Ilyas Saliba
CV
Since October 2013 Humboldt University, Berlin
PhD candidate at the Berlin Graduate School for Social Sciences (BGSS)
Dissertation Project: (working title): How elite perceptions, the sequence of diffusion and modus of regime decision-making in crises impact the ability for authoritarian learning
Since September 2013 WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin
Research fellow at Research Unit Democracy and Democratization
Communications officer at Research Unit Democracy and Democratization
Since April 2019 Global Public Policy institute, Berlin
Research Associate in the Human Rights and Democracy Team
January 2018 - April 2019 Amnesty International, Berlin
- MENA Desk and Advocacy for the German chapter of Amnesty International
September - December 2016 Oxford University, Nuffield College
Visiting Researcher at Nuffield College, Oxford
September - December 2015 Ecole Gouvernment et Economique
Visiting Researcher at the Centre de Recherche Economie Société et Culture (CRESC) at EGE in Rabat, Morocco
March - June 2015 American University in Cairo (AUC)
Guest Researcher at the Department for Political Science at American University in Cairo, Egypt
September - December 2014 European University Institute (EUI), Fiesole
Visiting Student at the Department for Political and Social Sciences
Program Associate to the Europe in the World Programm at the Robert Schumann Center for Adavnced Studies
2011-2013 ETH Zürich and University of Zürich
MA in International and Comparative Studies
Thesis: Explaining Authoritarian Resilience in Moments of Contestation: Morocco During the Arab Uprisings.
2012-2013 Free University Berlin
MA level exchange student at the Otto-Suhr Institute for Political Science
2007-2011 University of Hamburg
BA in Political Science - Bachelor Thesis: The EU Foreign Policy towards Libya
2010 University of Gothenburg
BA level exchange student in Politial Science with the School of Global Studies and the School of Public Administration
Selected Publications
Working Papers (work in progress)
- "Killing them softly? Assessing Pre-emptive Repression in Russia and Egypt" – with Ed Stoddard (University of Portsmouth)
- "Share It or Lose It? Authoritarian Power-Sharing and Regime Stability in Multi-Ethnic States." – with Yannick Pengl (ETH Zürich)
Book Reviews
- "Die neuen Staatsfeinde. Wie Helfer syrischer Flüchtlinge in Deutschland Kriminalsiert werden." Buchen, Stefan 2014 Online rezension beim Alsharq Blog
- “Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik – Anspruch oder Wirklichkeit?“ Volker Epping, Christiane Lemke, Alim Baluch (Edts.), Berlin (LIT Verlag), in S+F. Sicherheit + Frieden. Security + Peace, volume 4/2011; p. 292-4
- “The Afghanistan Challenge: Hard Realities & Strategic Choices” Hans-Georg Ehrhart / Charles C. Pentland (Edts.), McGill Queens University Press in S+F. Sicherheit + Frieden. Security + Peace, volume 2/2010; p. 124-5
Analysis and Blog posts (selection)
- "Deutschland sollte Tunesien unterstützen" at Frankfurter Rundschau - available online
- "Der Schwindende Mythos der Facebook Revolution" at Qantara - available online
- "Europe's misguided applause for Morocco's reform process" at Open Democracy - available online
- "False solidarity. Military adventures in Syria are morally wrong and not effective." – with Jannis Grimm at the IPG Journal in international politics - available online (german only)
- "A Plea for Diplomacy" piece on Syrian civil war and a potential way forward at the LSE Middle East Blog with Niklas Kossow - available online
- "Der Sommer des Palasts. Marokkos Monarchie erstickt die Demokratie mit Reformen" - available online (german only)
- "The Tunisian path. Challenging second phase of the transition" - available online (german only)
- "The Securitisation of Stability and the Demise of the Arab Uprisings" at the LSE Middle East Blog - available online
Global public Policy institute (GPPi)
Research Associate in the Human Rights and Democracy team
Working on the Academic Freedom index project
Studienkolleg zu Berlin
Head of international student research group at Project: Option Migration - Young unemployed academics from Southern Europe and motivations for migration to Germany
Center for Security Studies (CSS), Zürich
Researcher Associate at Project: Securitization of the Public Sphere
Center for International and Comparative Studies (CIS), Zürich
Research Assistant at Project: Differentiated Integration in the EU
University of Hamburg
Research Assistant at Project: Unclenching Fists: Dialogue & Diversity in Diplomatic Interaction
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Hamburg
Research Assistant at Project: PiraT: Piracy and Maratime Terrorism as a Challenge for Maritime Trade Security