Noureddine Jebnoun specializes in the Middle East and North Africa where his teaching interests include political institutions, democratization and authoritarianism, Islamic political movements, political violence, security challenges, ethnic and sectarian conflicts and socio-political affairs of North Africa. Dr. Jebnoun was a Visiting Professor of Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs at the University of Montana’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center (2008-2010). He has previously taught a variety of courses in the contemporary Arab world at Georgetown’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in D.C (2006-2008). He served as an Assistant Professor at the Tunisian War College, the Tunisian Command and General Staff College and the Tunisian National Defense Institute where he taught courses on “strategy” and “geopolitics” (1998-2005). Dr. Jebnoun has lectured at many academic institutions including the NATO Defense College in Rome, the French Institute for Higher National Defense Studies in Paris, the Industrial College for Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., the Africa Center for Strategic Studies of the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, the American University in Washington, D.C. and the Middle East Institute of Singapore.
