Education:
EDUCATION 2010 PhD with highest distinction in International Relations, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris), France Dissertation Title: “Empowerment, Accommodation and Wait to Seize: The Reactive Strategies of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria to the American Intervention in Iraq (2003-2007)” Committee: Bertrand Badie (supervisor), Ghassan Salamé (president), Bahgat Korany (reader), Frederic Charillon (reader), Nassif Hitti 2004-2005 M.A., International Relations, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris), France Dissertation Title: "The Regional Security of Egypt Under Mubarak (1981-2004): Perceptions and Practices" 2003-2004 B.A with honors, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, French Section, Cairo University Major: Political Science Minor: Economics Dissertation Title: "The Arab regional Order in the New Millennium: Major Challenges and Revival Attempts (1991-2004)"

Research Interest:
Research Interest: International Relations

Recent Publications:
PUBLICATIONS IN ARABIC 2015 “Leadership, Security Perception and Regional Policy”, Al Siyassa Al Dawleya, Al– Ahram, Egypt, (forthcoming) 2013 “Writing the Constitution of the Egyptian Revolution: Between Social Contract and Political Contracting”, Arab Reform Initiative, Paris, France 2012 “Social Participation in Constitution Making: Lessons Learned from Foreign Experiences”, SCC Working Paper, United Nations Development Program/ Egyptian Cabinet with Heba A. Shnief, “Towards a New Social Contract for Egypt: the Role of an Economic and Social Council”, SCC Working Paper, United Nations Development Program/ Egyptian Cabinet 2010 Book chapter: “The Arab Regional Order since the Second Gulf War” in The International System between Unipolarity and Multipolarity: A Study in the Impacts on the Arab World, Ismael Sabri Maqled (ed.), Institute for Arab Studies and Research, League of Arab States, 2011 2008 “Making the American Perception of Saudi Arabia”, Al Siyassa Al Dawleya, Al– Ahram, Egypt, n.171 “The Middle East in the US-French Relations”, Al Siyassa Al Dawleya Web Exclusive, ,