François Burgat

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François Burgat, a political scientist and arabist, is Senior Research Fellow (Directeur de recherches) at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), posted at IREMAM (Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman) in Aix-en-Provence. For a wide range of academic institutions, the World Economic Forum, NATO, and major private or public think tanks, he has lectured and given expertise (economic/political risk) throughout the world, being a permanent resident in the Middle East for over 18 years: at the University of Constantine, Algeria (1973-1980), in Cairo CEDEJ (1989-1993) then as the director of the French Centre for Archaeology and Social Sciences in Sanaa (1997-2003). His main publications include 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]

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  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