Fahad Malaikah

Fahad Malaikah serves as an Assistant Professor and the NESA Center’s Track II Engagement Manager and Alumni Affairs Coordinator. He additionally serves as the Course Director for NESA-AFRICOM events and the Program Manager of the Strategic Studies Network, a unique NESA Center initiative that is a consortium of over 65 strategic studies centers from across the NESA region and beyond.

Joining the NESA Center in 2010 as a Research Associate, he has published articles on Middle East security issues in outlets including The National Interest, The Washington Times, and the Small Wars Journal. His academic background includes a BA in Political Science and Middle East Studies from Georgia State University and an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.