Zaki Samy Elakawi

Zaki Samy Mohamed Elakawi is Lecturer in Security and International Relations in the Middle East at Complutense University of Madrid. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid and Diploma in Security and Peace Operations by the United Nations. He is the Coordinator of International Observatory of Arab and Muslim World (OIMAM). His research focuses on security, conflict and international relations in the Middle East, national security and strategic issues

The geostrategic consequences of the Arab Spring

The Arab awakening is creating a new socio-political and economic reality in the region, transforming the balance of power, not because states have become stronger, but rather because states have become weak and fragile.

By Zaki Samy Elakawi

/ 22 Nov 2014