Shafeeq Ghabra

• President
  Jusoor Arabiya Leadership & Consultancy Center

1975, BA in Political Science, Georgetown University; 1983, MA in Political Science, Purdue University; 1987, PhD in Government, University of Texas, Austin. Since 1987, Professor of Political Science, Kuwait University; 1998-2002, Director, Kuwait Information Office; 2002-03, Director, Centre for Strategic Studies; Chief Editor, Journal of Social Sciences, Kuwait University; 2003-06, Founder and First President, American University of Kuwait. 2006-08, Host, popular talk show on Kuwait TV and satellite, Weekly Diwaniya. Author: five books and many studies on Gulf security, civil society, democratization, Arab Israeli conflict, religion, politics, education and change in Middle East region.