Mohamed El-Zein is a BA International Relations student at Sciences Po Paris, currently on study abroad year at the University of Oxford. He is a prospective masters student at Sciences Po and King's College where he will specialize in international governance and security. His research applies a postcolonial lens to analyze politics in the MENA and the role of the West in the region. Raised between Western and Lebanese customs, Mohamed aims at promoting intercultural dialogue for peacebuilding.