Fawaz Gerges — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Holds the Emirates Chair of the Contemporary Middle East at LSE and was the inaugural Director of the LSE's Middle East Centre from 2010 to 2013.
Author of 'What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East' (2024).
Authored 'Making the Arab World' (2018), 'Journey of the Jihadist' (2007), and 'The Far Enemy' (2009).
'The Far Enemy' was selected by The Washington Post as one of the best 15 books in its field.
Earned an MSc at the London School of Economics and a DPhil from Oxford University.
Taught at Oxford, Harvard, and Columbia universities and was a research fellow at Princeton University.

Biography

Fawaz A. Gerges is a Lebanese-American academic and author known for his expertise on the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, international relations, social movements, and relations between the Islamic and Western worlds. He is currently a Professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

At the LSE, Gerges holds the Emirates Chair of the Contemporary Middle East.