Abdul-Monem Al-Mashat


Abdul-Monem Al-Mashat is an Egyptian political scientist and an expert on national security. He served on the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C., in the World Bank, in the Institute of International Education, and in numerous academic positions, including as a director of several research institutions.

Biography

Al-Mashat obtained a BA and an MA in political science from Cairo University in 1970 and 1975 respectively. He earned his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982; the title of his thesis was "Considerations in the Analysis of National Security in the Third World".
His first academic work was published in 1977. Al-Mashat's publications cover topics such as national security, the Arab-Israeli conflict, foreign policy in the Arab world, Arabic culture, education reform, development in the Arab world, Arab security, U.S. foreign policy, and political development in the third world.
Al-Mashat's daughter, Rania Al-Mashat, has been Egypt's Minister of Tourism since January 2018.

Career

This is a list of posts that Abdul-Monem Al-Mashat has held during his career:
Al-Mashat has won a number of academic awards: