Walid Phares

Dr. Walid Phares is a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. Phares has also published a number of articles on global terrorism and the Middle East.

Fast Facts:

1. Birthplace: Lebanon
2. Alma Mater: University of Beirut
3. Masters: Universite de Lyon
4. PhD: University of Miami
5. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1990
6. Has taught at Florida International University, the University of Miami and Florida Atlantic University
7. Senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, DC
8. Leads the foundation's future of terrorism project
9. Phares was a terrorism analyst for MSNBC from 2003 and 2006
10. 2006-present Phares was a Fox News analyst on terrorism and the Middle East

Guest Appearances

• • NBC
  • Fox News
  • ABC
  • CBS
  • PBS
  • BBC
  • Al Hurra TV
  • France 24
  • Al Jazeera
  • Al Arabiya News

Books

1. The Confrontation: Winning the War against Future Jihad
2. The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy
3. Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against the West
4. Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America
5. Lebanese Christian Nationalism: The Rise and Fall of an Ethnic Resistance
6. History of the Middle East: Trends and Benchmarks
7. Thirteen Centuries of Struggle
8. The Iranian Islamic Revolution
9. Democratic Dialogue
10. The Lebanese Thought and the Thesis of Arabization
11. Pluralism in Lebanon

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