Karim Mezran holds a PhD in International Relations from the SAIS at Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Laws in Comparative Law from the University of Rome (La Sapienza), an LLM in Comparative Law from George Washington University, a Master’s in Arab Studies from Georgetown University, and a BA in Management from Hiram College.
Karim Mezran is the director of the North Africa Initiative and a senior resident fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center of the Atlantic Council (Washington DC, USA), focusing on processes of change in North Africa.
He is the co-editor of three volumes published with Arturo Varvelli entitled “Foreign Actors in Libya’s Crisis” (2017), “The Arc of Crisis in the MENA Region: Fragmentation, Decentralization, and Islamist Opposition” (2018), and “The MENA Region: A Competition Among Great Powers?” (2019). He is the co-author of a book on Libya in Italian, titled “Libia: fine o rinascita di una nazione?” (Donzelli Editore 2012). He is also the author of a book in English on the identity crisis in the Middle East and North Africa, titled “Negotiation and Construction of National Identities” (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2007). His analyses on the Middle East and North Africa have been widely published in Italian and other languages. From 2002 to 2012, he was the director of the Center for American Studies in Rome. Additionally, he has taught courses on the history and politics of North Africa as an adjunct professor of Middle Eastern studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
