Ayoub Menzli

Ayoub Menzli is Research Fellow in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). His work focuses on Euro-Mediterranean relations, North African politics and political economy, and the energy and climate transition across the Mediterranean basin. He is also a PhD candidate in Political Science at Roma Tre University. Previously, he served as a Non-resident Fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) and as a consultant for the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI). He holds a Master’s degree in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe (Natolin) and an M.Sc. in Economics and Financial Engineering from the University of Carthage.

His publications include:
- (with Gianmarco Riva) “EU Hydrogen Policy: What Path for a Just Energy Transition in North Africa?”, in FEMISE Conference Papers, n. 7-2024 (September 2024)
- “Beyond Extraction and Austerity: Tunisia’s Path to Prosperity”, in TIMEP Analysis, 30 April 2024
- “Consecuencias económicas de la guerra de Gaza en la región MENA”, in afkar/ideas, n. 71 (2024), p. 54-57
- “Tunisia’s IMF Deal: The Country’s Subsidies Under Threat”, in TIMEP Analysis, 21 December 2022