{"id":25,"date":"2026-03-31T19:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/en\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:40:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hichem Karoui<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Profession<\/strong>: Author and Publisher<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Expertise:<\/strong> Social Scientist Scholar, Political Analyst and Columnist, Editor, and Consultant.<\/h4>\n<p>Owner and Director of Global East-West (GEW) For Studies and Publishing: London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carc.shisu.edu.cn\/english1\/8964\/list.htm\">Visiting Researcher at CARC<\/a><\/strong> (Shanghai International Studies University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Highest Degree:<\/strong> PhD from The Sorbonne University (Paris III).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Discipline<\/strong>: Sociology.<\/p>\n<h5>Other Academic degrees<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>MA in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Studies, Sorbonne University (Paris 3).<\/li>\n<li>Maitrise (Master 1) in English Language, Literature and Civilisation, Sorbonne University (Paris 3).<\/li>\n<li>Maitrise (Master 1) in Arabic Language, Literature and Civilisation from the Sorbonne University (Paris 3).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Social theory. Sociology of Diplomacy and International Relations. Elites, Conflicts and Power Building. Islam. China, USA, Russia. Arab World.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Languages used at work<\/strong>: Arabic, French, and English.<\/p>\n<h4>Teaching Qualifications (From the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, in France)<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2010: Senior lecturer (associate professor: Maitre de conference) in section 19: sociology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2011: Senior lecturer (associate professor: Maitre de conference) in section 15: Arabic studies.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/author\/B004MZARBG?ccs_id=be475b9b-655f-4d45-9b93-0f07d0f62b55\">Amazon Author Page (English)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/stores\/author\/B004MZARBG\">Page d&#8217;auteur (Amazon France)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hichem-karoui\">LinkedIn Page<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hichem Karoui &nbsp; Profession: Author and Publisher Expertise: Social Scientist Scholar, Political Analyst and Columnist, Editor, and Consultant. Owner and Director of Global East-West (GEW) For Studies and Publishing: London. Visiting Researcher at CARC (Shanghai International Studies University) Highest Degree: PhD from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}