Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is Chair of the International History and Politics Department at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where he is also Professor of International History and Politics. He is the 2021 recipient of the International Studies Association (ISA) Global South Distinguished Scholar Award. He is the author of a trilogy on the post-9/11 world, Contre-Croisade - Le 11 Septembre et le Retournement du Monde (2004), Understanding Al Qaeda – Changing War and Global Politics (2011) and A Theory of ISIS - Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order (2018).