CV-Bassel Salloukh.DOC

BASSEL F. SALLOUKH
Associate Professor of Political Science
Department of Social Sciences, Lebanese American University
Chouran, 1102 2801, P.O. Box 13-5053, Beirut - Lebanon
Tel, Off: +9611-786456 x: 1165, Mobile: +9613-795248
E-mail: bassel.salloukh@lau.edu.lb
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1994-2000)
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Department of Political Science
Dean’s Honour List
Dissertation Title: Organizing Politics in the Arab World: State-Society Relations and Foreign Policy Choices in
Jordan and Syria (November 2000)
Comprehensive Exams: Comparative Politics (Developing World) & Political Theory
Master of Arts (1992-1994)
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Dean’s Honour List
Title of M.A. Thesis: The King and The General: Survival Strategies in Jordan and Lebanon
Honours Bachelor of Arts (1988-1992)
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Summa Cum Laude
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Fall 2015-Spring 2016: Lebanese American University
School Research and Development Council (Member)
Department Assessment Committee (Chair)
Ad-Hoc Committee to Review Masters in International Affairs (Member)
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Search Committee for Dean of Graduate Studies and Research (Member)
Task Force on Inter-disciplinary Graduate Education (Member)
Task Force on School of Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan 2013-2017 (Chair)
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Committee for the Development of a Strategic Plan on Graduate Studies and Research (Member)
Graduate Students Advisor
Search Committee for Dean of School of Business (Member)
Committee of Peers for the promotion of faculty to Associate Professorship in Architecture & Design, Business,
Humanities & Social Sciences (Member)
Strategic Plan Sub-Committee on Conflict Resolution (Member)
Committee of Peers for the promotion of faculty to Associate Professorship in Architecture & Design, Business,
Humanities & Social Sciences (Member)
Search Committee for Dean of Graduate Studies and Research (Member)
Search Committee (Social Sciences Department, Member)
Faculty Senate
University Student Campus Life Council
Fall 2004-Spring 2006: American University of Sharjah
Professional Development and Research Committee (College of A&S, Chair)
Search and Recruitment Committee (Department of International Studies, Chair)
Faculty Personnel Committee (Department of International Studies)
Accreditation Committee (Department of International Studies)
Political Science Minor Committee (Department of International Studies, Chair)
Middle East Minor Committee (Department of International Studies)
Resource Planning Committee (University Committee)
Faculty Development and Research Committee (College of A&S)
International Studies Students Association Advisor (Department of International Studies)
Faculty Development and Research Committee
IT Committee
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2001-2002: Concordia University, Department of Political Science
Scholarship Committee
1997-1998: Lebanese Studies Association, North America
Nominating Committee Member
1996-1998: Canadian Committee of the Middle East Studies Association (CANMES)
Board of Directors Member
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Fall 2009- : Lebanese American University
Associate Professor of Political Science
Department of Social Sciences
Courses Taught:
“Middle East International Relations” (Graduate Seminar)
“Political Theory and Society” (Graduate Seminar)
“Themes in Middle East Politics” (Graduate Seminar)
“Middle East Governments and Politics”
“Politics of the Developing Areas”
“Introduction to Political Science”
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Department of Social Sciences
Courses Taught:
“Political Islam” (Graduate Seminar)
“Themes in Middle East Politics” (Graduate Seminar)
“Middle East Governments and Politics”
“Middle East in International Affairs”
“Politics of the Developing Areas”
Fall 2002-Summer 2006: American University of Sharjah
Department of International Studies
Courses Taught:
“The Political Economy of the Gulf States” (Graduate Seminar)
“Senior Seminar: Middle East Politics”
“Ethnic Conflict in the Developing World”
“The Political Economy of the Arab World”
“International Relations”
“Wars, Conflicts, and Diplomacy”
“Comparative Politics”
“Introduction to Political Studies”
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Fall 2001-Winter 2002: Concordia University
Courses Taught:
“Advanced Seminar: Middle East”
“Politics of the Middle East”
“Middle East and Global Conflict”
Fall 1999-Summer 2001: McGill University
Lecturer
Courses Taught:
“Developing Areas: Introduction”
“Ethno-National Politics: The Developing World”
“Introduction to Comparative Politics”
“Developing Areas: The Arab World”
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Books
The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon (co-authored with Rabie Barakat, Jinan S. Al-Habbal,
Lara W. Khattab, and Shoghig Mikaelian). London: Pluto Press, 2015.
Beyond the Arab Spring: Authoritarianism and Democratization in the Arab World (co-authored with Rex
Brynen, Pete W. Moore, and Marie-Joëlle Zahar). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.
Mapping the Political Landscape: An Introduction to Political Science 2nd
edition, (co-authored with Reeta
Tremblay, Andre Lecours, Francesca Scala, Csaba Nikolenyi). Toronto: Nelson Publishers, 2007.
Persistent Permeability: Regionalism, Localism, and Globalization in the Middle East (co-editor and
contributor with Rex Brynen). London: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“Elite Strategies, Civil Society, and Sectarian Identities in Postwar Lebanon,” (with Janine Clark)
International Journal of Middle East Studies 45, 4, (November 2013): 731-749.
“The Arab Uprisings and the Geopolitics of the Middle East,” in The International Spectator 48, 2,
(June 2013): 32-46.
“Struggles under Authoritarianism: Regimes, States, and Professional Associations in the Arab
World,” (with Pete W. Moore) International Journal of Middle East Studies 39, 1, (February 2007): 53-76.
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“The Limits of Electoral Engineering in Divided Societies: Elections in Postwar Lebanon,”
Canadian Journal of Political Science 39, 3, (September 2006): 635-655.
“Syria and Lebanon: A Brotherhood Transformed,” Middle East Report 236, (Fall 2005): 14-21.
“Studying Arab Politics: The End of Ideology or the Search for Alternative Methods?” Critique No.
10, (Spring 1997): 109-125.
“State Strength, Permeability, and Foreign Policy Behavior: Jordan in Theoretical Perspective,”
Arab Studies Quarterly 18, 2, (Spring 1996): 39-65.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
“The Architecture of Secatrianization in Lebanon,” in Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel, eds.,
Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (London: Hurst Publishers, forthcoming).
“The Sectarianization of Geopolitics in the Middle East,” in Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel,
eds., Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (London: Hurst Publishers,
forthcoming).
“Strong Actor in a Weak State: The Geopolitics of Hezbollah,” (with Shoghig Mikaelian) in Mehran
Kamrava, ed., Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East (New York: Oxford University
Press, 2016): 119-143.
“The Arab World after the Popular Uprisings: A Spirit Restored?” in Kirsten Fisher and Robert
Stewart, eds., Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring (London: Routledge, 2014): 17-35.
“Hizbullah in Lebanon,” (with Shoghig Mikaelian) in John L. Esposito and Emad Shahin, eds., The
Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013): 516-531.
“Remaking Lebanon after Syria: The Rise and Fall of Proxy Authoritarianism,” in Holger Albrecht,
ed., Contentious Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida,
2010): 205-228.
“Democracy in Lebanon: The Primacy of the Sectarian System,” in Nathan Brown and Emad El-
Din Shahin, eds., The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East (London: Routledge Press, 2009): 134-
150.
“Demystifying Syrian Foreign Policy under Bashar,” in Fred H. Lawson, ed., Demystifying Syria
(London: Saqi Books, 2009): 159-179.
“The Art of the Impossible: The Foreign Policy of Lebanon,” in Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal
Dessouki, eds., The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Globalization, New Revised Edition
(Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2009): 283-317.
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Op-Eds, Policy Reports, Blogs, & Other Publications
“The Capitalism of our Times,” The New Arab, 24 August 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/8/24/the-capitalism-of-our-times.
“How to break the Middle East’s Sectarian Spiral,” Washington Post, Monkey Cage Blog, 8 August
2016, at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/08/08/how-to-break-
the-middle-easts-sectarian-spiral/.
“Who speaks for Syrians?” The New Arab, 8 August 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/8/8/who-speaks-for-syrians.
“Overcoming our Underdevelopment,” The New Arab, 22 July 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/7/22/overcoming-our-underdevelopment.
“What America can’t do in the Arab World,” The New Arab, 26 May 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/5/26/knowing-your-limits-american-influence-
in-the-arab-world.
“The ‘Lebanese Origins’ of the World,” The New Arab, 27 April 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/4/27/the-lebanese-origins-of-the-world.
“The End of the Arab Affair,” The New Arab, 28 March 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/3/28/the-end-of-the-arab-affair.
“The Banana Republic of Lebanon,” The New Arab, 7 March 2016, at:
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/3/7/the-banana-republic-of-lebanon.
“Ziad Rahbani’s ‘What About Tomorrow?’ – Today,” The New Arab, 17 February 2016, at:
http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english//Comment/2016/2/17/Ziad-Rahbanis-What-about-tomorrow-
today.
“The Importance of Being Earnest about Sectarianism,” The New Arab, 3 February 2016, at:
http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/2/3/the-importance-of-being-earnest-about-
sectarianism.
“End of a Year; End of a Political Era,” The New Arab, 30 December 2015, at:
http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2015/12/30/a-year-that-ends-a-political-era.
“How ISIS Provincialised Europe,” openDemocracy, 7 December 2015, at:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/bassel-f-salloukh/how-isis-provincialised-
europe.
“The Other Victims of IS Violence,” The New Arab, 18 November 2015, at:
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http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2015/11/18/the-other-victims-of-is-violence/.
“Lebanese Protesters United against Garbage… and Sectarianism,” Washington Post, Monkey Cage
Blog, 14 September 2015, at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-
cage/wp/2015/09/14/lebanese-protesters-united-against-garbage-and-sectarianism/.
“Overlapping Contests and Middle East International Relations: The Return of the Weak Arab
State,” Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), 12 August 2015, at:
http://pomeps.org/2015/08/12/overlapping-contests-and-middle-east-international-relations-the-
return-of-the-weak-arab-state/#sthash.j1lOsBZ0.dpuf; and in International Relations Theory and a
Changing Middle East, POMEPS, 17 September 2015, at: http://pomeps.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/09/POMEPS_Studies_16_IR_Web.pdf: 47-51.
“Sectarianism and the Search for New Political Orders in the Arab World,” Middle East Institute,
17 July 2015, at: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/sectarianism-and-search-new-political-orders-
arab-world.
“The Disciplinary Violence of Sectarianism in Lebanon,” Pluto Press Blog, 14 July 2015, at:
https://plutopress.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/the-disciplinary-violence-of-sectarianism-in-
lebanon/#more-10500.
“Sect Supreme: The End of Realist Politics in the Middle East,” Foreign Affairs.com, 14 July 2014,
at: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141637/bassel-f-salloukh/sect-supreme.
“Lebanon – Where next for Hezbollah: Resistance or Reform?” in Alexander Ramsbotham and
Achim Wennmann, eds., Legitimacy and Peace Processes: From Coercion to Consent Accord Issue 25
(London: Conciliation Resources, April 2014): 100-104.
Al-Takamul al-‘Arabi: Sabilan li-Nahda Insaniya (Beirut: UN-ESCWA, 2014): Contributor.
“Education and Reconciling Our Differences.” LAU Magazine 16, 1, (Winter 2014), p. 31, at:
http://www.lau.edu.lb/magazine/showissue.php?doc=140126095554-
db7f02f7ad46529e5e44bcf0d707a9d7&pg=33
“The Geopolitics of the Struggle for Syria,” e-International Relations, 23 September 2013, at:
http://www.e-ir.info/2013/09/23/the-geopolitics-of-the-struggle-for-syria/
Lebanon: Democracy and Governance Strategic Assessment, Management Systems International,
Washington, 1 June 2011: Contributor.
Lebanon Conflict Assessment, Management Systems International, Washington, 31 March 2010:
Contributor.
Expert Group Meeting on Development under Crisis Conditions, UNESCWA, Beirut, 15 September 2006:
Lead author.
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“The Arab State System after the Invasion of Iraq,” in M. Martellini and R. Redaelli, eds., Towards a
Multilateral Regional Security Arrangement for the Middle East (Como: LNCV Publications, 2005): 47-62.
Book Reviews
Ahmad Nizar Hamzeh’s In the Path of Hizbullah in International Journal of Middle East Studies 39, 1,
(February 2007): 140-141.
Hilal Khashan’s Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism in International Journal of Middle
East Studies 36, 3, (August 2004): 527-528.
Marc Lynch’s State Interests and Public Spheres: The International Politics of Jordan’s Identity in MESA
Bulletin, 37, 2, (December 2003): 282-284.
Ghada Hashem Talhami’s Syria and the Palestinians: The Clash of Nationalisms in Middle East Journal 56,
1, (Winter 2002): 166-167.
Majid Khadduri and Edmund Ghareeb’s War in the Gulf, 1990-1991: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and its
Implications in as-Safir, 29-10-1998, p. 18.
Laurie A. Brand’s Jordan’s Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making in MESA
Bulletin 32, 1, (Summer 1998): 110-111.
Asher Susser’s On Both Banks of the Jordan: A Political Biography of Wasfi al-Tall in MESA Bulletin 32, 1,
(Summer 1998): 128-129.
Shafiq Ghabra’s Israel wa-l-‘Arab! Min Sira‘ al-Qadaya ila Salam al-Masaleh MESA Bulletin 32, 2, (Winter
1998): 266-267.
Dale F. Eickelman and James Piscatori’s Muslim Politics in Middle East Insight 13, 1, (Nov-Dec 1997):
66-7.
Laura Guazzone, ed. The Islamist Dilemma: The Political Role of Islamist Movements in the Contemporary
Arab World in Arab Studies Quarterly 18, 2, (Spring 1997): 80-2.
Mohamed Rabie’s US-PLO Dialogue in The Annals 546, (July 1996): 156-7.
A.J. Abraham’s The Lebanon War in Middle East Insight 12, 4-5, (May-August 1996): 94 and 96.
CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
“The Political Economy and Ideological Hegemony of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon.” Lecture
delivered at the ‘Understanding the Middle East’ Summer School, University of Turin, Turin, Italy,
30 June 2016.
“The Diffusion of Contrapuntal Anti-Sectarian Protests.” Speaker & Participant at the GIGA-
POMEPS workshop on “Transnational Diffusion, Cooperation and Learning in the Middle East
and North Africa: A Post-Arab Uprisings Perspective,” Hamburg, Germany, 8-9 June 2016.
“Sources of Sectarianism in the Middle East.” Panel Discussant, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Beirut, Lebanon, 5 May 2016.
“The Politics of Sectarianism in Lebanon.” Talk delivered at the “Managing Ethnic Conflict and
Religious Violence” Workshop organized by the US Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey,
California), Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College, Alrihaneh, Lebanon, 8 March 2016.
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“Sectarianism in the Wake of the Arab Revolts: Beyond Primordialist and Instrumentalist
Understandings of Shia/Sunni Divisions in a new Middle East.” Workshop Speaker & Participant,
Aarhus University, Denmark, 12 November 2015.
“Why Create a Graduate Program in Public and International Policy Now?” Speaker & Participant
at Brainstorming Meeting, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, 6
November 2015.
“International Relations Theory and a New Middle East,” Workshop Speaker & Participant at
POMEPS workshop, Aarhus University, Denmark, 7-8 May 2015.
“APSA MENA September 2014 Workshop.” Workshop Leader, Beirut, 15-19 September 2014.
“The Causes and Consequences of the Arab Uprisings.” Talk delivered at the Youth Leadership
Program 2014, Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, Beirut, 26 February 2014.
“Choosing to Engage: Armed Groups and Peace Processes.” Participant at the Joint Analysis
workshop organized by Conciliation Resources, London, 1 November 2013.
“Legitimacy and Peace Processes.” Participant at the policy workshop organized by Conciliation
Resources, London, 30 October 2013.
“New Middle East Cold War.” Speaker & Participant at the policy panel organized by the
Brookings Doha Center (BDC), Doha, 12 June 21013.
“The Regional Implications of the Syrian Conflict: Challenges to the State Order in the Levant?”
Speaker & Participant at workshop organized by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS),
Beirut, 8 May 2013.
“The Interplay of Domestic and Geopolitical Dynamics in the Syria Crisis.” Speaker & Participant
at workshop organized by FRIDE and Hivos, Córdoba, Spain, 15 March 2013.
“Empowering Citizens: Elections, Civil Society, and Peacebuilding.” Workshop organizer, LAU,
Beirut, 21-22 July 2011.
“The Arab Uprising and its Political and Economic Implications on Lebanon.” Speaker &
Participant at workshop organized by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) and the
Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung, Beirut, 24 June 2011.
“External Intervention and the Struggle Over Post-Syria Lebanon.” Paper Presented at the Middle
East Studies Association Conference, Boston, 21-24 November 2009.
“Confessionalism in Lebanon.” Talk delivered at the RAND Corporation’s “Syria-Lebanon-
Maghreb Roundtable Discussions,” Arlington, VA, 10 September 2009.
“Confessional Democracy and Peacebuilding in Lebanon: Does it Work?” Talk delivered at the
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‘Democratization and Peacebuilding’ workshop organized by the International Development
Research Centre, Ottawa, 3-4 November 2008.
“Elite Strategies and Sectarian Identities in Postwar Lebanon.” Paper prepared for the Ninth
Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, ‘Authoritarian Regimes and their Perpetuation
in the Middle East: The Changing Politics of Class Identities,’ Montecatini Terme, 12-15 March
2008.
“Security Politics and Democratization in Lebanon.” Paper prepared for the conference on
‘Security, Democratization and Stability in the Middle East,’ Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, Milano, 3 December 2007.
“Hizbullah after the July 2006 War.” Paper prepared for the Third International Conference on
‘Security Challenges to Middle East Security and the Contribution of International Organizations,’
Izmir, 25-26 April 2007.
“Opposition under Authoritarianism: The Case of Lebanon under Syria.” Paper prepared for the
Eight Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, ‘Political Opposition and Authoritarian
Rule: State-Society Relations in the Middle East and North Africa,’ Montecatini Terme, 21-25
March 2007.
“The Use and Abuse of Cross-Confessional Alliances: Elections in Post-War Lebanon.” Paper
Prepared for the Workshop ‘Crossing Ideological Divides,’ Rockefeller Foundation’s Study and
Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, 8-13 August 2005.
“The Arab State System after the Iraq War.” Paper prepared for the Second Iran-Italy International
Workshop on ‘Towards a Multilateral Regional Security Arrangement in the Middle East,’ Rome, 5-
6 July 2004.
“Cross-Ideological Cooperation in the Arab World: A Comparative Perspective.” Paper prepared
for the Fifth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, ‘Cooperation Across Ideological
Divides: Comparative Locales Within Arab Public Spheres,’ Florence, 24-28 March 2004.
“Alliances Within Political Parties and Professional Associations.” Paper prepared for the Middle
East Studies Association, Anchorage, Alaska, November 2003.
“Fiscal Crisis and State-Society Relations in the Middle East: Jordan, Kuwait, and Syria in
Comparative Perspective.” Paper prepared for the Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political
Research Meeting, ‘Change of Regime? Change in Regime? The Dynamics of Liberalisation and
Democratization in the Middle East and North Africa,’ Florence, 19-23 March 2003. (co-authored
with Pete W. Moore)
“The Politics of Contestation in the Arab World: The Role of al-Niqabat al-Mihaniyya.” Paper
prepared for the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, 24-26 November 2002.
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“A Bag of Mixed Blessings: External Intervention and State Building in Lebanon.” Paper presented
to the Workshop ‘A Peace that Lasts: External Intervention and the Strength of Post-Conflict
States, Bosnia and Lebanon in Comparative Perspective,’ Montréal, 12-13 October 2002.
Conference Co-Organizer, “Noblefest 2002: A Conference in Honor of Paul Noble,” Montréal, 18-
20 June 2002.
“Regime Autonomy, Domestic Institutions, and Foreign Policy Choices in the Middle East: A
Theoretical Exploration.” Paper presented to the “Noblefest Conference in Honor of Paul Noble,”
Montréal, 18-20 June 2002.
“Beyond Regime Control: The Struggle for the Naqabat in Jordan.” Paper presented to the
Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Toronto, 28-30 May 2002
Panel Organizer at the Middle East Studies Association Conference, Washington, 1998.
“The Domestic Origins of Jordanian Foreign Policy.” Paper presented to the Canadian Political
Science Association Conference, Montréal, 1995.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Senior Non-Resident Research Fellow, McGill University
Interuniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (2001- )
Commentator on Middle East Affairs for Televisions, Radios, and Newspapers in North America,
Europe, and the Middle East
Consultant, International Alert, Beirut, Assessing proposals by survey companies on the Lebanese
public’s perceptions of insecurity (March 2013)
Consultant, Management Systems International (MSI), Washington: Lebanon Democracy and
Governance Strategic Assessment (April-June 2011)
Consultant, Management Systems International (MSI), Washington: Lebanon Conflict Assessment
(January-March 2010)
Consultant, UN-ESCWA, Beirut: Task Force on “The Impacts of the International Financial and
Economic Crisis on the ESCWA Member Countries: Challenges and Opportunities.” (May-June
2009)
Founding Advisor of Lebanon Branch-Médecins Sans Frontières (2008-2009)
Member of the Higher Committee of the Issam Fares Award for Media Excellence (2008-2009)
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Member of the Swiss Embassy’s Steering Committee for the “Understanding Switzerland” project
(2007-2008)
Consultant at the UN-ESCWA, Beirut: Unit for Emerging and Conflict Related Issues (July-
December 2007)
PROFESSIONAL REFEREE
Middle East Journal
Middle East Law and Governance
Government and Opposition
Qatar National Research Fund
The International Spectator
Pluto Press (London)
Polity Press (London)
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (Beirut)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008-2011: CAD 328,000 Research Grant on “Empowering Citizens: Elections, Civil Society and
Pace Building,” by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Peace, Conflict and
Development Initiative, Canada.
2005-2006: Faculty Professional Development Grant (American University of Sharjah)
2000: Dean’s Honour List (Ph.D. Political Science, McGill University)
1998: Social Sciences Grants Sub-Committee (McGill University)
1996: Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et L’Aide à la Recherche, FCAR (Québec)
(Two Years Doctoral Fellowship)
1996: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRC (Canada)
(Two Years Doctoral Fellowship)
1994: Dean’s Honour List (M.A. Political Science, McGill University)
1992: Summa Cum Laude (Hon. B.A. Political Science, McMaster University)
1991-1992: Dean’s Honour List (McMaster University)
1991: McMaster Undergraduate Award and Dr. Harry Lyman Hooker In Course Scholarship
(McMaster University)
1990 1991: Dean’s Honour List (McMaster University)
1988 1989: Dean’s Honour List (McMaster University)
GRADUATE THESIS ADVISING
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1. Shoghig Mikaelian, “Israeli Security and Foreign Policy vis-à-vis Non-State Actors,” (Lebanese
American University, Spring 2009).
2. Sarah Emad Noueihed, “Paradox of Good Governance under Authoritarian Regimes” (Lebanese
3. Randa El Kadi, “Government Policies and Muslim Radicalism in France and Great Britain”
4. Yasmine Kaidbey, “Omar Al Bashir and the International Criminal Court: Putting an End to
Injustice” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2010).
5. Lara Khattab, “Civil Society in a Sectarian Context: The Women’s Movement in Post-War
Lebanon,” (Lebanese American University, Summer 2010).
6. Farah Hage Ali, “Scrutinizing Perpetual Insecurities: A Dilemma Facing Lebanese-Syrian
Relations,” (Lebanese American University, Fall 2010).
7. Hovig Hraj Wannis, “Separation as a Solution to Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of Nagorno-
Karabakh,” (Lebanese American University, Fall 2010).
8. Jana Nasrallah, “The Impact of External Intervention on Power Sharing Agreements: The Case
of Lebanon’s Presidential Elections,” (Lebanese American University, Fall 2010).
9. Hayat Mostafa Hariri, “The Political Economy of Postwar Reconstruction in Lebanon.”
(Lebanese American University, Spring 2011).
10. Jinan Al-Habbal, “The Institutional Dynamics of Sectarianism: Education and Personal Status
Laws in Postwar Lebanon.” (Lebanese American University, Summer 2011).
11. Rabie Barakat, “New Media in the Arab World: A Tool for Redesigning Geopolitical Realities.”
(Lebanese American University, Summer 2011).
12. Joelle Makdessi, “Syria’s Foreign Policy under Bashar Al-Assad: Challenges and Changes.”
13. Karma Khayat, “The Left: Can it be Right for Lebanon? On The Path and Prospects of the
Leftist Movement in Lebanon.” (Lebanese American University, Fall 2011).
14. Meghry Khoshian, “Unraveling Hizbullah’s Institutional Paradox: State Interventionist Thought
versus Liberal Practices.” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2012).
15. Hassan Kabalan, “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 2003-2008: The Power of
Neoconservatism.” (Lebanese American University, Fall 2012).
16. Abir Kashouh, “The Arab Spring and Democratization Theory: The Case of Egypt.” (Lebanese
American University, Fall 2012).
17. Ghina A. Harb, “External Dynamics of Democratization and the Arab Spring: Is it the Region’s
Sisyphean Curse?” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2013).
18. Wassim Mroueh, “Kamal Jumblatt: The Path from System Reform to System Change.”
19. Sawsan Khanafer, “Foreign Policy Battles in Post-Syria Lebanon: The Case of the 2006 War.”
20. Vera Choulhadjian Yacoubian, “The Politics of the Armenians in Lebanon: 1975-1989.”
21. Ali Amine Khaled, “Balancing American Power: The Cases of China and Russia.” (Lebanese
American University, Fall 2013).
22. Bann Tabbara, “Power-Sharing in Bahrain: Institutional Engineering, Mutual Recognition, and
Autonomy.” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2014).
23. Ziad Naboulsi, More than Just Chanting: The Role of the Egyptian Football Ultras in
Authoritarian Regime Breakdown, The Case of Ultras Ahlawy.” (Lebanese American University,
Spring 2014).
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24. Gida Ghandour, “There is No God but God: Hamas and Hezbollah between Ideology and
Moderation.” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2014).
25. Renko Verheij, “Reforming the Consociational System: Decentralization and Proportional
Representation in Lebanon” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2014).
26. Natalie Haboush, “America: Friend or Foe? US Foreign Policy in the Middle East Post-2006
and the Arab Spring.” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2014).
27. Reine Mattar, “Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Between Realism and Idiosyncrasy.” (Lebanese American
University, Spring 2014).
28. Marie Murray, “The Threat of Security: Securitization and Orientalist Discourse in United States
Foreign Policy Towards Iran.” (Lebanese American University, Spring 2014).
29. Mohamad Mahdi Berjaoui, “Iran’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East after the Invasion of Iraq:
2003-2012.” (Lebanese American University, Summer 2014).
30. Guy Roger Tarraf, “Beirut: The Story of a City Destroyed by Peace.” (Lebanese American
University, Summer 2014).
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