Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou | |
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محمد محمود ولد محمدو | |
Mohamedou in 2020 | |
| Political historian | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1968 Atar, Mauritania |
| Died | 17 September 2024 (aged 56) |
| Education | University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Harvard University |
| Alma mater | City University of New York |
| Profession | Historian |
| Known for | Understanding Al Qaeda, A Theory of ISIS, Contre-Croisade, Iraq and the Second Gulf War |
| Awards | International Studies Association Global South Distinguished Scholar 2020-2021; College de France |
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou (Arabic: محمد محمود ولد محمدو; 3 April 1968 – 17 September 2024) was a Mauritanian diplomat, political historian and public intellectual. A Harvard University academic, Mohamedou was professor of international history and politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. His work focused on political violence, state-building, racism, and the history of international relations.
Mohamedou was a member of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding and the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and was regarded as a leading international expert on the new forms of transnational terrorism. Mohamedou was also a visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris in the Doctoral School. Before this he served as the deputy director and academic dean of the Geneva Center for Security Policy. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania from 2008 until 2009.