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Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and teaches at the doctoral school at Sciences Po Paris. Previously the Associate Director of the Harvard University Programme on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, he is the author of A Theory of ISIS (Pluto, 2017) and Understanding Al Qaeda (Pluto, 2011).

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A Theory of ISIS

A Theory of ISIS

Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

A bold new theory of ISIS, revealing its profound impact on the very nature of contemporary political violence
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Understanding Al Qaeda

Understanding Al Qaeda

Changing War and Global Politics

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

The only way to defeat Al Qaeda it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way
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Rethinking ISIS and Terrorism

From sensationalised journalism to the Orientalism of Middle East experts, analysis of ISIS is reductive. Focusing on societal conditions that produced ISIS: violence, technology, politics and religion, we need to rethink ISIS.

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