Dr. Dalal Iriqat is vice president of the Arab American University AAUP, where she is also an assistant professor of conflict resolution, diplomacy, and strategic planning. She has a PhD from Paris I Sorbonne and has published on diplomacy, Palestinian state building, coercive diplomacy, public diplomacy, nation branding, soft power, mediation, and conflict resolution. Dalal is a weekly columnist at Al-Quds newspaper. She can be reached on Twitter @Dalaliriqat and LinkedIn @Dalal Iriqat.