1 January 2001: Doctorate in political sciences, University of Jordan[170] 3 September 2004: Doctorate, International Relations Institute in Moscow[171] 21 March 2005: Doctor of Humane Letters for socioeconomic development in Jordan and promoting interfaith dialogue, Georgetown University[172] 15 December 2005: Doctorate in political sciences, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand[173] 4 June 2008: Doctorate in civil law, University of Oxford[174] 8 November 2011: Doctorate in humanitarian sciences for efforts in defending Jerusalem's holy sites, Al-Quds University (represented by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas)[175]