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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.

As Israel normalizes relations with the Arabsphere, can the Palestinians revive the Palestinian Question?
October 29 2020
Iran, interrupted | Middle East Bulletin 38
June 8 2020
Syria’s never-ending war(s); or why the end of the civil war does not mean peace
April 6 2020
Turkey: 100 years of dilemma | Middle East Bulletin 37
January 13 2020
Religious Pluralism in the Middle East: the Canary in the Coal Mine | Middle East Bulletin 36
June 18 2019
Sudan Calling: A belated Arab Spring or a continuing process?
April 22 2019
New Government – Persistent Challenges: Fragile Balances in post-elections Lebanon
March 18 2019
Russia in the Middle East: The Russian Bear in Mind | Middle East Bulletin 35
January 14 2019
