Bichara Khader is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain and Founder of the Study and Research Centre on the Contemporary Arab World. He has been member of the Group of High Experts on European Foreign Policy and Common Security (European Commission) and Member of the Group of Wise men on cultural dialogue in the Mediterranean (European Presidency). Currently his is visiting professor in various European and Arab universities. He published some 30 books on the Arab world and on the Euro-Arab, Euro-Mediterranean, EU-GCC and the Euro-Palestinian relations.