I am a scholar with profound expertise that spans the realms of international politics, geopolitics and the intricate politics of the Arab world (Middle East and North Africa). My research delves into the complexities of the Question of Palestine, EU-MENA relations, colonialism and coloniality and recognition politics.
I am the author of two books: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine (Forthcoming 2025) and Palestinian Political Discourse (Routledge, 2016). My work has been regularly published in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, European Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, Mediterranean Politics, Settler Colonial Studies, Territory, Politics, Governance, Third World Quarterly, among others. I actively participate in public discourse, providing insightful commentary in the media and engaging in conferences and workshops.
As a passionate educator, I have designed and taught courses on topics ranging from coloniality and struggles of recognition to Palestine/Israel and global geopolitics. My commitment to fostering a deep understanding of the Middle East’s history, politics, religions and conflicts extends beyond classroom teaching. I have actively designed, organised and ran reading and discussion groups and study trips to provide students with a comprehensive grasp of the historical and dynamic geopolitics of the Middle East. I have mentored and supervised numerous students in their master’s theses. My multifaceted approach to research, teaching and mentorship reflects a dedication to academic excellence and the broader dissemination of critical knowledge.
Badarin, E. (Forthcoming, 2025). Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine (I.B. Tauris: London)
Badarin, E. 2016. The Palestinian Political Discourse: between Exile and Occupation. London: Routledge. ISBN-10: 1138101680. (Paperback December 2019
Badarin, E. 2024. “Foreign Policy and the Performance of Collective State Recognition Amidst Genocide”. Middle East Critique. DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2024.2408983
Badarin, E. (2023) “Politics, Geography and Recognition in the Emerging Multipolar World Order”, Territory, Politics, Governance. DOI:10.1080/21622671.2023.2214172
Badarin E. (2023) “Palestine and EU”. In Gürbey, G., Hofmann, S. and Seyder, F. (eds.) Between Diplomacy and Non-Diplomacy: Foreign relations of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan: 157–178. (Blind reviewed)
Badarin, E. (2022) “Afghanistan Beyond Geopolitical Lens”. Forum for International Cultural Relations at the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Relations), Stuttgart, Germany. Available in German: Jenseits der geopolitischen Linse (Solicited essay).
Badarin, E. and Schumacher, T. (2022) “The Eastern Mediterranean Energy Bonanza: A Piece in the Regional and Global Geopolitical Puzzle, and the Role of the European Union.” Comparative Southeast European Studies70(3): 414–438.
Badarin, E. and Wildeman, J. (2022) “Aid, Security and Fortress Europe: EU Development Aid in the Middle East and North Africa”. In: Bouris, D., Huber, D. and Pace, M. (eds.) Routledge Handbook on EU-Middle East Relations. London: Routledge: 401–410. (Blind reviewed) DOI: 10.4324/9780429317873-42
Badarin, E. 2021. “Politics of Recognition, Elimination and Settler-Colonialism”. Critical Sociology, (49)2: 233-252.DOI: 10.1177/08969205211058452
Badarin, E. 2021. “Localising Resilience: Discursive Projections, Entrapments and Domination”. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1–16. DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2021.1981234
Badarin, E. 2021. “Recognition of States and Colonialism in the Twenty-first Century: Western Sahara and Palestine in Sweden’s Recognition Practice”. Third World Quarterly. 42(6): 1276–1294. DOI:10.1080/01436597.2021.1884064
Badarin, E. 2020. “Jordan’s Economic, Security and Political Challenges under Covid-19”. Mediterranean Politics.DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2020.1850624
Badarin, E. 2020. “Politics and Economy of Resilience: EU Resilience-building in Palestine and Jordan and its Disciplinary Governance”. European Security. 30(1): 65–84. DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2020.1828357
Badarin, E. 2020. “States Recognition in Foreign Policy: The Case of Sweden’s Recognition of Palestine”. Foreign Policy Analysis, 16(1): 78–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/ory019
Badarin, E. and Schumacher, T. (2020) “The EU, Resilience and the Southern Neighbourhood After the Arab Uprisings”. In: Cusumano, E. and Hofmaier, S. (eds) Projecting Resilience Across the Mediterranean. Palgrave Macmillan: 63-86. (Blind reviewed)
Badarin, E. 2017. “Palestine: A Protracted Peacebuilding Process”. Conflict and Society: Advances in Research 3: 227–245.
Badarin, E. (2017) “From Social to Political Sectarianism in the Middle East World”. In: The Sectarian Question the Production of Minorities in the Arab World. Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies: Chapter 3 (Arabic). (Blind reviewed)
Badarin, E. (2017) “The British Mandate of Palestine: from Colonisation to Settler-Colonialism”. In: Britain’s Legacy in Palestine. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Blind reviewed)
Badarin E. 2015. “Settler-colonialist Management of Entrances to the Native Urban Space in Palestine”. Settler Colonial Studies 5(3): 226–235.
Badarin E. 2015. “Revolutionary Instability: An Opportunity to Construct a Pluralist Political Horizon”. Umran: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 11(3): 119–137. (Arabic).
Badarin, Emile (2024). The West is buying Israel extra time to accomplish its genocide. Middle East Eye, 29 May.
Badarin, E. 2024. Decades of colonialism led to Israel’s genocidal moment. Middle East Eye, 12 March.
Badarin, E. 2023. Facts bear no weight as EU leaders align with Israel’s genocidal war. Middle East Eye, 30 December.
Badarin, E. 2023. Why Gaza genocide is seen as an existential threat to Jordan. Middle East Eye, 8 December.
Badarin, E, 2023. This is not about Hamas. It’s a 75-year colonial war. Middle East Eye, 17 November.
Badarin, E. 2023. Israel-Palestine war: Gaza has sparked a meltdown in the West’s colonial mindset. Middle East Eye, 16 October.
Badarin, E. 2023. ‘Making the desert bloom’: Why Europe clings to the colonial mindset. Middle East Eye, 5 may.
Badarin, E. 2022. World Cup 2022: How Arab fans are speaking truth to Israel on Palestine. Middle East Eye, 2 December.
Badarin E. 2022. ICC: Justice for Ukraine, not Palestine. Middle East Eye, 11 April. Available in French, 18 April: CPI : la justice vaut pour l’Ukraine, mais pas pour la Palestine.
Badarin, E. 2020. Why Israel’s annexation plan is a direct threat to Jordan. Middle East Eye, 6 July.
Badarin, E. 2020. Coronavirus: Global academia gets a taste of the Palestinian lockdown. Middle East Eye, 16 April.
Badarin, E. 2019. Nothing can destroy the dream of Palestinian liberation. Middle East Eye, 17 July.
Badarin, E. and Wildeman, J. 2019. The ‘Deal of the Century’ condemns Palestinians to endless Apartheid. TRT World, 13 May.
Badarin, E. and Wildeman, J. 2019. Rethinking the nature of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Middle East Eye, 11 April.
Badarin, E. 2019. EU foreign policy normalises totalitarianism in the Middle East. Middle East Eye, 19 March.
Badarin, E. and Wildeman, J. 2018. How the EU’s principled pragmatism sows strife in the Middle East. Aljazeera, 26 October.
Formal and Informal Colonialism: Knowledge, Transformation and Power
Unit description:
This unit examines colonial tenets and practices and how they have been applied. It aims to help you understand how the spectre of colonialism continues to shape current economic, geopolitical and social realities in the so-called European Union’s ‘neighbourhood’ and beyond. The lectures engaging you with a variety of readings carefully selected to give a critical perspective on knowledge and power structures that underpin colonialism and coloniality as a way of thinking and performative practices. The linkages between colonialism and coloniality will be examined by parsing the post-WWII decolonisation process and how colonialism metamorphosised into long-standing hieratical power relations that permeate the present reality in this constructed ‘neighbourhood’ in particular and globally. In this sense, the unit will give you a deeper understanding of forms and grades of colonialism. Overall, the unit’s learning material and assignments seek to equip you with the conceptual and empirical knowledge and assist you develop your analytical and critical skills. Rather than being a recipient, the unit challenges your posture and gaze and allow you to engage in the contemporary discourse on de/coloniality and the search for pathways for freedom, justice and dignity.
Global Security: Geopolitics and Conflict in the 21st Century
Unit description:
Conflicts and international and regional geopolitical disputes inform the study of international security policies and practices. This unit seeks to help you understand global security issues involved in global geopolitical disputes and conflicts in recent years by engaging you with relevant theoretical frameworks and empirical cases. In particular, it assists you to develop analytical tools to critically understand the roots of the conflicts, geopolitics and security concerns within the context of the dynamic regional security environment of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Mediterranean more generally. It will also develop your understanding of the global effects of these conflicts and how they dovetail with each other and interlock diverse local, regional and international state and non-state actors. Overall, the unit provides foundational theoretical and empirical knowledge that helps you, as a scholar and citizen, to understand global security and critically engage in these debates.
Politics of Recognition
Unit description:
This unit introduces students to the politics of state recognition. State recognition is central to the dynamics of the birth and death of states, a process that have historically shaped the international order, society and politics. Through theoretical and empirical cases, the lectures will help you understand these dynamics and provides a new perspective to understand and analyse contemporary conflicts. The lectures/seminar engages students with the various dimensions of state recognition from theoretical, historical, legal and political perspectives. These dimensions will be discussed in the context of empirical cases of state recognition such as Palestine, Western Sahara and Kosovo. Other cases will also feature throughout the seminars. Upon the completion of this unit seminar, students should expect to acquire well-grounded theoretical, conceptual and empirical understanding and insights into the state recognition politics.
Reading/discussion groups
- Coloniality, Conflict and Geopolitics in the Middle East
- Geopolitics and Conflict within the Eastern Mediterranean
- Israel-Palestine Conflict