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Fawaz A. Gerges (Lebanese pronunciation: (:fawˈwaːz ˈʒeɾʒes)) is a Lebanese-American academic and author with expertise on the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, international relations, Al Qaeda, and relations between the Islamic and Western worlds. He is currently a Professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds the Emirates Chair of the Contemporary Middle East at the LSE and was the inaugural Director of the LSE Middle East Centre. ==Biography== Gerges, a U.S. citizen, was born to a Christian Orthodox family in Beirut, Lebanon. He earned an M.S. at the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Oxford University. He taught at Oxford, Harvard, and Columbia universities and was a research fellow at Princeton University for two years. He held the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Chair in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Sarah Lawrence College )〕 In the last decade Gerges spent five years conducting field research in several Middle Eastern countries on several topics and subjects, including social movements (such as the Muslim Brotherhood, and jihadist groups like Al Qaeda), on Arab and Muslim politics in the 20th century, and relations between the West and the Muslim world. Gerges is the author of numerous books and publications, including two recently acclaimed texts: ''Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy'' (2007), and ''The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global'' (2009). ''The Washington Post'' selected ''The Far Enemy'' as one of the best 15 books published in the field. ''Journey of the Jihadist'' was on the best-selling list of Barnes & Noble and ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine for several months. On the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, Oxford University Press released Gerges' book, ''The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda (2011). Gerges' book, ''Obama and the Middle East (May 2012) was published by Pelgrave Macmillan one year later. In October 2015, an ad was published in the ''UK Guardian'' as a Commitment to the Rights of Palestinians and boycott Israeli universities to which Gerges was a signatory. The commitment pledged to neither accept invitations to visit Israeli academic institutions nor participate in or cooperate with conferences organized by Israeli universities. The signatories pledged to continue working with Israeli colleagues in their individual capacities. He has appeared on television and radio networks throughout the world, including CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, the BBC and Al Jazeera. During the weeks leading up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, he was a regular guest on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', PBS’s ''The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer'' and ''The Charlie Rose Show''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fawaz Gerges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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