CV Hichem Karoui

Hichem Karoui, Sociologist
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Hichem Karoui, PhD
Last update: August 2016
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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: hichemkaroui@yahoo.com
info@hichemkaroui.com
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
13 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
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
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
4 COUSCOUS CONNEXION HICHEM KAROUI KRPC, PARIS 2016
3 MEURTRE AU FUTUROSCOPE HICHEM KAROUI KRPC, PARIS 2016
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
ARABIC)
AL-FARABI, BEIRUT 1990
3 ROMEO, AND JULIET,
AND THE DARKNESS
JAN OTČENÁŠEK
ARABIC)
IBN ROSHD, BEIRUT 1981
2 TOP MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY
BENJAMIN B. TREGOE AND
JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN
ARABIC)
DAR AL-SHUUN AL-
THAQAFIYYA,
BAGHDAD
1990
1 L’ESCARGOT ENTÊTÉ RACHID BOUJEDRA
ARABIC)
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)
– Doha Institute.
Series: Studies
July 2012
The Bush II Years In the Middle East
(2000-2008):Morals and Interests
– Doha Institute.
Series: Studies
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?
– 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
études 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. Member of the organizing team.
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

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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)
University Sorbonne
Nouvelle
Paris III
High Honors
PhD. Sociology
2009
University Sorbonne
Nouvelle
Paris III
Summa Cum
Laude

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