Djallel Khechib

Djallel Khechib is a Ph.D. researcher specializing in Geopolitics and International Relations (IR), currently based in Rome, Italy. He is pursuing his third Master’s degree in Mediterranean Cooperation and Security Program at the Luiss School of Government, Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. He previously completed a second Master’s at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies and Muslim World at Marmara University in Istanbul. Khechib obtained his first Master in Asian Studies and IR at Algiers 3 University. Additionally, he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Asian Studies and IR at Algiers 3 University, on the verge of defending his dissertation.
Khechib is originally from Algeria and has accumulated nine years of experience in study and academic work in Istanbul, Türkiye, along with one year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has recently begun a new academic journey in Rome, Italy. Throughout his career, Khechib has collaborated with various research centers, and since December 2019, he has worked as a Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), affiliated with Istanbul Zaim University in Türkiye.
His primary research interests encompass geopolitics, international relations theory, great power politics, and the changes in the international system/order. He is particularly focused on the geopolitics of the MENA and Mediterranean regions, Eurasia, the South China Sea, and the foreign policies of the United States, Turkey, and Algeria.
He is the author of many books, studies, translations, and academic summaries published in Arabic and English. His books include: “The Impact of Islamic Movements on the Democratic Transition in Malaysia: Islamizing Democracy or Democratizing Islam?” (2024), “The Struggle for Free Will: Turkish Foreign Policy in a Changing International System (1923-2017)” (Second Ed 2024), “The Liberal International Order: Rise or Fall? John Ikenberry VS John Mearsheimer” (2021), “The Prospects for Democratic Transition in Russia, a Critical Study for Structures and Challenges”, (2015).
Khechib is a native Arabic speaker and conducts his research in Arabic, English, French, and Turkish. Recently, he has also begun learning Italian.