Dania Koleilat Khatib

Dania Koleilat Khatib is an affiliated scholar at the Issam Fares Institute for public policy and international affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She specializes in US-Arab relations and has a special interest in Syria. She is on the steering committee of the United Nations Economic and Social committee for West Asia, National Agenda for the Future of Syria programmeShe authored a book on the Arab lobby and the factors for success and for failure. Her upcoming book, which she...See more

Dania Koleilat Khatib is an affiliated scholar at the Issam Fares Institute for public policy and international affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She specializes in US-Arab relations and has a special interest in Syria. She is on the steering committee of the United Nations Economic and Social committee for West Asia, National Agenda for the Future of Syria programmeShe authored a book on the Arab lobby and the factors for success and for failure. Her upcoming book, which she co-edited, analyses the West's perception of the Arab Gulf. She regularly writes on US-Arab Gulf relations for several regional newspapers. She is a weekly columnist in the Arab News . Dania had regular appearances on a series of Middle Eastern TV stations. She has co-directed, participated, presented scholarly papers and spoken in numerous conferences and workshops. She has been a guest speaker on several high-profile platforms such as NATO, European Parliament and theHeritage Foundation. She is a member of the Arab Council of Social Studies. Dania holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter and both an MBA and a BBA from AUB. See less