Jean-Loup Samaan

Jean-Loup is a researcher at the NATO Defense College (Rome, Italy). He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Paris – La Sorbonne and has been a visiting scholar at the RAND Corporation and Duke University. From 2008 to 2011, he served as a policy adviser for the Directorate for Strategy Affairs of the French Ministry of Defense. He writes on Middle East strategic affairs, with special focus on regional security cooperation in the Persian Gulf and the Israel-Hezbollah standoff.

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Media Appearances

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers interviewed by Newseek

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers was interviewed by Newsweek for their article “Has WWIII Already Begun?” on the current state of global conflicts. Nikers states,... MORE

Books and Reports

Islamist Movements in the Horn of Africa

On December 9, 2009, the Jamestown Foundation organized a special panel on “Islamist Movements in the Horn of Africa” as part of its annual conference, the latter appropriately titled “The Changing Strategic Gravity of al-Qaeda”. This report is comprised of the proceedings from this important panel, including executive summaries,... MORE