Amine Ait-Chaalal is Professor of International Relations at the “Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe” (ISPOLE) of the Université catholique de Louvain / UCLouvain (Belgium). He holds an M.A. from the University of Ottawa (Canada) and a Ph.D. from UCLouvain. His current research focuses on Brazilian external policy, the Middle East, Euro-Mediterranean issues and U.S. foreign policy.