Dr. Eman Ragab

Expert Researcher in Regional Security in the Middle East - Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Dr Eman Ragab is an expert researcher in regional security in the Middle East at the AlAhram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) in Cairo. Her specific focus is on the Gulf region and Egypt. Currently she is the Editor in Chief of Bada’el (Alternatives), a series of peer reviewed policy papers issued quarterly by the ACPSS. She also worked as the editor of “Theoretical Trends in International Relations,” a periodical supplement to the Journal of International Politics al-Siyassa al-Dawliya, which is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the Arab region being issued by AlAhram since 1964. During 2011-2014 , she was the academic coordinator of the "Gulf Studies Program" at the Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo RCSS. During 2014, Dr. Ragab was non-resident fellow in the Future Center for Advanced Researches and Studies in Abu Dhabi. Before working at the ACPSS, she served as a Research Analyst, Political Issues Unit - Information and Decision Support Center, in the Egyptian Cabinet. She gained her Ph.D. in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, in 2014. Her works have been published in English and Arabic in many Egyptian, regional, and international platforms. Her recent publications include: “Iran’s Regional Role in the Arab Region?” (in Arabic), in :M.M. al-Zayat and N. Mosa’ad (eds.), Surveillance Study on Iran (Cairo: The Institute for Arab Research and Studies – The Arab League, 2014).