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Walid Phares (Template:Lang-ar, IPA: [waˈliːd ˈfaːres]), an American scholar born in Beirut, is a professor and commentator on global terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs.
Phares has testified before committees of the U.S. State, Justice, Defense and Homeland Security Departments, the United States Congress, the European Parliament, the United Nations Security Council. He has been a Terrorism expert at NBC from 2003 to 2006 and has been a contributor at Fox News since 2007.
Biography
Walid Phares was born in Lebanon, where he studied at the Lebanese and St Joseph Universities. After earning degrees in law, political science and sociology, he practiced law in Beirut. He then earned a Masters degree in International Law from the Université de Lyon in France and a Ph.D. in international relations and strategic studies from the University of Miami. He emigrated to the United States in 1990.
As of 2008, Phares teaches Global Strategies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. He is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C., and a Visiting Fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy in Brussels. In 2008 he also became the Coordinator of the Trans-Atlantic Parliamentary Group on Counter Jihadi-Terrorism.
Phares is an expert on Maronite history and affairs, and has served as the Secretary General of the World Maronite Union and also the Secretary General of the World Lebanese Cultural Union.
Academic work
Phares taught at the Department of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University between 1993 and 2005. He has been a senior lecturer at the Lifelong Learning Society since 1994. His courses include Middle East Politics, Political History, Ethnic and Religious Conflict and International Terrorism. He has given lectures throughout North America and Europe.
Writing
Books
| Year | Book | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Pluralism in Lebanon | Kasleek University |
| 1980 | The Lebanese Thought and the Thesis of Arabization | Dar el-Sharq Press |
| 1981 | Democratic Dialogue | Manshurat el-Tagammoh |
| 1985 | Thirteen Centuries of Struggle | Mashreq Editions (Beirut) |
| 1986 | The Iranian Islamic Revolution | Dar el-Sharq Press |
| 1995 | Lebanese Christian Nationalism: The Rise and Fall of an Ethnic Resistance | L. Rienner Publishers |
| 1998, 2001 | History of the Middle East: Trends and Benchmarks | IRP University of Miami Press |
| 2005 | Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America | Palgrave Macmillan |
| 2007 | The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy | Palgrave Macmillan |
| 2008 | The Confrontation: Winning the War against Future Jihad | Palgrave Macmillan |
| 2010 | The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East | Simon & Schuster |
Journals
Phares' articles have appeared in Frontpage Magazine, Middle East Quarterly, Global Affairs, Journal of Middle East, South Asian Studies, The Journal of International Security Affairs and other journals.
His columns have appeared in many publications including The Jerusalem Post , Family Security Matters, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, World Defense Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Denver Post, The Indianapolis Star, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Oregon News, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Detroit Free Press, the Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, La Razon (Spain), Le Matin (Montreal), al Siyassa (Kuwait), and al Nahar (Lebanon),
Documentaries
References
- Trans-Atlantic Parliamentary Group on Counter Jihadi-Terrorism Secretariat General
- World Maronite Union WMU Secretariat General
- UNSCR 1559:Calling on Syria to Pull Out From Lebanon
- Fox News Special Report With Brit Hume, March 10 2005
- FrontPageMag Columnist Dr. Walid Phares
- JPost archives
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