Hichem Karoui, PhD

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IDENTIFICATION

Fist Name: Hichem Second Name: KarouiNationality: French (born in Tunisia)

Mobile: (974)66447964 (Doha, Qatar) (86) 188-4223-6591Email: hkaroui@outlook.com

info@hichemkaroui.com

Personal website: http://www.hichemkaroui.comArabic pers. website: http://arabic.hichemkaroui.com/LinkedIn: http://qa.linkedin.com/in/hichemkaroui

Presently (since October 2013): Media and Political Advisor at the Diplomatic Institute. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar.

Columnist-commentator for CCTV news, (since 2015).

Previous positions (until July 2013)

Newspaper Columnist for: The Gulf Today (UAE) and Al-Madinah (KSA).

(Until March 2013):

Associate Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

(ACRPS). Coordinator of the Political Unit. Head of Electronic publishing

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SYNOPSIS

Political analyst, researcher and consultant for various media and organizations, with 30 years’ experience across Europe and the MENA region. I work at the intersection of culture and security, with a special focus on value and risk analysis and forecasting. As a Special Advisor and Analyst, my insights can make the difference between right and wrong decisions for any organization working in the region’s political, societal and business environments.

I published throughout my career daily and weekly analyses, along with peer-reviewed articles, about politics in the Middle East, the USA, Europe, and international relations, as well as books in three languages. I participated to several international conferences. My duties at the Diplomatic Institute include the following:- Strategic thinking, scenario- building, and policy analysis.- Media strategies.- Speech writing.- Executive Editor of the Magazine of the Ministry + Editing, reviewing and supervising translations and publications of the Institute in both English and Arabic.- General advisory and recommendations.- Annual Survey of regional and international think tanks and organizations.

From 2011 through 2013, I was Associate Researcher at ACRPS (Doha Institute). At the same time, I served as Head of Online publishing (Website academic supervisor) and Coordinator of the Political Unit producing regular unsigned Assessment Reports and Policy papers, of which I was the Editor.

In 2009, while based in Paris, I have founded and supervised as Editor-in-Chief a peer-reviewed journal: Middle East Studies, to which several renowned scholars were associated as members of the international Editorial Board.

I am member of the editorial board of peer-reviewed journals: Maxwell Sciences for the journal “Current Research Journal of Social Sciences,” Adjunct fellow of the Guild of independent scholars (Florida, USA), which publishes the “Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences.”

I have contributed as regular columnist at several media outlets, such as the Gulf Today (UAE), Al-Madinah newspaper (Saudi Arabia); Al-Arab (London)... and was several times guest and political commentator for radio and TV (France 24?

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Al Jazeera, etc.)… I was France Editor for World Security Network Foundation (WSN). My scholarly papers have been regularly diffused on Social Science Research Network.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS (few examples)

Event Paper presented/nature of participation

Publication

Open Sources and the Leaked American Diplomatic Cables. Beirut, Lebanon. March 04, 2011.

Paper: Diplomacy Versus the revolution of "transparent society" and "risk society". Wikileaks: international and regional implications

Published in a book

The Arabs and Turkey: Challenges of the Present and the Outlook for the Future. Doha, Qatar. May 18, 2011.

Paper: Post-Kemalist Politics in Turkey

Published in a book

The 2011 Gulf Research Meeting. July 6 – 9, 2011. University of Cambridge.

Paper: Iraq and its Future as a Contentious Issue: The Struggle for Preponderance in the Gulf Region and the Iranian Influence in Iraq

The Palestinian September: Between the Oslo Track and Reverting to International Institutions. Doha, Qatar. September 10, 2011.

Member of the organizing team.

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Arabs and the Horn of Africa: the Dialectic of Regional Proximity and Affiliation. Doha, Qatar. November 27, 2011.

Member of the organizing team. Chair of session.

The Arab Revolutions and Democracy: The Roots of the Sectarian Divide and the Means to Address It. Doha, Qatar . January 28, 2012.

Member of the organizing team.

The Yemeni Revolution : Historical Background, Local Specificities, and Future prospects. Doha, Qatar. February 18, 2012

Member of the organizing team.

Annual Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities. Doha, Qatar. March 24, 2012.

Member of the organizing team.

The Arab Spring, one year later. Workshop of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service . April, 2012.

Paper: Arab Spring. New Cultural Values?

Published in a book

Islamists and Democratic Governance: Experiences and Future Directions, Doha, Qatar, October 6 and 7, 2012

Member of the organizing team.

Annual Conference of Strategic and Policy Studies Research Centers in the Arab WorldDecember 15 to 17, 2012, Doha, Qatar

P a p e r : t r a n s n a t i o n a l organizations’ challenges to the Arab revolutions

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MEDIA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 (present)

Columnist and Commentator for CCTV News (CNTV), China.

1998 - 2011 Based in Paris.

Columnist for the English-speaking daily, The Gulf Today (UAE)URL:http://gulftoday.ae/portal/03fa128f-1357-4a1b-a602-5f9581417cd2.aspx

Columnist for “Awan” (Koweït) and al-Khaleej (UAE).France Editor for World Security Network (New York).Daily column « Trends » for “Al Arab” newspaper. London (Until 2007)Contributes to varied Arabic, English-speaking, French journals and media :Arab News (Jeddah).Al Sharq al Awsat (London).Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (New York).Arab Media Internet Network (Internews-Middle East).Media Monitors Network (California).Palestine Chronicle (Seattle).Middle-East News Online (N.Carolina).Middle East Online (London).

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1993-1998 Tunis.Writes a daily column (Trends) for « Al Arab », London.

1986-1992 Tunis.Correspondent for varied Arabic and non-Arabic papers,

magazines, and journals, among which: Afaq Arabiyya, Alif Ba, al Thawra (Iraq), Le Monde diplomatique (France)…

Translates books.

1982- 1985 Tunis. Reporter and Editor for the independent weekly “Réalités”.

International Affairs Columnist and Political analyst for “Al Amal” (Destourian Party Newspaper).

Contribute articles to “Etudes internationales”, Journal of the International Studies association. Tunis.

Contribute articles to : Al Fikr, Al Hayat al Thaqafiyya, al Maghrib al Arabi, Al Wihda (Morocco), etc….

Translates books for varied publishers.

1979-1981 Beirut- TunisEditor in charge of cultural pages of « Al Mouqif al Arabi », weekly Lebanese magazine.Translates literary books for Beirut publishers.Contribute articles to al Fikr al Arabi (Beirut), Al Hayat al Taqafiyya (Tunis), Al Fikr (Tunis), Biladi (Tunis), Al Amal (Tunis)…

RESEARCH

Research interests: Middle East/North Africa Societies, regional and international relations. Islam and Islamism. China in the modern world: economy, society, culture, politics, geopolitics. Networks and elites. Exchanges, interaction, Risk assessment and forecasting (economic, political and cultural levels). Power construction in international relations.

- 2011- 2013: Researcher. Political Unit Coordinator. ACRPS. Doha Institute.

- 2009- 2011: Founder and Editor-in-Chief of an online open-access peer-reviewed journal (in three languages) : Middle East Studies. ISSN : 2109-9618

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URL: http://www.middle-east-studies.net

- Associate Editor of “Current Research Journal of Social Sciences” (Maxwell Scientific Organization). URL: http://maxwellsci.com/jp/editor.php?jid=CRJSS

- Adjunct Fellow of the Guild of Independent Scholars. Florida. USA.- 2005-2009 : Researcher at the Sorbonne Centre de l’Orient Arabe

contemporain.

Published Books

Title Author (s) Publisher Year

Diplomacy and Conflict: Policy Analyses

Hichem Karoui Middle-East-Studies/KRPC

2015

Conservative Revolution and Other Essays

Hichem Karoui KRPC/Middle East Studies

2015

Tahaleel Siyasiyya (Policy Analyses): 2002-2003 (Arabic Edition) (Al-Ayyam wal-A'mal (Days and Works)) (Volume 1)

Hichem Karoui KRPC 2015

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The Political Algebra of Global Value Change: General Models and Implications for the Muslim World.

Hichem Karoui with Arno Tausch, and Almas Heshmati

Nova Science Publishers- NY (USA)

2014

Dirasat al-Sharq al-Awsat (Middle East Studies in the USA after 9/11)

Hichem Karoui Nama For Research and Studies Center, Saudi Arabia

2013

U.S.- Saudi Love-Hate Story Hichem Karoui Create Space/ A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2013

Power Revolving Doors: The Shaping of American Perception of Middle East Studies

Hichem Karoui Create Space/ A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2013

Arab Spring, The New Middle East in the Making

Hichem Karoui Create Space/A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2012

L'administration Bush au Moyen-Orient

Hichem Karoui Create Space/A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2013

The Bush II Years in the Middle East (2000-2008) A case study in the sociology of international relations

Hichem KarouiCreate Space/A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2012

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Peer-reviewed articles and symposium papers published

The Dialectic of Media and Politics between the Virtual and the Real: the Case of Wikileaks

With other authors

ACRPS, Doha 2012

The Arabs and Turkey : Present Challenges and Future Stakes

(with other authors)

ACRPS, Doha. 2012

The Muslims : a Nightmare or a Power for Europe ? (In French)

Hichem Karoui w i th Arno Tausch

L’Harmattan, Paris 2011

Where is Saudi Arabia Heading To? / Où va l’Arabie saoudite?

Hichem Karoui L’HarmattanParis

2006

Post-Saddam Iraq / L’après-Saddam en Irak

Hichem Karoui L’Harmattan,Paris

2005

Prolegomena For a Critique of the Arab Political Reality (in Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Dar Annawras, Tunis 1989

International Balance From Cold War to Detente (in Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Al-Dar al-Arabiyya lil Kitab, Tunis

1985

Title Authors (s) Publication Year

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Establishing the China-GCC Free Trade Area: Obstacles, Challenges, and Open Possibilities

H i c h e m Karoui

Yangtze Review Number 1 (Fall 2014)

2014

En sommes-nous encore à la période de la capi tulat ion tranquille?(Are We Still in The Age of Silent Surrender?)

H i c h e m Karoui, Arno T a u s c h , P h i l i p p e J o u r d o n , A l m a s Heshmati

Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar, 15, April 2013.

2013

Military expenses in t h e M a g h r e b countries

H i c h e m Karoui

Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute.(collective book)

2013

Sources of influence in US Foreign Policy (in Arabic)

H i c h e m Karoui

Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute. Series: Studies

O c t o b e r 2012

The Great Middle East: Reality or invention (in Arabic)

H i c h e m Karoui

Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute. Series: Studies

July 2012

The Bush II Years In the Middle East (2000-2008):Morals and Interests

H i c h e m Karoui

Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute. Series: Studies

July 2012

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The Arab Thought (entry contributed to the Encyclopedia of political thought)

H i c h e m Karoui

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought

15 Sep. 2014

Yemen Revolution: Changing Ali A. Saleh or worn out institutions?

H i c h e m Karoui

Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute.Series: Case Analysis

May 2, 2011

The Struggle For Preponderance in the Gulf Region and the Iranian Influence in Iraq

HichemKaroui

Gulf Research Meeting. University of Cambridge. UK.

6-9 July 2011

Post-Kemalist Politics in Turkey

H i c h e m Karoui

Paper presented to the symposium: “The Arabs and Turkey: Present Challenges and Future Prospects.” Doha.

May 18-19, 2011.

Diplomacy facing the r e v o l u t i o n o f “transparent society” and “risk society”: WikiLeaks regional and international effects

H i c h e m Karoui

Paper presented to the symposium on: “Internet open sources and US diplomatic cables”. Beirut: 4-6 March, 2011. Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies

2011

Occupation and the National Democratic State Projects: Iraq ... f r o m s e c u r i t y t o political management

H i c h e m Karoui

ACRPS 2011

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Yemen: The law of the tribesmen…

H i c h e m Karoui

The Journal of Alternative Perspectives in Social Sciences, volume 2, issue 2

December 2010

From occupation to sovereignty, Iraq between two eras (in French)

H i c h e m Karoui

EurOrient N°32

2011

Social polarization in the era of globalization: the continuing relevance of the quantitative model of dependence (in French)

H i c h e m Karoui with Arno Tausch and Almas Heshmati

Under review of   : la Revue française des Affaires Sociales

European Islam in Social Sciences (in Arabic)

H i c h e m Karoui

Asbar Center for Studies, R e s e a r c h a n d Communications, the monthly issue, January

2010

D e v i a n c e a n d D i s s e n t … A sociological Approach to Terrorism

H i c h e m Karoui

Entelequia Revista Interdisciplinar, n°12

Fall 2010

Qui sont les Islamistes saoudiens (Who are the Saudi Islamists?)

H i c h e m Karoui

Outre-Terre : revue française de géopolitique, n°14

2006

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Articles published/ on Middle East Studies Journal

Post-War Iraq (in Arabic)

H i c h e m Karoui

Aarâ journal of the Gulf Research Center, April issue

2005

The UN between Peace and Security quest and great powers maneuvers

H i c h e m Karoui

Etudes internationales (Association des études internationales (Tunis) N° 20, Octobre, pp.139-149

1986

Title Author (s) Issue Year

Discursive practices, Science, Politics and Truth : application on the MENA region

Hichem Karoui with Faten K a r o u i -Bouchoucha

Middle East Studies (sciences soc i a l e s e t humaines)

Volume 2, n°4

2011

Book-review Essay: Israel and Palestine(Avi Shlaim)

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies

Volume 2, n°42011

Conservative Revolution Against America: The Bush Legacy

Hichem Karoui Social Sciences and Humanities ( M E S O J ) , volume 1, n°3

2010

Is Conservatism dead? (Review of Sam Tanenhaus: The Death of Conservatism)

Hichem Karoui Social Sciences and Humanities ( M E S O J ) , volume 1, n°3

2010

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Scholarly Papers electronically disseminated

How September 11 has advanced the agenda of the neo-conservatives and boosted the support to Israel’s right wing

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies, Volume 1, n°2

2010

About Brookings’ Madrasas Assessment

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies, Volume 1, n°2

2010

Exile or Despotism: Essay on the Corruption and the Absence of Liberty in the Arab World as Causes for Migration and Elite Flight

Hichem Karoui E t u d e s d u Moyen-Orient , volume 1, n°3

2010

US Foreign Policy in the Gulf After September 11

Hichem Karoui Middle East StudiesVolume 1, n°1

2009

What Every Political Leader in America and the West Should Know About the Arab-Islamic World

H i c h e m Karoui

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

2008

The French Paradox: Assessing Social and Political Landscape Changes in France

H i c h e m Karoui

World Security Network (WSN)-SSRN

2007

Money and Terror: is there an end to American addiction to oil?

H i c h e m Karoui

SSRN 2007

Global Trends in Gulf and Middle East Population Evolution

H i c h e m Karoui

WSN-SSRN 2006

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Articles for World Security Network Foundation: (click the link)

Articles for The Gulf today: http://gulftoday.ae/portal/03fa128f-1357-4a1b-

a602-5f9581417cd2.aspx

For Arabic articles, see the Arabic website: http://arabic.hichemkaroui.com/

Samples of my Press comment and analyses are posted on my personal website: http://www.hichemkaroui.com

PhD DISSERTATION: started: October 2005. Defended, with summa cum laude: June 16, 2009.

Title: The Policy of President Bush Republican Administration in the Middle East, Through the Concepts and the Networks of Politicians, Entrepreneurs and Military (2000-2008).

Oil and Security in the 21st Century H i c h e m Karoui

SSRN 2006

The True Debate About Energy:

H i c h e m Karoui

WSN-SSRN 2006

Has 9/11 Introduced a Paradigmatic Shift in the Social Sciences’ Approach to Islam and the West?

H i c h e m Karoui SSRN 2006

Islamism and U.S. Foreign Policy H i c h e m Karoui

SSRN 2006

More articles on the page of the author

SSRN

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University: Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Paris III.Supervisor: Pr. Burhan Ghalioun.Commission: Pr. Nilüfer Göle (President); Pr. Arno Tausch (foreign member); Pr. Bernard Ravenel (member).

Habilitation: “Maître de conferences” (Associate Professor) in sociology and Middle East studies, obtained from the Conseil National des Universités (National Board for Universities) in France.

CURRICULUM (Since the Baccalaureate)

Degree - year University Graduated with

Baccalaureate 1975 Tunis Honors Fair

MA (1) in Arabic

language, literature and

civilisation

 2004

University Sorbonne Nouvelle

Paris III

High

Honors

MA (1) in English

language, literature and

civilisation 2005

University Sorbonne Nouvelle

Paris III

High

Honors

Postgraduate diploma in

Middle East and

Mediterranean Studies

2005 (Masters)

University Sorbonne Nouvelle

Paris III

High

Honors

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PUBLISHED BOOKS

PhD. Sociology

2009

University Sorbonne Nouvelle

Paris III

Summa

Cum Laude

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The Political Algebra of Global Value Change: General Models and Implications for the Muslim World.

Co-Authored with Arno Tausch and Almas Heshmati, Nova Press (NY: USA) 2014.

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Middle East Studies in the USA after 9/11Published : 2013. 175 pages.Publisher: Namaa for Research and Studies Center, Ryadh, Beirut.

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Title: U.S.- Saudi Love-Hate Story: From 9/11 to the Arab SpringAlliances, Misalliances, Strategy-Making, Islamism, Global Jihad, Construction of the enemyPublication Date: July 14, 2013Paperback: 236 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace/Middle East StudiesLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1479256374ISBN-13: 978-1479256372

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Title: Power Revolving Doors: The Shaping of American Perception of Middle East StudiesAuthor: Hichem KarouiPaperback: 192 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace/A Middle East Studies Book; USA; 1 edition (April 21, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1484128958ISBN-13: 978-1484128954

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���Title: Arab Spring: The Making of the New Middle EastAuthor: Hichem KarouiPublication Date: Sept. 17 2012. Create Space/Middle East Book. USAISBN/EAN13: 1479276588 / 9781479276585Page Count: 344Binding Type: US Trade PaperTrim Size: 7ʺ″ x 10ʺ″Language: EnglishColor: Black and WhiteRelated Categories: Social Science / Essays

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L'administration Bush au Moyen-Orient (A travers les conceptions et les réseaux des hommes politiques, des entrepreneurs, et des militaires)Auteur : Hichem Karoui•576 pages•Publication de: CreateSpace/Etudes du Moyen-Orient; 1ere édition (July 21, 2013)•Langue: Français•ISBN-10: 1491049723•ISBN-13: 978-1491049723

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���Title: The Bush II Years in the Middle East (2000-2008): A Case Study in the Sociology of International RelationsAuthor: Hichem Karoui

• Paperback: 650 pages• Publisher: CreateSpace/A Middle East Book . USA (September 3, 2012)• Language: English• ISBN-10: 1479223468• ISBN-13: 978-1479223466• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.5 inches

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االعرربب ووترركيیا: تحدديیاتت االحاضرر ووررهھھھاناتت االمستقبلل. االمرركزز االعرربي لألبحاثث ووددررااسة االسيیاساتت. 2012. (مجمووعة مؤؤلفيینن).

The Arabs and Turkey: Present Challenges and Future Stakes. ACRPS, 2012. ISBN: 978-9953-0-2270-3 (with a group of authors).

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ظظاهھھھررةة وويیكيیليیكسس: جددلل ااالعالمم وواالسيیاسة بيینن ااالفتررااضي وواالووااقعي. االمرركزز االعرربي لألبحاثث ووددررااسة االسيیاساتت. 2012. (مجمووعة مؤؤلفيینن).

The Dialectic of Media and Politics Between the Virtual and the Real: The Case of Wikileaks. ACRPS, 2012. ISBN: 978-9953-0-2369-4 (with a group of authors).

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��� LES MUSULMANS : UN CAUCHEMAR OU UNE FORCE POUR L'EUROPE ?Hichem Karoui, Arno Tausch Histoire et perspectives méditerranéennes ACTUALITÉ SOCIALE ET POLITIQUE ANTHROPOLOGIE, ETHNOLOGIE, CIVILISATION IMMIGRATION, INTERCULTUREL RELIGION EUROPE MAGHREB, MONDE ARABE, MOYEN ORIENT Cet ouvrage est une étude comparative relative à l'islam européen et l'islam global, basée à la fois sur l'analyse documentaire, sociologique, anthropologique et sur les données quantitatives de l'enquête sociale européenne et la World Values Survey. Peut-on vraiment dire que l'islam n'est pas fautif, quant à l'exclusion des musulmans d'Europe ? S'agit-il vraiment seulement de politiques européennes biaisées envers les musulmans ? Comment expliquer la radicalisation de certains musulmans d'Europe ?

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OÙ VA L'ARABIE SAOUDITE ?Hichem KarouiComprendre le Moyen-Orient GÉOPOLITIQUE, RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES, DIPLOMATIE POLITIQUE MAGHREB, MONDE ARABE, MOYEN ORIENT Arabie Saoudite Ce livre analyse les changements survenus durant les différents règnes en Arabie Saoudite: Abdelaziz, Saoud, Faysal, Khaled, Fahd et Abdallah, en mettant l'accent sur les deux derniers, le roi Fahd et son prince héritier, qui se sont partagés les responsabilités gouvernementales durant les années 80. Tandis que le premier s'est concentré sur les affaires internationales, le second s'est penché sur les affaires régionales, surtout arabes, d'où une certaine différence de style et un angle de vue différent.

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L'APRÈS-SADDAM EN IRAK Hichem KarouiPréface de Burhan Ghalioun Comprendre le Moyen-Orient ACTUALITÉ SOCIALE ET POLITIQUE MAGHREB, MONDE ARABE, MOYEN ORIENT Irak

L'idée centrale qui guide cette recherche peut être formulée en une question : dans quelle mesure l'Etat à (re)construire répond-il aux attentes des irakiens ? Cette question sous-tend toutes celles qui sont en corrélation avec le projet du changement, lequel projet a été entrepris bien avant l'intervention militaire, à travers les luttes conduites par les opposants irakiens à l'intérieur et en exil. Dans ce contexte, l'intervention américano-britannique n'a fait que donner le coup de grâce final au régime en place. C'est pourquoi de la coopération de ces trois protagonistes (Irakiens, Américains, Britanniques) dépend désormais l'avenir de l'Irak. ISBN : 2-7475-7804-6 • janvier 2005 • 248 pages

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