Mohammad-mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

Biography

Professor Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou joined the faculty of the Graduate Institute as an Adjunct Professor. Dr. Mohamedou obtained a PhD in Political Science from City University of New York. He was Scholar-in-Residence at the Harvard University Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in Cambridge, MA before becoming a Research Associate at the Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations in New York. He was Director of Research at the Geneva-based International Council on Human Rights Policy, prior to returning to Harvard where he was Associate Director of the Programme on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research. He subsequently served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania before returning to Geneva as Head of the Regional Development Programme at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) where he was Deputy Director and Academic Dean.

Research Interest

His research focuses on political violence and transnational terrorism, the transformation of warfare, political liberalisation and transitions to democracy, and contemporary Middle Eastern and North African socio-political developments and conflicts. Widely published, Dr. Mohamedou is regularly quoted in the world’s media for his expertise; he is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.