Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
Professor Amin Saikal (born in Kabul, Afghanistan), former Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East & Central Asia), was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. Professor Saikal has specialised in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, Cambridge University and the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations (1983-1988). He is a member of many national and international academic organisations.

Professor Amin Saikal is a frequent commentator on radio and television., and has published numerous articles in international journals, as well as many feature articles in major international newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and The Guardian.