Mohammed D. Chekaoui (PhD) is scholar and practitioner of global conflict resolution. He is Professor of Conflict Resolution and Diplomacy and Head of the PhD program at Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies. He has taught at George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Washington and served on the United Nations Panel of Experts at the Department of Political Affairs in New York. He has lectured at the United Nations, the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, the French Senate in Paris, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, Johns Hopkins University, and other American, European, and Arab universities and think tanks.

His published books include “What is Enlightenment? Continuity or Rupture in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings” and “Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of War” (co-edit). His book chapters include “A New Global Covenant? Great Power Conflicts and Conflict Resolution” in The post-Corona Era in Conflict Resolution after the Pandemic Building Peace, Pursuing Justice, and “The Legitimacy Puzzle in the UN Mediation of the Libyan Conflict”, in Conflict Mediation in the Arab World. His has also published studies more than fifty papers, including “Small States’ Pursuit of Impact at the UN Security Council: The Case of Tunisia 2020–2021” in International Peacekeeping journal. He is working on two forthcoming books: “The Plight of Individualism: A Critique of Arab Structuralism” (Spring 2026) and “Global Conflictology: A Balancing Perspective from the Middle East” (Early summer 2026).