Heiko Wimmen Project Director, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Heiko Wimmen oversees Crisis Group’s Iraq/Syria/Lebanon project. Prior to joining Crisis Group, he was an associate researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. He has also published with the Carnegie Middle East Center and MERIP, and recently oversaw an edited academic volume on Elite Change and New Social Mobilization in the Arab World. Heiko, who is German, has lived in the region since 1994, mostly in Beirut where he currently resides. Areas of Expertise Domestic politics of Lebanon, Syrian civil war, post-war Iraq Sectarianism and identity politics in the Middle East Divided societies Social movements and political activism Civil society in post-conflict institution building EU policies towards the Arab world Professional Background Fellow and research associate with German Institute for International and Security Affairs 2009-2015 Project manager and deputy director of the Beirut Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2004-2009 Professional fellow of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), 2002-2004 Independent Journalist and Broadcast Producer in Beirut, 1996-2002 Languages German English Arabic French In The News 11 آوریل 2023 Nothing happens in southern Lebanon without Hezbollah’s knowledge. Al Jazeera Heiko Wimmen Project Director, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon 14 اکتبر 2022 Israel and one of its neighbors [Lebanon] - a neighbor that doesn't officially recognize Israel - have come to a constructive solution for a conflict. And that's histor... DW Heiko Wimmen Project Director, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon Latest Updates Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 17 نوامبر 2023 Will There Be a Day After for Gaza? Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 20 اکتبر 2023 War in Gaza: To What End and At What Cost? Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 14 اکتبر 2023 Deterrence between Israel and Hizbollah Must Hold Also available in العربية Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 22 اوت 2023 UNIFIL is Needed More than Ever to Keep the Peace in Southern Lebanon Also available in العربية Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 19 آوریل 2023 The Impact of the Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement on Middle East Conflicts Also available in العربية Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 13 می 2022 Lebanon’s Vicious Cycles Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 14 آوریل 2022 The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa Also available in العربية Our Journeys / Middle East & North Africa 24 نوامبر 2021 Lebanon: A Journey to the End of the State Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 07 اکتبر 2021 Lebanon is Falling Apart Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 11 می 2021 Syria: How to prevent Israel-Iran shadow war spinning out of control Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 22 ژانویه 2020 Pulling Lebanon Back from the Precipice Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 21 اکتبر 2019 Lebanon’s Revolt Load more