Mona Saleh

Associate

Mona Saleh

  • Short CV

    • Since 01/2020: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies, and a Doctoral Student at the GIGA Doctoral Programme and the University of Lüneburg (Prof. Tobias Lenz)

    • Since 04/2022: A research fellow in the African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices (ANCIP) project at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), Universität Duisburg-Essen

    • 09/2022 - 12/2022:  A visiting Ph.D. researcher in the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy

    • 09/2019 - 12/2019: Mediterranean Dialogue (MED) Fellow, at NATO Defense College (NDC), Rome, Italy

    • 11/2018 - 06/2022: Research Fellow in the project „ The Authority of International Organizations and Institutional Overlap” at the University of Lüneburg, Germany

    • 07/2016 - 08/2018: Reporter-researcher, the Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.

    • 04/2014 - 09/2015: Research Assistant at the Global Affairs Program, Department of Public Policy and Administration – American University in Cairo, Egypt

    • 10/2013 - 02/2014: Research Assistant at the Religion and Peacemaking Program, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) – Washington DC, USA

    • 10/2011 - 11/2011: Visiting Fellow at Roger Williams University, RI, USA.

    • Education: M.A. International Relations and Political Sciences - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, and M.A. of Global Affairs – School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt.

    Current Research

    • Regional Organisations

    • League of Arab States & African Union

    • Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies

    • WMD Disarmament and non-proliferation.

    Countries and Regions

    North Africa


    Memberships

    • International Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2021
    • International Political Science Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2021
    • Middle East Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2021
    • Midwest Political Science Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2021

    Dissertation

    • Surviving Complexity: How International Organizations Claim Legitimacy Under Conditions of Institutional Overlap. The Case of the African Union

    Mona Saleh

    Associate

    [email protected]


    GIGA Focus Middle East | 6/2023

    Converging Interests, Diverging Realities: Arab League–EU Cooperation

    Caught in an endless cycle of engagement–suspicion–decline, the EU–Arab League relationship, now fractured anew by the Gaza crisis, requires deeper engagement and collaboration, extending beyond traditional security concerns, to break the existing cycle and profoundly reshape diplomatic realities.

    GIGA Focus Africa | 4/2021

    The Political Deadlock on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

    The failure of the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has intensified tensions between Ethiopia and downstream states Egypt and Sudan, and challenged traditional dynamics in the Nile River Basin. The authors explain the political stalemate based on three key factors.

    Frankfurter Rundschau | Quote | 11/12/2024

    Zwei neue Russland-Freunde geraten aneinander: Droht der „Wasserkrieg“ in Afrika?

    Werden die nächsten Kriege um Wasser geführt. Einen großen Wasserkrieg gab es bislang nicht – ändert sich das? GIGA-Forscherin Mona Saleh liefert Hintergründe.

    Arms Control TODAY | Article | 01/06/2021

    Is There a New Chance for Arms Control in the Middle East?

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