Jad Baghdadi is a Nonresident Fellow at TIMEP focusing on political economy issues in Lebanon and Syria. His mandate centers around advancing a policy vision and tangible policy recommendations for recovery and reform in Lebanon and Syria through a political economy analysis and understanding. He is a doctoral candidate and Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where his research focuses on state-capital relations, class dynamics, sectarianism, and capital accumulation across the MENA region. His doctoral thesis examines how state-capital relations in Lebanon reproduce the country’s sectarian and capitalist order. Jad also co-leads several research projects on the political economy of Syria and Lebanon, including on wartime business-state networks, private sector responses to Lebanon’s financial crisis, and the emerging institutional landscape of post-war Syria. His writings and analysis have appeared in a range of policy, media, and academic outlets. Jad has taught Political Economy in the Middle East and Middle East Politics at Oxford, and previously worked as a research analyst at The Economist, where he produced analysis and indices on sustainability, livability, and health across the MENA region. He has also held research roles at the LSE Middle East Centre and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Jad holds an MSc in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford and a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics.