Peter Mandaville is an American academic and former government official.

Biography

From 2015-16 he was Senior Advisor in the Secretary of State's Office of Religion & Global Affairs at the

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. His previous government work has included serving as a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff (2011–12) under former Secretary of State

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, where he was part of the team that helped to shape the U.S. response to the

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. Since 2000 his permanent professional home has been

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where he is Professor of International Affairs in the Schar School of Policy and Government. At Mason he has also served as Founding Director of the Center for Global Studies and Co-Director of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies. Earlier in his academic career he was Lecturer in International Relations at the

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(1998-2000). He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Center for Middle East Policy at the

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(2012–15; 2017–present) and a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Previously he was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the

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(2009–10), and an Adjunct Scholar at the

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(2012–15; 2017-2018). He is widely regarded as a leading expert on

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, Middle East affairs, and on Muslim communities in Europe and North America. He has authored numerous book chapters and journal articles, contributed to publications such as the ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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,'' and has consulted extensively for media, government and non-profit agencies.Peter Mandaville
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Major publications

* ''Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma'' (London:

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, 2001) * ''The Zen of International Relations'' (London: Palgrave/ St. Martin's Press 2001, co-edited with Stephen Chan & Roland Bleiker) * ''Meaning and International Relations'' (London: Routledge, 2003, coedited with Andrew Williams) * ''Global Political Islam'' (London: Routledge, 2007), a broad overview of Islamist movements and global Muslim politics * ''Globalizing Religions'' (London:

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, 2010, co-edited with Paul James) * ''Politics from Afar'' (New York: Columbia University Press/Oxford University Press, 2011, co-edited with Terrence Lyons) * ''Islam and Politics'' (London: Routledge, 2014), an updated and expanded second edition of ''Global Political Islam''. * ''Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022)

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Biography

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