Yasmina ASRARGUIS

Near Eastern Studies Department | Visiting Researcher / Princeton University

Yasmina Asrarguis is currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University. She is a PhD candidate at Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, where her research focuses on the Abraham Accords and the evolving geopolitics of Israeli-Arab normalization since 2020. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris (MA) and the University of Bath (BA), she received the Peter Throughton Prize for Best Dissertation for her work on Islamism in France.

Alongside her academic career, Yasmina served as Public Relations Officer to the Director-General of UNESCO in Paris (2024–2025). Previously, she worked as a Manager at Richard Attias & Associates in New York, where she advanced business development in the Middle East and Africa after initially shadowing the Chief of Staff. Her earlier professional experience includes roles within the Diplomatic Unit of President Emmanuel Macron and the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, contributing to the Political, Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian unit.

Her forthcoming book, to be published in January 2026 by Humensis, examines the history of Middle East peace negotiations and the role of U.S. diplomacy in shaping Israeli-Arab relations.