Clovis Maksoud Lebanese lawyer, journalist, and diplomat.

Clovis Maksoud (also Maqsud) was born in 1928 into a Christian family. He completed his graduate studies at the American University of Beirut. Afterwards, he obtained a J.D. from George Washington University and did postgraduate studies at Oxford University. Between 1961 and 1966 Maksoud was the League of Arab States' chief representative in India. Following his diplomatic stint Maksoud went back to journalism, and from 1967 to 1979 he served as the senior editor of the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram and chief editor of the Lebanon-based al-Nahar Weekly. Maksoud has authored several articles and books on the Middle East, including: "The Meaning of Non-Alignment," "The Crisis of the Arab Left," "Reflections on Afro-Asianism," and the "Arab Image." Currently, Maksoud is professor of international relations at American University in Washington, D.C., where he also is director of the Center for the Global South. He is also a member of the advisory group of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).