- François Burgat
François Burgat, a political scientist and Arabist, is Senior Research Fellow (Directeur de recherches) at the
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); he has been since May 2008 at the head of the IFPO (Institut français du Proche-Orient - Damascus, Beirut, Amman).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 theMiddle East for over 18 years: at the University of Constantine, Algeria (1973-1980), in CairoCedej (1989-1993) then as the director of the French Centre for Archaeology and Social Sciences in Sanaa (1997-2003) and at the IREMAM (Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman) inAix-en-Provence (2003-2008).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). [ [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/eStudies/download.do?file=13479#search=%20Burgat%20 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] ] [ [http://www.world-religion-watch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69 "Translation"] ]External links
* [http://www.cedej.org.eg/article.php3?id_article=806 "Bibliography by the Centre d'études et de documentation économiques, juridiques et sociales (CEDEJ)"]
* [http://ifporient.org Institut français du Proche-Orient]References
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