Dr. Said Saddiki

Said Saddiki is professor of international relations and international law at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco, where he heads the Political Studies and Public Law Laboratory since 2019. He received a Doctorate degree in Public Law (International Relations discipline) from Mohamed I University in Oujda, Morocco, in 2002. Saddiki served as professor at Al-Ain University in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from September 2012 to July 2019. He is the author of six books, including “World of Walls: Structure, Roles and Effectiveness of Separation Barriers” (2017) and “The State in a Changing World: Nation-State and New Global Challenges” (in Arabic) (2008). He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and policy papers. He has received a number of international awards and grants, including Fulbright Visiting Scholarship, Research Fellowship at the NATO Defense College in Rome and the Arab Prize in the Social Sciences and Humanities. He is currently interested in border walls/fences, foreign policy analysis, international migration, and the Western Sahara dispute.