Heiko Wimmen

Project Director, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon

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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 Apr 2023

Nothing happens in southern Lebanon without Hezbollah’s knowledge. Al Jazeera

Heiko Wimmen

Project Director, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

14 Oct 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