Name Hilal Khashan | Role Scholar | |
Occupation Professor and department chairPalestinian-American scholar Books Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind Education American University of Beirut, University of Florida, Florida State University | ||
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Hilal Khashan (born 1951, Beirut, Lebanon) is a prominent Palestinian-American scholar of the Middle East, professor of political studies and department chair at the American University of Beirut.
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He was a visiting professor at McGill University in 1997 and at the University of Virginia during the 2001–02 academic year.
His research focuses on Middle Eastern regional security, with emphasis on the Persian Gulf. He has also conducted extensive quantitative research on Islamic fundamentalism and religious activism.
He has served on the editorial board of the Shi'a Affairs Journal since 2008 and was on the editorial board of the Middle East Quarterly from 1995 until 2002.
Khashan received his B.A. in political science from the University of Florida in 1977. He received his M.A. in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1980, both in the field of government from the Florida State University and under the supervision of Monte Palmer.
He is quoted in the international press as a commentator on Lebanese and regional politics. In recent publications, he has analyzed the alliance between Hezbollah and Maronite leader Michel Aoun, discussed Hezbollah's plans for Lebanon, and written about Saudi Arabia's Flawed Vision 2030.