Azzedine Layachi

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Professor of Politics

Politics
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

St. John's University

Azzedine Layachi, Professor of Politics and Government in St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Staten Island Campus, is a specialist in the Middle East and North Africa. His research interests are in the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Political Islam, the Political Economy, and U.S. Foreign Policy. He is the author of several books, book chapters, and articles in academic publications. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from New York University and was named a Vincentian Research Fellow in 2009.

Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Politics, New York University

Research Interests

  • Politics, economics, culture and development in Algeria and Morocco, principally and related issues other Middle East nations.

Affiliation with the Center

Vincentian Research Fellow,
Class of 2009

Food for Thought

Catholic universities will be particularly attentive to the poorest and to those who suffer economic, social, cultural or religious injustice. This responsibility begins within the academic community but it also finds application beyond it.

Pope John Paul II, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (40)