Tarek Megerisi is a political analyst and researcher who specialises in politics, governance and development in the Arab World. Based out of London, he has worked as a consultant on Libya's transition with various NGOs, collaborating with a range of international experts on issues of democratization and constitutionalism to directly assist Libya's new institutions. He left the Sadeq Institute, Libya's first independent think tank where he worked as a research fellow for Political Affairs, in 2014 to work as a freelance analyst advising international bodies on foreign policy toward Libya. He publishes research papers on Libyan issues from property rights to the 2011 revolution and commentates on Libyan developments for various publications, such as Foreign Policy magazine. Tarek has an M.A. from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).