I am a scholar with specialized expertise in international relations, foreign policy analysis, the Middle East politics, history and studies, the Question of Palestine, EU-Middle East relations, colonialism/coloniality and recognition politics.
I am the author of two books: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine (Forthcoming, June 2025) and Palestinian Political Discourse (Routledge, 2016). My work has been regularly published in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as the Territory, Politics, Governance, Third World Quarterly, Critical Sociology, European Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, Mediterranean Politics, Settler Colonial Studies, Middle East Critique, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, among others. I actively participate in public discourse, providing insightful commentary in the media and engaging in conferences and workshops and public lectures.
Education
PhD Middle East Politics (University of Exeter) | MSc International Relations (University of Bristol), Political Science (Uppsala University), Spatial Planning (Royal Institute of Technology – KTH, Sweden) | BA Architectural Engineering (an-Najah University, Palestine)
Publications
Books
Badarin, E. (2025). Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine (London: I.B. Tauris)
Badarin, E. (2016). Palestinian Political Discourse: between Exile and Occupation. London: Routledge. ISBN-10: 1138101680. (Paperback December 2019)
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Badarin, E. (2025). “Decolonising faith: Palestinian Liberation Theology in the context of settler-colonialism”. Third World Quarterly, 1–16. DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2025.2511863
Badarin, E. (2024). “Foreign Policy and the Performance of Collective State Recognition Amidst Genocide”. Middle East Critique, 4(33): 635-654. . 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).
Commentary
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.