Dr. Ebtisam Al Ketbi

Chairwoman of Emirates Policy Center

Dr. Ebtisam Al Ketbi

Chairwoman of Emirates Policy Center

Biography

Dr Ebtisam Al-Ketbi is an assistant professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UAE University. She attained her Ph.D. in Political Science at the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University. She is Secretary General of Gulf Development forum and also Board member of Association of political sciences. She is also a trustee’s board member of Arab Unity Studies Center and of Arabic Organization for Transparency. She served as a member of Consultative committee of the UAE Center for Strategic Studies, director of woman program in Gulf research Center 2005 and Member of core team of Arabic Human Development Report 2006. She has published a number of papers including Women’s Issues in the GCC Countries, Democratic Transformations in GCC Countries, and Citizenship concept in the GCC countries. The security dimensions of military relations between GCC countries and USA, The global community and the war on terrorism: threat or opportunity?