Jean-Pierre Filiu

Who is Jean-Pierre Filiu?

Jean-Pierre Filiu is professor of Middle East studies at Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs. A historian and an Arabist, he has also been visiting professor at Columbia University and Georgetown University. He has been invited as a guest speaker to various American universities and think tanks, including the Harvard Kennedy School and the James Baker Institute. His "Apocalypse in Islam" was awarded the main prize by the French History convention, held every October in the city of Blois.

Before joining Sciences Po in 2006, Jean-Pierre Filiu was a career-diplomat who served as a junior officer in Jordan and the USA, before becoming the French Deputy Chief of Mission in Syria and in Tunisia. Filiu was also diplomatic adviser to the French minister of Interior, the minister of Defense and the Prime Minister. He was one of the ten independent experts that President François Hollande designated to contribute to the 2013 White Book for National Defense and Security.