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AGS Ph.D. Candidate Khalid Al Jufairi was invited by his alma mater Georgetown University to give two guest lectures on jihadism in France, a topic on which he has been conducting research as part of his dissertation project about the rise of fear-related xenophobia in France.

The two lectures, entitled 鈥淭he Rise of Radical Islamism: France in its Fight Against 国产 福利 高清grown Jihadism鈥�, were part of a course called 鈥淭errorism and Man-Made Disasters鈥�, organized by Georgetown鈥檚 Emergency and Disaster Management (EDM) program. The first lecture took place on January 24th in Washington, DC, at Georgetown鈥檚 School of Continuing Studies, while the second one, on February 27^th, was held in Paris, during a class travel experience.

The presentations, followed by Q and A sessions, were addressed to an audience of middle to senior career professionals in the fields of safety, security, emergency and disaster management, and risk management, coming from diverse backgrounds, including medicine, human and social services, and humanitarian aid, in non profit, the military, and all levels of government. As professionals, the students in this course examine real-life events to understand the historical and current concepts of terrorism and apprehend the appropriate response measures.

鈥淢y lectures provided an intellectual prism to understanding the grand jihadist strategy, and the genesis of French homegrown jihadism, 'le djihadisme 脿 la fran莽aise'," says Khalid Al-Jufairi. "I talked about how terrorism is no longer an existential threat as we are facing a new paradigm of insurgency, and highlighted the two key dates of the January 7, 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks, and the November 13, 2015 massacre. The students were particularly interested in the three-layered, concentric strategy of Al-Suri鈥檚 jihadism, and were also very much intrigued by France鈥檚 ideological spectrum.鈥�

Additionally, Al Jufairi鈥檚 presentations offered a lens into his larger doctoral research, which his doctoral research investigates and explores why the rise of fear-related xenophobia is endangering liberal democracy and its institutions, examining the peculiar relationship between liberal democracy and the increasing complexity in dealing with fear and 鈥榦therness鈥� in the case of France.

Khalid Al Jufairi graduated in 2009 from Georgetown鈥檚 School of Foreign Service with an Bachelor鈥檚 degree in International Politics along with a Certificate in Regional and Arabic studies. After earning his M.A. in Cross-Cultural & Sustainability Management from the American University of Paris in 2016, he joined the 国产 福利 高清 in Paris to conduct his Ph.D. in International Relations and Diplomacy.

Khalid Al Jufairi (right) with Mansoor Al-Khater, Chief Strategy Officer, Ooredoo Group, one of the students in the Emergency and Disaster Management program and the spokesman for the class