Karim E. El-Baz

Karim El-Baz is an assistant professor in the Political Science program at Galala University and a research fellow at the Royal Military College of Canada. His research primarily focuses on the proliferation of WMD delivery vehicles in the Middle East, with a specific emphasis on emerging technologies, missiles, and drones.

Dr. El-Baz has contributed significantly to various academic journals, think tanks, and policy research centers. His work has been cited in reputable research entities, including the Congressional Research Service and Forbes. Dr. El-Baz is dedicated to advancing knowledge in Political Science and is committed to addressing critical issues in international relations.

• Research Fellow, Hames Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
• Policy Research Fellow, The University of Chicago.
• Research Fellow, The National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defence.
• Visiting Research Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy.
• Post-Doc Fellow, The Royal Military College of Canada.
• Ph.D. War Studies, The Royal Military College of Canada.
• M.A Political Science, Tübingen University, Germany.
• Double B.A. in political Science , History , The American university in Cairo.

• El-Baz, Karim, and Ali Dizboni. “Down with Aerial Supremacy, Up with Ballistic Missile,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies ( Accepted Manuscript TBP in 2024).
• El-Baz, Karim. The Genesis of the Ballistic Missile Proliferation Rationale in the Middle East. London: Routledge, Book Accepted for Publishment with Routledge to get published in 2024)
• El-Baz, Karim. “Losing Cyber to China: Egypt’s “Made in China” Drones and the U.S.-Egyptian Cyber Relations.” Harris Cyber Policy Initiative. (TBP in 2024).
• El-Baz, Karim, and Ali Dizboni, “Towards Building a Missile Proliferation Theory,” Journal of Defense Management 11, No. 6 (2021), https://www.longdom.org/open-access/towards-building-a-missile- proliferation-theory-the-moment-of-ballisticconsciousness-and-the-tactical-rationale.pdf
• El-Baz, Karim. “Walking the Thin Line of CAATSA for Aerial Superiority: The Origins of Egypt’s SU-35 Deal.” The Levant. August 8th, 2021. https://thelevantnews.com/en/2021/08/walking-the-thin-line-of-caatsa-for- aerial-superiority-the-origins-of-egypts-su-35-deal/
• El-Baz, Karim and Ali Dizboni, “Understanding the Egyptian Military Perspective on the Su-35 Deal,” The Washington Institute. July 15th, 2021. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/understanding- egyptian-militarys-perspective-su-35-deal
• El-Baz, Karim. “A Tale of Two Spyders: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s Air Defense System or Abiy’s Means of Regime Survival,” Centre for International and Defence Policy – CIDP, April 23rd, 2021. https://medium.com/centre-for-international-and-defence-policy/a-tale-of-two-spyders-the-grand- ethiopian-renaissance-dams-air-defense-system-or-abiy-s-means-of-33e13150d55
• El-Baz, Karim. “The Neo-Ballistic Middle East.” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. November 24th, 2019.https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/the-neo-ballistic-middle-east/
• El-Baz, Karim. “Tackling the Status Quo.” The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, 2017. 
• El-Baz, Karim. “The Middle East Trios: Egypt, Israel and Iran,” Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, 2016
• El-Baz, Karim. Evaluation, Coordination and Execution: An Analysis of Military Coup Agency at Instances of Successful Coup D’état. Cairo: AUC Press, 2016. (M.A. Thesis)

• International Relations
• Climate Change
• Arms Control
• Energy Policies
• Nonproliferation Studies 
• 4^th Generation Warfare, and Drones

• Assessing the risks of hypersonic glide vehicles on the NATO Air Defence Strategies – The Royal Military College of Canada.
• Development and formulation of arms control policies – The U.S Department of Energy.
• An Assessment of the impact of PRC’s MALE Drones Purchases in the Middle East on the U.S. – Middle East Strategic Partnership– Harris Public Policy Center, the University of Chicago.
• An Assessment of the Chemical Weapons Used in the Syrian Civil-War – James Martine Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
• The AUC Forum Data Bank – the American university in Cairo.

• Research Fellow, Hames Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
• Policy Research Fellow, The University of Chicago
• Research Fellow, The National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defence
• Visiting Research Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy
• Post-Doc Fellow, The Royal Military College of Canada
• COV-19 ResResearch Award, The Royal Military College of Canada
• HUSS Award, The American University in Cairo
• German Federal Foreign Office Grant, Tübingen University

• Assistant Professor, Political Science, Galala University, August 2023-Present
• Research Fellow, Hames Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
• Policy Research Fellow, The University of Chicago
• Research Fellow, The National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defence
• Visiting Research Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy
• Post-Doc Fellow, The Royal Military College of Canada
• Lecturer, The Royal Military College of Canada, September 2020, August 2022
• Associate Researcher, AUC Forum, June 2016 – June 2018

• Chief of Public Relations and Communications, Nexus Analytica, 2023

• Chief of Governmental and Non-Governmental Affairs, Nexus Analytic