Eberhard Kienle

Eberhard Kienle taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and is currently director of the Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-CNRS) in Aix-en-Provence. He is the author of Politics from Above, Politics from Below, Ba'th v. Ba'th: The Conflict between Syria and Iraq, 1968–89, and A Grand Delusion: Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt.