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www.WalidPhares.com Biography
Dr. Walid Phares is a professor of Conflict and Middle East Studies at Florida Atlantic University and is now a Senior Fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington. He is the Terrorism Expert with the Family Security Matters based in New York. Phares served as an Expert on Jihadism and Terrorism for the US Department of Justice and for the Dutch Government in 2002-2003. He has produced a master video presentation for US security agencies on "Profile of the Terrorists" in 2001. He is a Terrorism Analyst with NBC-MSNBC, and appears on Fox News, CNN, BBC, al Hurra and other networks around the world. Phares is a regular expert with many national and international radio programs.

Phares published eight books on Middle East Conflicts including: the Iranian Islamic Revolution, Lebanon war, minorities and Islamic Fundamentalism. He has published many scholarly articles and hundreds of op eds in the international press including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, al Nahar, etc. His upcoming book for 2005 will analyze the strategies of the Jihadists worldwide.

He holds degrees in law and political science from Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University in Beirut, a Masters in international law from the Universite de Lyons in France and a Ph.D. in international relations and strategic studies from the University of Miami.

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February XX, Time Academia: Terrorist Battleground?
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