Gilles Kepel

Russia is the "kingmaker" in the Middle East because of the failure of Western policies, according to Gilles Kepel, a French political scientist who is currently at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

The French Institute in Athens presents a lecture by Islam and contemporary Arab world expert Gilles Kepel on the subject of "Jihad in Europe," on Monday, May 30. Kepel is a French political scientist and professor at Sciences Po in Paris. The event is organized by the Modern Greek Culture and General Education Studies Society founded by the Moraitis School in Athens. It starts at 6.30 p.m.