Ibrahim A. Karawan is the Director of the Middle East Center and an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. Between 1995 and 1997 he was the Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies and Directing Staff Member at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, in London. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for International Studies at Oxford University and a Fellow at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Professor Karawan is a frequent contributing analyst to the BBC World Service, CNN, Al-Jazeera satellite Television, and Abu Dhabi TV. He is a former Senior Research Associate at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo, Egypt. His research has focused on Islamist movements, the political role of Arab military institutions, inter-Arab relations, nuclear issues in the Middle East, Persian Gulf regional security, and explaining major alterations of Egypt's foreign and defense policies. . . . short bio

Ibrahim A. Karawan is the Director of the Middle East Center and an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. Between 1995 and 1997 he was the Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies and Directing Staff Member at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, in London. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for International Studies at Oxford University and a Fellow at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland . . . full bio