Dr. Muhammad Al Zawawy is currently working as a lecturer at the Middle East Institute, Sakarya University, Turkey, and was a head of the International Relations unit at Arab Center for Humanitarian Studies, Cairo, Egypt, and worked as a non-resident researcher at Al Bayan Center for Research and Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He authored and co-authored number of books, among which are “Sea of Fire: Rise of Dispute Catalysts in the Eastern Mediterranean”, “Egypt’s National Security: Challenges of Regional Environment after the Arab Spring”, and “Islamist in Egypt: Readings in their Classifications, Doctrines and Practice”. He obtained his Ph.D. from Middle East Institute, Sakarya University, with the thesis titled: “Geopolitical Transformations in The Middle East and Their Impact on Regional Coalition Building”, and his Master’s degree from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, with the thesis titled: “Security Issues in The Turkish European Relations and Its Impact on The Eastern Mediterranean”, and his BA from Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. His academic interests are geopolitics, alliances, Islamism, Eastern Mediterranean gas, and armament in the Middle East.
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