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Ιlias Mitrousis graduated from the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus in 2018, and in 2020 he received a Master of Arts (MA) in “Mediterranean Studies” from the University of Peloponnese. Since 2025, he has been a PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the same University, where he works on his dissertation on the resilience and survival of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, with a focus on Jordan and Syria. Since November 2018, he has been a research associate at the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), contributing regularly with articles and analyses on political and social developments in the Middle East and North Africa. He speaks Greek, English, and French.

Greece’s Stance vis-à-vis the War in Iran: How Close Is Too Close?
March 26 2026
Annual Review of Greek Foreign Policy in the Middle East: 2025
March 7 2026
Politics Beyond Politics | Middle East Bulletin 47
January 18 2026
Beyond Non-State Actors: The States in the Middle East | Middle East Bulletin 46
June 29 2025
Beyond the State: Non-State Actors in the Middle East | Middle East Bulletin 45
January 14 2025
The Gaza War’s impact on Jordan: Navigating domestic protests, elections, and strategic alliances
November 12 2024
US Foreign Policy on the Gaza War: Objectives and Implications
July 19 2024
Turning Tides: Charting A New Path in Israel/Palestine | Middle East Bulletin 44
June 12 2024
US War on Iraq: 20 Years Later | Middle East Bulletin 43
July 2 2023
New Gulf Order? | Middle East Bulletin 42
July 3 2022
Middle Eastern reactions to the war in Ukraine: strategic selfishness or a prelude to evolving multipolarism?
April 3 2022
The Regional Great Game Revisited: Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan | Middle East Bulletin 41
January 11 2022
The Lebanese “Groundhog Day” of overlapping crises: Does it ever end?
November 23 2021
Crossing Borders in the Middle East | Middle East Bulletin 40
June 29 2021
The Arab uprisings: Break on through to the other side | Middle East Bulletin 39
January 13 2021
