Dr. Tariq Khaitous is a visiting fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Arab reactions to Iran's nuclear program. He was most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California, where he led research on nuclear proliferation and security issues in the Middle East and North Africa. He earned his doctorate from the Academy of Versailles, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France, with his dissertation, The Paradoxes of Nuclear Proliferation since the End of the Cold War.
Previously, Dr. Khaitous worked at UN headquarters in New York, where he was attached to the Department of Disarmament Affairs. He also worked for UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, contributing to the preparation of briefings and reports concerning the political and sociological status of the Arab states.
Dr. Khaitous's work has appeared in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Confluences Mediterraneé (France), and elsewhere. He has also published numerous editorials for the premier daily Moroccan newspaper, Le Matin, on international relations and nuclear issues.
Education: Ph.D. in political science and international relations, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France; master of public law and international studies, University of Cergy-Pontoise; bachelor of public law, University of Hassan I, Morocco
