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Hichem Karoui, Sociologist

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Hichem Karoui, PhD

Last update: August 2016

Expert CV

Political analyst, researcher, consultant, writer and editor for various organizations, with 30 years’ experience.

IDENTIFICATION

Fist Name: Hichem Second Name: Karoui

Nationality: French (born in Tunisia)

Mobile: (974) 66447964 (Doha, Qatar)

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Personal website: http://www.hichemkaroui.com

Arabic pers. website: http://arabic.hichemkaroui.com/

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/hichemalkaroui/

LinkedIn: http://qa.linkedin.com/in/hichemkaroui


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SYNOPSIS

Since 2015 Columnist-commentator, free-lance analyst for CCTV News, Beijing Review, and other outlets.

Since October 2013 Media and Political Advisor at the Diplomatic Institute. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar.

Until July 2013 Newspaper Columnist for The Gulf Today (UAE) and Al-Madinah (KSA).

Until March 2013 Associate Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS). Coordinator of the Political Unit. Head of Electronic publishing.

Until August 2011 Centre d’Etudes de l’Orient contemporain (Contemporary Orient Studies Center: Sorbonne University, Paris).

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*Published more than 26 books, including translations, in 3 languages (Arabic, English, French).

*Reviewed and/or edited all the publications produced by the Diplomatic Institute (Doha) since October 2013 to date, including internal and external documents (the magazine, the books, and different bulletins and brochures) in Arabic or English.

*Authored co-authored, edited, and published hundreds of daily, weekly and monthly briefings, reports and analyses, peer-reviewed articles, monographs and books, about Arab and international politics.

* Participated in many international conferences, either at the panel, or as a member of the organizing team, or as a journalist.

*From 2011 through 2013, as Associate Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Political Studies (ACRPS), served as supervisor of the Website’s publishing and Coordinator of the Political Unit. Responsibilities included proposing topics for discussion in weekly brain-storming sessions, moderating, and coordinating the work between the members of the unit in drafting the collective paper that will be posted online as Assessment Report and/or Policy paper, and submitting the final version to the Director of the center for agreement on publishing.

*In 2009, as researcher at the Sorbonne’s Center for contemporary orient studies (Paris III), has founded and edited a peer-reviewed academic journal, Middle East Studies, which several renowned scholars have joined to serve as members of the international Editorial Board.

* Has been involved with the media since career beginning, thus serving at different posts: reporter, investigating journalist, copy editor, cultural journalism, political journalism, editorialist, executive editor.

* Translated a number of books, with or without translator’s name. Also reviewed translations for publishers.

* Member of several academic boards.

* Columnist and commentator for the media.

* Some scholarly papers diffused on Social Science Research Network.


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DETAILS

Professional experience

Duties at the Diplomatic Institute (Qatar) include the following: - Strategic thinking, scenario- building, policy analysis and briefings. - Media strategies. - Speech writing. - Executive Editor and producer of the publications of the Institute: Editing, reviewing and supervising translations. - General advisory and recommendations. - Research and producing of the Annual Survey of regional and international think tanks and organizations…

Academic research

Research interests Macrosociology… Middle East/North Africa, regional and international. Islam and Islamism. Power building in international relations. Modern China.

2013- to date Adviser to the Diplomatic Institute. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Qatar.

2011- 2013 Researcher. Political Unit Coordinator. Head of online publishing. Arab Center for Research Policy Studies. Doha.

2009- 2011 Researcher at the Sorbonne’s Center for Contemporary Orient Studies. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of an

online open-access peer-reviewed journal (in three languages): Middle East Studies. ISSN: 2109-9618. Associate Editor of “Current Research Journal of Social Sciences” (Maxwell Scientific Organization). Adjunct Fellow of the Guild of Independent Scholars. Florida. USA.

Media

2015- to date (Doha) Free-lance columnist for CCTV Panview ; Beijing Review ; Chine-Afrique (Chinafrica).

2009-2013 Columnist for the English-speaking daily, The Gulf Today (UAE).

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/03fa128f-1357-4a1b-a602-5f9581417cd2.aspx


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1998 - 2011 (Paris)

Columnist for “Awan” (Koweït) and al-Khaleej (UAE).

France Editor for World Security Network (New York).

Daily column « Trends » for “Al Arab” newspaper. London. (Until 2007).

Contributes to varied Arabic, English and French-speaking media outlets:

Arab News (Jeddah).

Al Sharq al Awsat (London).

Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (New York).

Arab Media Internet Network (Internews-Middle East).

Media Monitors Network (California).

Palestine Chronicle (Seattle).

Middle-East News Online (N.Carolina).

Middle East Online (London). Etc.

1993-1998 (Tunis) Wrote a daily column (Trends) for « Al Arab », London.

1986-1992 (Tunis) Correspondent and international reporter for varied Arabic and non-Arabic media outlets, among which: Afaq Arabiyya, Alif Ba, al Thawra (Iraq), Le Monde diplomatique (France)…Translated books.

1982- 1985 (Tunis) Reporter and Editor for the independent weekly “Réalités”. International Affairs Columnist and Political analyst for “Al Amal”. Contribute articles to “Etudes internationales”, Journal of the International Studies association. Tunis. Contribute articles to : Al Fikr, al Fikr al Arabi (Beirut), Al Hayat al Thaqafiyya, al Maghrib al Arabi, Al Wihda (Morocco), etc….Translated books for varied publishers.

1979-1981(Beirut) Editor in charge of cultural pages of « Al Mouqif al Arabi », weekly Lebanese magazine. Translated literary books for Beirut publishers.


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Publications

Books: non-fiction

TITLE AUTHOR (S) PUBLISHER YEAR

18 CHATTING WITH MY CHINESE FRIEND

HICHEM KAROUI KRPC, PARIS 2016

17 DIPLOMACY AND CONFLICT: POLICY ANALYSES

HICHEM KAROUI MIDDLE-EAST-STUDIES/KRPC 2015

16 Conservative Revolution and Other Essays

Hichem Karoui KRPC/Middle East Studies, Paris

2015

15 Policy Analyses: 2002-2003 (Arabic) Volume 1

Hichem Karoui KRPC, Paris 2015


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14 The Political Algebra of Global Value Change: General Models and Implications for the Muslim World.

Hichem Karoui with Arno Tausch, and Almas Heshmati

Nova Science Publishers- NY (USA)

2014

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Middle East Studies in the USA after 9/11(Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Nama For Research and Studies Center, Saudi Arabia

2013

12 U.S.- Saudi Love-Hate Story

Hichem Karoui A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2013

11 Power Revolving Doors: The Shaping of American Perception of Middle East Studies

Hichem Karoui A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2013

10 Arab Spring, The New Middle East in the Making

Hichem Karoui Create Space/A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2012


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9 L'administration Bush au Moyen-Orient

Hichem Karoui Create Space/A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2013

8 The Bush II Years in the Middle East (2000-2008) A case study in the sociology of international relations

Hichem Karoui

Create Space/A Middle East Studies Book. Charleston, S.C. USA.

2012

7 The Dialectic of Media and Politics between the Virtual and the Real: the Case of Wikileaks

With other authors ACRPS, Doha 2012

6 The Arabs and Turkey : Present Challenges and Future Stakes

(with other authors) ACRPS, Doha. 2012

5 The Muslims : a Nightmare or a Power for Europe ? (French)

Hichem Karoui with Arno Tausch

L’Harmattan, Paris 2011


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4 Where is Saudi Arabia Heading To? (French)

Hichem Karoui L’Harmattan

Paris

2006

3 Post-Saddam Iraq (French)

Hichem Karoui L’Harmattan,

Paris

2005

2 Prolegomena for a Critique of the Arab Political Reality (Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Dar Annawras, Tunis 1989

1 International Balance From Cold War to Detente (Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Al-Dar al-Arabiyya lil Kitab, Tunis

1985


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Books: fiction

TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER DATE

5 THE MORNING OF THE MOGUL

HICHEM KAROUI ON THE WAY EXPECTED IN 2017

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COUSCOUS CONNEXION


3 MEURTRE AU FUTUROSCOPE


2 SEVEN PILLARS OF MADNESS HICHEM KAROUI MAISON ARABE DU LIVRE, TUNIS 1983

1 N

HICHEM KAROUI DEMETER, TUNIS 1982, 2016.


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Translations (samples)

TITLE AUTHOR/TRANSLATOR PUBLISHER DATE

5 QURAN MANUSCRIPTS BOOK

IBN ABI DAWUD AL-SIJISTANI (230-316 H)

TR: HICHEM KAROUI (INTO FRENCH)

ON THE WAY EXPECTED 2017

4 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, MY FRIEND (NOVEL)

NAZIM HIKMAT

TR: HICHEM KAROUI (INTO ARABIC)

AL-FARABI, BEIRUT 1990

3 ROMEO, AND JULIET, AND THE DARKNESS

JAN OTČENÁŠEK


IBN ROSHD, BEIRUT 1981

2 TOP MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

BENJAMIN B. TREGOE AND JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN


DAR AL-SHUUN AL-THAQAFIYYA, BAGHDAD

1990

1 L’ESCARGOT ENTÊTÉ

RACHID BOUJEDRA


IBN ROSHD, BEIRUT 1980


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Peer-reviewed articles and symposium published papers

Title Authors (s) Publication Year

Establishing the China-GCC Free Trade Area: Obstacles, Challenges,

and Open Possibilities

Hichem Karoui Yangtze Review Number 1 (Fall 2014)

2014

En sommes-nous encore à la période de la capitulation tranquille?

(Are We Still in The Age of Silent Surrender?)

Hichem Karoui, Arno Tausch,

Philippe Jourdon, Almas Heshmati

Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar, 15, April 2013.

2013

Military expenses in the Maghreb countries

Hichem Karoui Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute. (collective book)

2013

Sources of influence in US Foreign Policy (in Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute. Series: Studies

October 2012

The Great Middle East: Reality or invention (in Arabic)


July 2012

The Bush II Years In the Middle East (2000-2008):Morals and Interests


July 2012

The Arab Thought (entry

contributed to the Encyclopedia of political thought)

Hichem Karoui

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of

Political Thought

15 Sep. 2014

Yemen Revolution: Changing Ali A. Saleh or worn out institutions?

Hichem Karoui Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies – Doha Institute.

Series: Case Analysis

May 2, 2011

The Struggle For Preponderance in the Gulf Region and the Iranian

Influence in Iraq

Hichem Karoui

Gulf Research Meeting. University of Cambridge. UK.

6-9 July 2011

Post-Kemalist Politics in Turkey Hichem Karoui Paper presented to the symposium: “The Arabs and Turkey: Present Challenges and

Future Prospects.” Doha.

May 18-19, 2011.

Diplomacy facing the revolution of “transparent society” and “risk

society”: WikiLeaks regional and international effects

Hichem Karoui

Paper presented to the symposium on: “Internet open sources and US diplomatic cables”. Beirut: 4-6 March, 2011. Arab

Center for Research & Policy Studies

2011

Occupation and the National Democratic State Projects: Iraq ...

from security to political management

Hichem Karoui ACRPS 2011

Yemen: The law of the tribesmen… Hichem Karoui The Journal of Alternative Perspectives in Social Sciences, volume 2, issue 2

December 2010


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Articles published by Middle East Studies Journal

Title Author (s) Issue Year

Discursive practices, Science, Politics and Truth : application on the MENA region

Hichem Karoui with Faten Karoui-Bouchoucha

Middle East Studies (sciences sociales et humaines) Volume 2, n°4

2011

Book-review Essay: Israel and Palestine(Avi Shlaim)

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies Volume 2, n°4

2011

Conservative Revolution Against America: The Bush Legacy

Hichem Karoui Social Sciences and Humanities (MESOJ), volume 1, n°3

2010

Is Conservatism dead? (Review of Sam Tanenhaus: The Death of Conservatism)

Hichem Karoui Social Sciences and Humanities (MESOJ), volume 1, n°3

2010

How September 11 has advanced the agenda of the neo-conservatives and boosted the support to Israel’s right wing

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies, Volume 1, n°2

2010

About Brookings’ Madrasas Assessment

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies, Volume 1, n°2

2010

From occupation to sovereignty, Iraq between two eras (in French)

Hichem Karoui EurOrient N°32

2011

Social polarization in the era of globalization: the continuing

relevance of the quantitative model of dependence (in French)

Hichem Karoui with Arno Tausch and Almas Heshmati

Under review of : la Revue française des Affaires Sociales

European Islam in Social Sciences (in Arabic)

Hichem Karoui Asbar Center for Studies, Research and Communications, the monthly issue, January

2010

Deviance and Dissent…A sociological Approach to Terrorism

Hichem Karoui Entelequia Revista Interdisciplinar, n°12 Fall 2010

Qui sont les Islamistes saoudiens (Who are the Saudi Islamists?)

Hichem Karoui

Outre-Terre : revue française de géopolitique, n°14

2006

Post-War Iraq (in Arabic) Hichem Karoui Aarâ journal of the Gulf Research Center, April issue

2005

The UN between Peace and Security quest and great powers maneuvers

Hichem Karoui

Etudes internationales (Association des e ́tudes internationales (Tunis) N° 20,

Octobre, pp.139-149

1986


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Exile or Despotism: Essay on the Corruption and the Absence of Liberty in the Arab World as Causes for Migration and Elite Flight

Hichem Karoui Etudes du Moyen-Orient, volume 1, n°3

2010

US Foreign Policy in the Gulf After September 11

Hichem Karoui Middle East Studies Volume 1, n°1

2009

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS (few examples)

Event Paper presented/nature of participation Publication

Open Sources and the Leaked American Diplomatic Cables. Beirut, Lebanon. March 04,

2011.

Paper: Diplomacy Versus the revolution of "transparent society" and "risk society".

Wikileaks: international and regional implications

Published in a book

The Arabs and Turkey: Challenges of the Present and the Outlook for the Future. Doha,

Qatar. May 18, 2011. Paper: Post-Kemalist Politics in Turkey Published in a

book

The 2011 Gulf Research Meeting. July 6 – 9,

2011. University of Cambridge.

Paper: Iraq and its Future as a Contentious Issue: The Struggle for

Preponderance in the Gulf Region and the Iranian Influence in Iraq

The Palestinian September: Between the Oslo Track and Reverting to International Institutions.

Doha, Qatar. September 10, 2011.

Member of the organizing team.

Arabs and the Horn of Africa: the Dialectic of Regional Proximity and Affiliation. Doha,

Qatar. November 27, 2011.

Member of the organizing team. Chair of session.

The Arab Revolutions and Democracy: The Roots of the Sectarian Divide and the Means to Address It. Doha, Qatar . January 28, 2012.


The Yemeni Revolution : Historical Background, Local Specificities, and Future prospects. Doha,

Qatar. February 18, 2012


Annual Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities. Doha, Qatar. March 24, 2012.


The Arab Spring, one year later. Workshop of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign

Service . April, 2012. Paper: Arab Spring. New Cultural Values? Published in a

book

Islamists and Democratic Governance: Experiences and Future Directions, Doha,

Qatar, October 6 and 7, 2012 Member of the organizing team.


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Scholarly Papers electronically disseminated

What Every Political Leader in America and the West Should Know About the Arab-Islamic World

Hichem Karoui

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

2008

The French Paradox: Assessing Social and Political Landscape Changes in France

Hichem Karoui

World Security Network (WSN)-SSRN

2007

Money and Terror: is there an end to American addiction to oil? Hichem Karoui

SSRN 2007

Global Trends in Gulf and Middle East Population Evolution Hichem Karoui

WSN-SSRN 2006

Oil and Security in the 21st Century Hichem Karoui

SSRN 2006

The True Debate About Energy:

Hichem Karoui

WSN-SSRN 2006

Has 9/11 Introduced a Paradigmatic Shift in the Social Sciences’ Approach to Islam and the West?

Hichem Karoui

SSRN

2006

Islamism and U.S. Foreign Policy Hichem Karoui

SSRN 2006

More articles on the page of the author SSRN

Annual Conference of Strategic and Policy Studies Research Centers in the Arab World

December 15 to 17, 2012, Doha, Qatar

Paper: transnational organizations’ challenges to the Arab revolutions


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Click the links

Articles for World Security Network Foundation:

Articles for The Gulf today: http://gulftoday.ae/portal/03fa128f-1357-4a1b-a602-5f9581417cd2.aspx

For Arabic articles, see the Arabic website: http://arabic.hichemkaroui.com/

Samples of Press comment and analyses posted on personal website: http://www.hichemkaroui.com

Education

PhD Dissertation: started: October 2005. Defended and obtained with summa cum laude (TRES HONORABLE): June 16, 2009.

Title: The Policy of President Bush Republican Administration in the Middle East, Through the Concepts and the Networks of Politicians, Entrepreneurs and Military (2000-2008).

University: Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Paris III.

Supervisor: Pr. Burhan Ghalioun.

Commission: Pr. Nilüfer Göle (President); Pr. Arno Tausch (foreign member); Pr. Bernard Ravenel (member).

Habilitation: “Maître de conferences” (Associate Professor) in sociology and Middle East studies, obtained from the Conseil National des Universités (National Board for Universities) in France.

CURRICULUM (SINCE THE BACCALAUREATE)

Degree - year University Graduated with

Baccalaureate 1975 Tunis Honors Fair

MA (1) in Arabic language, literature and civilisation 2004

University Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III

High Honors

MA (1) in English language, literature and civilisation 2005 University Sorbonne

Nouvelle Paris III

High Honors

Postgraduate diploma in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies 2005 (Masters)


High Honors

PhD. Sociology 2009


Summa Cum Laude

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