Biography

director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), where he also serves as Associate Professor of Practice in Political Studies. Dr. Bahout was previously Senior Fellow at and Advisor to the Secretary General of Académie diplomatique internationale (ADI) in Paris. He is an accomplished author and a frequent commentator in European and Arab media. Dr. Bahout earned a BA in Economics from AUB and a PhD from Institut d’études politiques de Paris