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Sameh Al-Muqdadi
About
Dr. Sameh W. Al-Muqdadi is a Senior Fellow at IRIS focusing on energy, water, and sustainability. He has over twenty-five years of experience leading academic and development projects across Europe and the Middle East, with expertise in climate security, resource governance, and sustainable economic transitions. He is Managing Director of Relief International in Iraq, Chairman of the Sanad Organization for Economic Development, and Research Director of the Green Charter GC. Dr. Al-Muqdadi holds a PhD from TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany.
Key Peer-reviewed Publication:
- Al-Muqdadi, Sameh WH. "Theories of International Relations and the Hydropolitical
Cycle: The Hydro-Trap and the Anarchic Nature of Water Conflict." Theorizing
Transboundary Waters in International Relations. Cham: Springer International
Publishing, 2024. 13-29. - Al-Muqdadi, Sameh WH, et al. "The complex system of climate change security and the
ripple effect of water–food–socioeconomic nexus." Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and
Development 8.6 (2024): 3928. - Al-Muqdadi, Sameh WH. "The spiral of escalating water conflict: The theory of hydro-
politics." Water 14.21 (2022): 3466. - Al-Muqdadi, Sameh WH, et al. "Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the Water,
Energy, Food nexus for Arid Region." Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy,
Water and Environment Systems 9.4 (2021): 1-30. - Al-Muqdadi, Sameh WH, et al. "Groundwater flow-modeling and sensitivity analysis in a
hyper arid region." Water 12.8 (2020): 2131. - Al-Muqdadi, Sameh WH. "Developing strategy for water conflict management and
transformation at Euphrates–Tigris basin." Water 11.10 (2019): 2037. - Pohl, T., Al-Muqdadi, S. W., Ali, M. H., Fawzi, N. A. M., Ehrlich, H., & Merkel, B. (2014).
Discovery of a living coral reef in the coastal waters of Iraq. Scientific Reports, 4(1),
4250.
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