The author of this book is Dr. Hichem Karoui. He is:Research Director and Editor at GEW Reports & Analyses (The Voice of the Mediterranean).Visiting Researcher at China-Arab Research Center on Reform and Development (CARC). Shanghai University for International Studies.Hangzhou's Center for International Economic Cooperation (Charigo),Also served as Senior Fellow and academic adviser at :Beijing's Center for China and Globalization,Hangzhou's Sino-European Center.Director of the Gulf Futures think tank in London.Senior Adviser at MOFA Diplomatic Institute (Qatar).Coordinator of the Political Unit at the Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies (Doha).Hichem Karoui is Doctor in Sociology of the Sorbonne University (Paris).