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Professor Amin Saikal

Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University

Amin Saikal was a speaker at the US Studies Centre National Summit in June 2011.

Saikal is the Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, Cambridge University and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations. Saikal was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006 for services to the international community and to education.

Saikal is a specialist in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia. His works have been published in international journals and newspapers. He is also a frequent commentator on radio and television.