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Younes Zangiabadi is the co-founder of the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD), where he plays a leadership role in shaping the organization's mission, vision, and development strategy. He also directs the Middle East program and oversees a team of researchers conducting policy research on strategic challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond. In addition to convening multi-track dialogues and high-level government briefings, Younes is also the lead organizer of IPD’s flagship Annual Middle East Strategy Forum, Canada’s largest international conference on Middle East security and geopolitics.
Currently, he serves as a member of the Civil Society Policy Action Group, which comprises of a group of leaders in the civil society community and high-level government officials in Canada with a two-year mandate to provide advice to Global Affairs Canada on the shared approach, vision, and priorities necessary to support the effective mutual implementation of the CSO Policy. He also regularly consults intergovernmental agencies affiliated with the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Younes holds a master's degree in international affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland and previously served as a Young Foreign and Security Policy Fellow with the Geneva Center for Security Policy. He has been published in major journals and publications and referenced and interviewed by international media outlets for his insights and expertise on the Middle East and North Africa.
