Koert Debeuf

Koert Debeuf is a philosopher, historian and geopolitical analyst. He is currently Professor of Middle Eastern and World Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he is also Director of the Caroline Pauwels Academy of Critical Thinking.

Previously, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Euobserver, Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Politics, Chief of Staff to the Chair of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, and Speechwriter and Spokesperson for the Prime Minister.

From 2011 to 2016, he lived in Cairo, from where he travelled extensively across the Middle East. He is regularly invited to comment on the Middle East in national and international media. His most recent books comprise Tribalisation. Why war is coming (2019), Why this is not the last war (2022), The Influence of Averroes on European Thought (2024) and What you need to know to understand the Middle East (2025), which is now in its eighth edition.