Dr. Zeidon Alkinani is a Middle East political analyst and Founding Director of the Arab Perspectives Institute. Former Lecturer at Georgetown University in Qatar and the University of Aberdeen. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Aberdeen and leads strategic initiatives in Qatar’s educational non-profit sector. He is A regular commentator and contributor to prominent regional and international outlets, and a frequent panelist at academic and policy conferences. Dr. Alkinani is the author of a forthcoming Routledge book on ingroup rivalries in consociational democracies, with a focus on post-2003 Iraq.
