Dr. Al-Adawi previously served as the Director of the Future Studies Unit at the Security Research Center. He was the Director of the Economics and Political Science Program at Galala University. He is the founder and executive director of the Cairo Center for African Studies. Dr. Al-Adawi has lectured at several universities, including the American University in Cairo and the Police Academy. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
He served as the Acting Director of the American Studies and Research Center at the American University in Cairo from 2020 to 2021 and as the Executive Director of Egypt's International Economic Forum from 2018 to 2019.
كAdditionally, Dr. Al-Adawi has worked at several research centers such as the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC. He was a fellow at NATO Defense College and the American Security Project and served as an advisor at the Arab Organization for Industrialization from 2019 to 2020. His research interests include geopolitical issues, counter-terrorism, politics and foreign relations, technology, and national security. ;