Dr. Mathieu Guidère is Professor of Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies at the University of Toulouse (since 2011). He has held other professorships, at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (2007–2011) and at the French Military Academy of Saint-Cyr, France (2003–2007) where he also chaired the "Strategic Information Analysis Laboratory." Dr. Guidère is co-founder of the "Radicalization Watch Project" and was awarded a Fulbright Grant in 2006 to advance his research on radical Islamism and terrorism. He is fluent in several languages, including a dozen Arabic dialects. Dr. Guidère has published books on the Al-Qaeda organisation and its activities in North Africa and the Middle East.
