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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Yezid Sayegh, born in 1955, is a senior fellow and principal investigator at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. He was a former professor of Middle Eastern studies in the Department of War Studies at Imperial College London, a member of the Academic Council of the Gulf Research Center, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah from 1994 until 2003, and he was the Assistant Director of Studies at the Center for International Studies at the University of Cambridge. He also headed the Middle East Research Program at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London between 1998 and 2003. Yazid al-Sayegh was one of the former negotiators in the peace talks that took place between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel on the Gaza Strip and Jericho (Cairo Agreement) that took place on May 4, 1994. He headed the Palestinian delegation participating in the multilateral team on arms control and regional security (1992). -1994), and was a Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford (1990-1994)
From 2005-2006, Sayegh was a visiting professor at the School of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut.
His work focuses on several issues, most notably the Syrian crisis, the political role of the Arab armies, the transformation of the security sector in the Arab transitional stages, in addition to the reproduction of authoritarianism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the peace process associated with it.
Curriculum
Youssef Sayegh, father of Yazid Al-Sayegh, (1916-2004) was born in Bassa, Palestine before the start of the British Mandate over Palestine. His mother is Rosemary Sayegh.
Yazid holds a BA in Chemistry from the American University of Beirut, and a PhD in War Studies from Imperial College London. He has also conducted research at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. He speaks Arabic, English and French
his views
In a 2016 article, Yezid Sayegh argued that the experience of Arab countries confirms that “technocratic approaches to security sector reform are incapable of achieving the purpose, because the focus on upgrading and upgrading rich skills and operational capabilities, in the absence of improving the governance of security agencies, can be easily undermined.” by anti-reform coalitions, which ultimately reinforces the persistence of reactionary patterns of behaviour.” Sayegh believes that although “formalizing police work and resolving disputes on the basis of clan, sect, or ethnic identity - as is the case with the revolutionary militias in Libya, the Shiite popular crowd militias, the Sunni tribal crowds in Iraq, or the sectarian party militias In Lebanon - it would be detrimental to the cohesion and unity of the state.” However, he believes that “the focus in the past on the centrally managed security sectors made them extremely important assets in political competitions, enabling them to evade oversight and benefit from de facto legal immunity.”
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Among his published books, which include many books and articles:
in Arabic
Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement 1949-1993 (1997); ISBN 0-19-829265-1
The Post-Cold War Third World: Continuity and Change, by Louise Lastring-Faust, Yezid Sayegh. Oxford University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-19-829551-0
The Cold War and the Middle East by Yazid Sayegh, Avi Shlaim Post by Yazid Sayegh, Avi Shlaim Oxford University Press, 1997 ISBN 0-19-829099-3
The Palestinians in the Cold War, Department of Strategic Analysis, Center for Palestinian Research and Studies, Nablus, 1997.
Individual Weapons, The Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, 1986.
Artillery Weapons: In the Middle East, The Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, 1986.
Strengthening Palestinian Authority Institutions, Council on Foreign Relations.
Reforming the Institutions of the Palestinian National Authority: Final Report: Report of the Independent Working Group to Strengthen the Institutions of the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, Ramallah, 2006.
In the context of the road map and disengagement: considerations for planning an international intervention in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Reports of the workshops of the Experts Forum, Department of Strategic Analysis, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, Ramallah, 2005.
Jordan and the Palestinians: A Study in the Unity of Destiny, or the Inevitable Conflict, London, 1987.
Arab Military Industry, Center for Arab Unity Studies, 1992.
Rejecting Defeat: The Beginnings of Armed Action in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 1967, Institute for Palestine Studies, 1992.
The Military-Industrial Complex in Israel: An Exploratory Study, Institute for Palestine Studies (review and submission)
Imperfect globalization, regional disintegration and authoritarian liberalism in the Middle East, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2000.
War, Supply and Supply, Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton, The Arab Foundation, translation, 1984.
The Constant and the Variable in the Israeli Strategy (Presented), Al-Manar Agency for Press and Publication, 1986.
Leadership in War (translation), The Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, 1989.
Dilemmas of Reform: Policing in Arab Transitions, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2016.
The Arab Economy: Past Achievements and Future Possibilities, Dar Al-Tali'ah for Printing and Publishing, 1983.
Elements of Combat Power: The Performance of the German and American Armies During World War II 1939-1945, transl.
The Contemporary Palestinian Military Experience, The Palestinian National Liberation Movement "Fatah", Intellectual Affairs and Studies, 1994.
State building or community control? The Palestinian Security Sector and Authoritarian Transformation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2011.
Repairing Broken Windows Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon and Yemen, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009.
The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982: Political and Military Studies, Institute for Palestine Studies, 1984.
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