Elif Zaim is a Deputy Researcher at TRT World Research Centre. Previously, she worked as an expert in Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), conducting various projects in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. She received her BA in International Relations from International University of Sarajevo and her MSc in Middle East Politics at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on political and social issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
In Fixing Stories: Local Newsmaking and International Media in Turkey and Syria, Noah Amir Arjomand examines the overlooked role of local fixers who facilitate international news production,...
Elif Zaim and Michael Arnold talk with Dr Sener Akturk, Associate Professor of International Relations at Koc University, about Turkish-Russian relations and the complexities...
Elif Zaim and Michael Arnold talk with Ahmed Gatnash, co-founder of Kawaakibi Foundation, about the struggle against authoritarianism in the MENA region.
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Elif Zaim and Michael Arnold talk with Tarek Megerisi, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about Libya's election prospects.
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Elif Zaim and Michael Arnold talk with Christophe-Abi Nassif, the acting Lebanon program director at the Middle East Institute, about the race to rebuild...
Elif Zaim and Michael Arnold talk with Dr. Alaa Tartir, Program Advisor to Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, about the political economy of aid...
Looking at the latest crisis in Tunisia, this policy outlook examines the key economic and political issues at stake.
This year Tunisia marked the tenth...