Fellow, Pembroke College, University of Oxford 2009-2013 Research Fellow, Global Security, London School of Economics and Political Science 2008-2009 Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford 2007-2009 Research Associate, Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford 2004-2007 Tutor in the Politics of the Middle East, University of Oxford Selected academic publications Jihad and Just War in the War on Terror, Oxford University Press, November 2010<img width="333" height="500" width_o="333" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06a29e3d7b425ccc277e52f95ac8deddf6763ba69f5e60a18f0343cd3119a050/JJW-Book-cover.jpg" data-mid="9912728" border="0" data-scale="30" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/333/i/06a29e3d7b425ccc277e52f95ac8deddf6763ba69f5e60a18f0343cd3119a050/JJW-Book-cover.jpg" /> Artificial Intelligence and International Relations in the Middle East, in Alex Arduino (ed), Cyber Mediation Linking the Gulf and Asia, Routledge, 2027Alternative (Dis)Order: Are Armed Groups in the Middle East Eclipsing the Nation State?, Middle East Peace and Security Forum / Atlantic Council Report, February 2025Libya’s Mercenaries Crisis: ‘I am Here to Protect the King of Kings’, in Richard Iron and Damien Kingsbury (eds.), How Wars End: Theory and Practice, Routledge, 2023The Enemy is in Kabul, in Brian Brivati (ed.), Losing Afghanistan, Biteback, 2022Review - How ISIS fights: Military tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt by Omar Ashour, Middle East Journal 75:3, 1 October 2021Ideology and Terrorism: Causes and Motivations, in Erica Chenoweth, Richard English, Andreas Gofas and Stathis Kalyvas (eds), The Oxford Handbook on Terrorism, OUP, March 2019 Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 Decade, in Richard English and Adam Roberts (eds), Illusions of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, OUP, September 2015 The Evolution of Global Jihadism, in International Institute for Strategic Studies, Armed Conflict Survey (inaugural edition),&nbsp; February 2015 Competing Narratives in the Syrian Crisis, research paper for LSE Security in Transition Programme, February 2013 Al-Qaeda in the Changing Arab Context, policy brief for Institut français des relations internationales, September 2012 Al-Qaeda Ten Years On, British Academy Review, issue 19, January 2012 What is Al Qaeda Today?, in Manuel Almeida (ed), Al Qaeda After bin Laden, Al-Mesbar Press [Dubai], December 2011 Libya’s Revolution, Journal of North African Studies 16:4, December 2011 Islamic Radicalisation in Libya, George Joffe (ed), Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa: Politics and Process, Routledge, September 2011 Al-Qaeda as Just Warriors? Osama bin Laden’s Case for War, in Jeevan Deol and Zaheer Kazmi (eds), Contextualising Jihadi Thought, Hurst &amp; Co, July 2011 Religion and War, in Hew Strachan and Sibylle Scheipers (eds), The Changing Character of War, Oxford University Press, May 2011 Subverting Islam, LSE Research, issue 3, Spring 2011 The Taliban’s Evolving Ideology, LSE Global Governance Paper Series, April 2010 *Most Downloaded LSE Working Paper 2010/2011 and 2011/2012* Crushed in the Shadows: Why Al-Qaeda Will Lose the War of Ideas, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 33:2, February 2010 Asymétrie Morale, Didier Danet, Christian Malis and Hew Strachan (eds) La Guerre Irrégulière, Economica, December 2010 Terrorist Beheadings: Politics and Reciprocity, Adam Roberts and Sibylle Scheipers (eds), Prisoners in War, Oxford University Press, November 2009 Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Commentary Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:04:23 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Commentary Commentary A mercenary storm is gathering, Newsweek, 11 September 2025 Recognising a Palestinian state is important but no substitute for ending atrocities in Gaza, Newsweek, 31 July 2025 Don’t call the war on Iran preemptive, Foreign Policy, 23 June 2025Tensions between Turkey and Egypt thaw - but Libya heats up, Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 23 December 2024Biden must end the war in Gaza before he leaves office, Newsweek, 13 November 2024A world in crisis is good news for North Africa’s political elites, Atlantic Council, 25 June 2024Russia is profiting from an oil corruption binge in Libya, Newsweek, 29 April 2024America has pressured Israel before—and can do it again, Foreign Policy, 29 March 2024Liberalism’s reckoning in Gaza, Newsweek, 17 November 2023Even Hamas’ atrocities cannot justify Israel’s actions, Newsweek, 1 November 2023Libya’s political impasse and the $6 billion question, Atlantic Council, 1 February 2023Jordan’s Women in the Ranks, Carnegie, 16 June 2022Fighting Females: Women in the Lebanese Armed Forces, Carnegie, 5 May 2022Kuwaiti Women in the Armed Forces, Carnegie, 25 February 2022At least three of Libya’s presidential candidates may not be fit for the role. Here’s who they are, Atlantic Council, 21 December 202120 years after 9/11, U.S. global authority is weaker than ever, Foreign Policy, 8 September 2021 How Israel lost the culture war, Foreign Policy (online + print), 24 May 2021Libya has a mercenaries problem. It’s time for the international community to step up, Atlantic Council, 20 May 2021The Capitol coup attempt was the far-right’s opening shot, Foreign Policy, 27 January 2021Women in the Arab defence space, Carnegie, 14 December 2020Why Algeria is suddenly more interested in Libya, Atlantic Council, with Akram Kharief, 6 March 2020Qassem Suleimani wanted US troops out of Iraq. If they go, ISIS will be back, Foreign Policy, 17 January 2020Did Mohammad bin Salman just give jihadis the world’s greatest terrorist recruiting tool?&nbsp;Foreign Policy, 7 August 2019Arms cannot end Libya’s agony, whatever its would-be strongman claims, The Guardian, 18 April 2019 The caliphate is over, but ISIS will be back in another form, The Guardian, 26 March 2019 Theresa May can’t outsource counter-terrorism to Silicon Valley, The Guardian, 21 September 2017Strategic lessons from the ejection of ISIL from Sirte, Atlantic Council, with Jason Pack, 26 May 2017 Why Libya is still a global terror threat, The Guardian, 25 May 2017 Tactical lessons from the ejection of ISIL from Sirte, Atlantic Council, with Jason Pack, 23 May 2017 ISIL after Mosul: Insurgency and rivalry, Al Jazeera, 19 March 2017 From the rubble of Aleppo, ISIL rises, Al Jazeera, 21 December 2016 Aleppo and the myth of Syria’s sovereignty, Al Jazeera, 18 October 2016 ISIL may be in crisis but so is the coalition, Al Jazeera, 31 May 2016 Defining a 'full-spectrum' counter-terrorism strategy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 22 July 2015 ISIS and global jihad, International Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2015 The Islamic State in Libya: Between unity and fragmentation, Project for the Study of the 21st Century, 5 April 2015 What strategy for Tikrit, Mosul and beyond?, Al Jazeera, 12 March 2015 Gaza: No innocent victims?, Al Jazeera, 27 July 2014 (12,000 ‘Likes’) Unleash diplomacy, not missiles, in Syria, Al Jazeera, 1 September 2013 Supreme emergency at Guantanamo Bay, Al Jazeera, 18 April 2013 Iraq: You didn’t fall… We pushed you, Al Jazeera, 21 March 2013 Inspiring extremism, Al Majalla, 27 March 2013 Syria: Talks or a fight to the end?, Al Jazeera, 4 March 2013 Jihadi opportunism, Al Majalla, 5 February 2013 Al-Qaeda resurgent, Al Jazeera, 8 November 2012 Half-light in Syria, Al Jazeera, 11 September 2012 Dangerous contradictions in Syria, Al Jazeera, with Prof G Joffe, 28 June 2012 Islamism in Libya, LSE Ideas, 20 April 2012 Syria Street, Lebanon, Al Jazeera, 19 April 2012 Libya’s elections must be postponed, The Telegraph, 23 March 2012 The dilemma for Syria’s neighbours, Al Jazeera, with Prof G Joffe, 28 February 2012 The changing face of al-Qaeda, Al Jazeera, 5 July 2011 Al-Qaeda is its own worst enemy, Al Jazeera, 7 May 2011 Al-Qaeda’s renewed focus, LSE British Politics and Policy, 25 January 2011 Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Public-Speaking Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:04:40 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Public-Speaking Public Speaking Alia is an experienced speaker, and has addressed a range of public, corporate and academic audiences, including at The Frontline Club, the UK Parliament, The V&amp;A Museum, Windsor Castle, Cambridge University, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the British Academy, Chatham House, the York Festival of Ideas, the Doha Forum, Waseda University Tokyo, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Middle East Peace &amp; Security Forum, and the Thessaloniki International Symposium of World Affairs.&nbsp; While working as an academic at Oxford University and LSE, she routinely gave public lectures and organised and chaired a number of large public events. She has also delivered after-dinner speeches for private events, in London and the Middle East, and has been entrusted to chair politically-sensitive panels. <img width="416" height="260" width_o="416" height_o="260" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5dd16aed4e8c51f0ffa0f81a305078413137d0b603a74858e49e2174525dc84/Frontline-Club-2.png" data-mid="9924834" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/416/i/b5dd16aed4e8c51f0ffa0f81a305078413137d0b603a74858e49e2174525dc84/Frontline-Club-2.png" /> Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Political-Expertise Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:05:11 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Political-Expertise Policy Alia has been consulted as a political expert by several governments in the west and in the Middle East and North Africa. She has led policy projects with funding from the UK FCDO and has delivered private briefings to many ministers and defence agencies. Alia has also served as an expert witness to the UK Parliament's Defence Select Committee on emerging threats from the Middle East and North Africa. <img width="972" height="887" width_o="972" height_o="887" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb999a10dd6f91a9ff639a2c59c82e82092556645a4d781363f4c1b508adcab7/Screen-Shot-2018-01-20-at-13.33.01.png" data-mid="9922232" border="0" data-scale="47" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/972/i/cb999a10dd6f91a9ff639a2c59c82e82092556645a4d781363f4c1b508adcab7/Screen-Shot-2018-01-20-at-13.33.01.png" /> Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Media Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Media Media Alia has extensive broadcast media experience, including appearances on: BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, BBC Newsnight, NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, BBC News 24, BBC Ten O'Clock News, BBC World News, Al-Jazeera Inside Story, Al-Arabiyya News, Channel 4 News, BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4’s The World at One, BBC World Have Your Say, National Public Radio (USA), BBC World Service News (The World Today), ITV News At Ten, Sky News, SBS Dateline (Australia), France 24, France Agence Presse TV, Voice of America, Voice of Russia, Spanish National Radio, NBC News (USA), Monocle 24, and Capetalk Radio (South Africa). <img width="1458" height="812" width_o="1458" height_o="812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4d3de2101e583f89f5c16c59503224d457f0f9792c82f2a00e56207155c727a/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-17.11.27.png" data-mid="243293832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4d3de2101e583f89f5c16c59503224d457f0f9792c82f2a00e56207155c727a/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-17.11.27.png" /> She is also regularly interviewed for the international print media, including by Reuters, The Times, Associated Press, Agence France Presse, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Welle (Germany), El Pais (Spain), Correio Braziliense (Brazil), Clarín (Argentina), Pravda (Slovakia), RBC Daily (Moscow), The Global Times (China), El Watan (Algeria), Le Figaro (France), Semana (Colombia), Today’s Zaman (Turkey), Valor Econômico (Brazil), Expresso (Portugal) and ANA-MPA (Greece). <img width="1436" height="920" width_o="1436" height_o="920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25f386f0b7fe1f982a929b5577a7373daa242b023280b0821e8a011cb62a2cc0/International-copy-copy.png" data-mid="9986061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25f386f0b7fe1f982a929b5577a7373daa242b023280b0821e8a011cb62a2cc0/International-copy-copy.png" /> <img width="866" height="1170" width_o="866" height_o="1170" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b91e4d296c0aa541858a953585787ddb4257b23425c4dd9b55b8ddf214c02756/Screenshot-2026-01-19-at-18.03.32.png" data-mid="243574076" border="0" data-scale="21" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/866/i/b91e4d296c0aa541858a953585787ddb4257b23425c4dd9b55b8ddf214c02756/Screenshot-2026-01-19-at-18.03.32.png" />Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Advisory Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:06:15 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Advisory Advisory Alia has long served as an advisor in the Middle East and North Africa, on projects commited to democracy and its attendant values. She helps to build alliances and to win arguments. <img width="497" height="585" width_o="497" height_o="585" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a14681b83bf17f0febace502e58dc13a6b85b8ac9e38881c8f0dc85c05618a9c/ALIA-LOGO-WHITE.png" data-mid="55092131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/497/i/a14681b83bf17f0febace502e58dc13a6b85b8ac9e38881c8f0dc85c05618a9c/ALIA-LOGO-WHITE.png" /> Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Charity Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:06:32 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Charity Community Alia is the founder of Plump'd, a UK-registered charity dedicated to fighting child hunger. It sends Plumpy'Nut to starving and malnourished children in humanitarian crises and conflict zones. Plumpy'Nut is a nutrient-enriched peanut paste used to treat emergency malnutrition cases. It comes ready-to-eat in a 500-calorie packet and doesn’t require cooking, refrigeration, milk or water. Since its founding in 2012, Plump'd has sent Plumpy'Nut to: children living with HIV in rural areas of Tanzaniachildren in one of the areas hardest-hit by the Ebola virus in Sierra Leonechildren caught up in the war and humanitarian crisis in Aleppo and Idlib, Syriachildren confronting conflict, cholera and famine in Yemenchildren fleeing&nbsp; the besieged Tigray region in Ethiopiachildren on the brink of famine in Somalia.&nbsp; Plump'd is run by volunteers and operates a 100 % donation policy: every cent donated goes towards buying and delivering Plumpy'Nut. Nothing else. www.plumpd.org <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2190f3aea9eada330f3bcc587e230ad0f2747bacc3a512368b6745f69ff36f27/unnamed-1.jpg" data-mid="9923232" border="0" alt="Sachets sent by Plump'd in use in Port Loko, Sierra Leone" data-caption="Sachets sent by Plump'd in use in Port Loko, Sierra Leone" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2190f3aea9eada330f3bcc587e230ad0f2747bacc3a512368b6745f69ff36f27/unnamed-1.jpg" />Sachets sent by Plump'd in use in Port Loko, Sierra Leone Prev / Next .nav a:first-child{border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff}.left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;} https://aliabrahimi.global/Profile Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:09:05 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Profile Profile Dr Alia Brahimi is a scholar of International Relations, with a specialisation in the Middle East and North Africa. She is currently a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council.&nbsp; Alia previously held a number of academic positions, most recently as Visiting Fellow at the Oxford University Changing Character of War Programme, at Pembroke College. She was a Research Fellow in Global Security at the London School of Economics (2009-2013) and a Research Associate in International Relations at the University of Oxford (2007-2009).Her current research interest is in normative theory, with a focus on mercenaries and their impact on international order. She is the writer, producer and host of the Atlantic Council's Guns for Hire podcast.Alia also works as an advisor on political and security issues related to the Middle East, most recently leading an anti-corruption media campaign focused on North Africa. Alia read for her Master’s (MPhil) and PhD (DPhil) in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where she also completed her post-doctoral research. She is the author of Jihad and Just War in the War on Terror (OUP, 2010) as well as many academic articles and policy briefs on jihadist ideology, Libya, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and just war theory. &nbsp; &nbsp; While based at the LSE, Alia established a Visiting Fellowship scheme between LSE and the University of Basrah. In addition, her research papers were the most downloaded from the LSE website two years running. Alia is an experienced speaker, and has addressed a range of public, corporate and academic audiences, including at The Frontline Club, the UK Parliament, The V&amp;A Museum, Windsor Castle, the York Festival of Ideas and the Royal Bank of Scotland. She has also served as an expert witness to the UK Parliament's Defence Select Committee. Alia is regularly quoted by the international press and has written for a range of publications, including opinion columns for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Newsweek and Foreign Policy, and analysis pieces for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London), the Atlantic Council (Washington DC), the Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (Paris), the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Rome), and the Carnegie Middle East Center (Beirut), among many others. She makes regular appearances in the broadcast media, including on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, PBS Newshour, BBC Ten O’Clock News, Al Jazeera’s Inside Story, National Public Radio (USA) and BBC Newsnight. Alia is also the founder of Plump'd, a UK-registered charity dedicated to fighting child hunger. Work Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Programs, Atlantic CouncilPolitical Advisor, Threat Monitoring and Anti-Corruption, Middle East&nbsp; Research Fellow, University of Oxford Research Fellow, London School of Economics Education University of Oxford, Post-doctoral research in International Relations University of Oxford, D.Phil (PhD) in International Relations University of Oxford, M.Phil (Master's) in International Relations University of&nbsp;Edinburgh, M.A. in Philosophy .left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;}div.nav a:nth-child(2){border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff !important} https://aliabrahimi.global/Contact Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:08:49 +0000 Alia Brahimi https://aliabrahimi.global/Contact Contact Feel free to get in touch: hello@aliabrahimi.global .left-nav{background: rgb(108, 108, 108);border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd0ff;}div.nav a:nth-child(3){border-bottom:2px solid #ffd0ff !important}