François Burgat

François Burgat, born April 2 1948 in Chambéry France, is a political scientist and arabist, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow (Directeur de recherches émérite) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) posted at IREMAM (Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman) in Aix-en-Provence. He has been the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council research program "When Autoritarism Fails in the Arab World WAFAW" (2013-2017).

François Burgat

Having lectured across the world for a wide range of Academic institutions or think tanks such as the World Economic Forum, NATO, the European Union, etc., he has been a permanent resident in the Middle East for over 24 years. He has taught and researched at the University of Constantine, Algeria (1973-1980), at the French CEDEJ in Cairo (1989-1993), as the director of the French Centre for Archaeology and Social Sciences in Sana'a, Yemen (1997-2003), then as the director of the Institut Français du Proche Orient (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Irak) based in Damascus (2008-2012) and then Beyrouth (2012-2013). He is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

Publications in English
  • The Islamic Movement in North Africa (U of Texas Press, 1997),
  • Face to Face with Political Islam (IB Tauris, 2002),
  • Islamism in the shadow of al-Qaeda, Paris, La Découverte 2005, (U. of Texas Press 2008),[1][2]
  • Understanding Political Islam (Manchester University Press, December 20, 2019). [3]

References
  1. Memorandum commissioned by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament : "Europe and Asia between Islam and the United States", Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe, University, 3-5 Dec 2007
  2. Translation
  3. Understanding Political Islam
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