Baroudi, Sami

Sami E. Baroudi is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Lebanon. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University, Bloomington. His publications focus on the political economy of Lebanon and Egypt, internal Lebanese politics, US-Lebanese relations, Arab intellectuals’ perceptions of the United States, the ideational origins of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and, more recently, on how moderate-reformist (mainstream) Islamists perceive international relations.