José Vericat joined IPI in May 2011 as Middle East Adviser.
He is currently based in the Middle East as Country Representative/Director of The Carter Center for Israel and Palestine. Previously José worked in the region for a decade as spokesperson for the EU and correspondent for the Spanish news agency EFE providing prize-winning coverage of the Second Intifada and the US invasion of Iraq, among other major historical events.
He has a DPhil in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford and an MA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. At Oxford he was the Sheikh Zayed Islamic Studies scholar. Dr. Vericat has taught courses on the Politics of the Middle East, Political Islam and the UN in the Middle East at the University of Oxford.
José also has a linguistic interest in the region. He is an Arabist, has professional working proficiency in Hebrew and can handle himself in Persian.
Selected Publications
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Libya’s overarching statelessness, and the violence and lawlessness that result, permeate the country, which is plagued by local-level conflicts. However, local mediation efforts have flourished over the last few years. As a senior UN official noted, “Local mediation is the best thing that has happened in Libya since the revolution.”This report examines these local mediation […]
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Civil society played a pivotal role in the Arab uprisings. By reconfiguring the social contract in a region distinguished by gender inequality, these revolts brought the status of women to the fore, and equal citizenship became a central goal. Social actors were therefore particularly active in contesting the constitution-making processes that were launched.Based on field […]
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The violence in the Middle East obfuscates the fact that there exists also a story of peace efforts across the region—a story of small successes, big frustrations, setbacks, and failures. Through these efforts, UN mediators have sought to achieve the often irreconcilable goals of ending violence while facilitating a political transition and reconciling the parties.
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No single individual has been credited with leading the Arab Spring. In fact, many have lamented that—in contrast to revolutions elsewhere—intellectuals and literary figures were conspicuously absent in the uprisings that began in Tunisia and spread across the region.
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The global submarine cable network needs to be governed and protected, but it also has risks and vulnerabilities, and the…
Rather than start with the supply side (what the UN can offer) the initial question should start with the demand side (what does…
With the end of the withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan, two major issues confront US policy. First is how to meet mounting humanitarian needs and save the social…
On the 9th of August, the United Nations Security Council held a high-level open debate on maritime security amid increasing urgency at the Council toward issues such as piracy, maritime…
Member states still agree on the need to counter terrorism in all its forms and manifestations with the sort of reinvigorated, networked multilateralism the…
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