Hassan Mneimneh has written extensively on radicalization and insurgency in the Middle East, and he continues to participate in initiatives designed to assess extremism in the Arab and Muslim worlds. As director of the Iraq Memory Foundation, Mr. Mneimneh supervised the structuring, annotation, and analysis of a massive archive of documents from Saddam Hussein's regime. He is also one of the political experts consulted by the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group. At AEI, Mr. Mneimneh tracked the online presence and the ideology of jihadist organizations such as al Qaeda.
M.A., history and Middle Eastern studies, Harvard University
M.A., Arab studies, Georgetown University
B.A., history, American University of Beirut
A critical review of the record, plans, and prospects of al Qaeda, as the main franchise of global jihad, in the Levant.
Arab commentators' acknowledgement, however shyly articulated, of Israeli rights is an opportunity that needs to be developed.
Damascus should not be rewarded for its "nuanced" position on Islamist terrorism.
Al Qaeda continues to struggle through the paradox that the same ideology that serves to cement its authority hampers its ability to become truly powerful.
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