Muriel Asseburg is a Senior Fellow in the Middle East and Africa research division at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). She also serves as the Project Director for "Elite Change and New Social Mobilization in the Arab World." In 2008, Asseburg was a Guest Researcher at the Carnegie Middle East office in Beirut, Lebanon. From 2006-12, she was the Head of the Middle East and Africa research division at SWP. Her areas of expertise include the Middle East, Israel, the Palestinian territories and the Arab Spring