Alaoui is a political analyst for French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur and a contributor to Forbes on U.S policy, North Africa, and international relations. His books include Intelligence economique et guerres secretes au Maroc (Alphée Editions, Paris), Une ambition Marocaine, des experts analysent la decennie 1999-2009 (Alphée Editions, Paris), Le Maghreb dans les relations internationales (CNRS Editions, IFRI, Paris 2011), and Le Maroc stratégique (Descartes Editions, Paris, 2013). He has a master’s in business administration from HEC Business School and is also a graduate in public policy from Sciences Po Paris.