Ghassan Salamé is Professor of International Relations Emeritus at SciencesPo Paris and the founding dean of its Paris School for International Affairs/Psia. He taught at the American University of Beirut and at Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, before moving to Sciences Po. He is the author and/or editor of a dozen books including Democracy Without Democrats, Appels d’empire and The Foundations of the Arab State. He also was a visiting professor at many universities, like Columbia, New York. GS also served in politics and diplomacy. He served as Minister of Culture in the Lebanese Government (2000-2003). He was the political advisor to the UN Mission in Baghdad before being appointed as the UNSG Kofi Annan’s Senior Advisor (2003-2007). He also served as member of the Annan Rakhine State Commission (2016-2017) in Myanmar. His most recent assignment was as the United Nations Secretary-General Special Representative in Libya (2017-2020).