Dr. Abdul Aziz Said

Abdul Aziz Said is professor and director of the American University’s Center for Global Peace.  He served as advisor to the Democratic Principles Working Group of the United States Department of State’s “Future of Iraq Project.”  He is consultant to the members of the Iraqi Governing Council.  He writes frequently to regional and international newspapers in the Arab world.  He has contributed editorials to the Washington Post and was featured in the Washington Post Magazine on June 22, 2003.

Dr. Said is the senior ranking professor of international relations and the first occupant of the Chair of Islamic Peace. He founded the university-wide Center for Global Peace, which undertakes a range of activities, both on and off campus, aimed at advancing our understanding of world peace.  He founded and served as director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Division, in the School of International Service, which offers a Master of Arts degree and four dual or joint degree options, as well as concentrations at the Doctoral and Undergraduate levels. Dr. Said has written, co-authored and edited more than seventeen books. Dr. Said also contributes to learned journals, anthologies, and newspapers on current issues in global politics, including the American Journal of International Law, Human Rights Quarterly, Peace Review, International Journal of Peace Studies, the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Philadelphia Enquirer and other newspapers in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Professor Said is a frequent lecturer and participant in national and international peace conferences and dialogues and is deeply involved with a number of professional associations and Service Academies.  He has lectured in more than one hundred universities in the United States and all over the world. His past and current public service includes consulting the U.S. Department of State, the Department of Defense, the United Nations and the White House Committee on the Islamic World. He has served as the president of the regional chapter for the International Studies Association and as moderator for the Ecumenical Council of Washington.