Rethinking the Middle East: Values, Interests and Security Concerns in Western Policies toward Iraq and the Wider region, 1918¿2010 (British Academy, London, United Kingdom, March 2010).
Organisation of high-profile, sell-out conference that attracted a large number of US and UK journalists and officials.
http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2010/rtme/index.cfm
Why do they hate them? - Annalyzing Egyptian Public Opinion on US Foreign Policy (5th General ECPR Conference, Potsdam, Germany, September 2009 to September 2009).
Cooperation between the Persian Gulf states and Israel ¿ Opportunities and Constraints (Israel and the Arab States: Parallel Interests, Relations and Strategies, Jerusalem, Israel, June 2009 to June 2009).
Why do they hate them? - Annalyzing Egyptian Public Opinion on US Foreign Policy (Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, May 2009 to May 2009).
Guns, butter and human rights - Conditioning U.S. aid to Egypt (Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, United States, March 2009 to April 2009).
Constructing the "National Interest"- The Congressional Politics of U.S. Foreign Assistance to Egypt (American Politics Group Annual Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, January 2009 to January 2009).
Under siege? The image of American hegemony and the Arab world's "authoritarian triangle" - the case of Saudi Arabia (U.S. Naval Academy - Gulf and the Globe, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, January 2009 to January 2009).
Presentation: From tornado to whiff - US democracy promotion in the Middle East and the War in Iraq, International Conference, Arab Thought Forum, Amman (Jordan, March, 2008)
Presentation: From tornado to whiff - US democracy promotion in the Middle East and the War in Iraq, International Conference, Arab Thought Forum, Amman
The Arab debate on the origins of Islamist terrorism, 6th Pan-European International Relations Conference (Italy, September, 2007)
The Arab debate on the origins of Islamist terrorism, 6th Pan-European International Relations Conference
The Agent-Structure Problem and Islamist terrorism, Triannual Conference of the German, Austrian and Swiss Political Science Associations, Vienna (Austria, 2006)
The Agent-Structure Problem and Islamist terrorism, Triannual Conference of the German, Austrian and Swiss Political Science Associations, Vienna
Foerderung und Verweigerung: Demokratisierungsstrategien von Bush zu Clinton, Annual conference of the Section Political Science of the German American Studies Association, Lambrecht (Germany, October, 2004)
Foerderung und Verweigerung: Demokratisierungsstrategien von Bush zu Clinton, Annual conference of the Section Political Science of the German American Studies Association, Lambrecht
The Domestic Determinants of US Gulf Policy, Annual Conference of the German American Studies Association, Mannheim (Germany, July, 2004)
The Domestic Determinants of US Gulf Policy, Annual Conference of the German American Studies Association, Mannheim
Das Problem des Islamismus in der Nahostpolitik der USA, Annual conference of the section Political Science of the German American Studies Association (Germany, December, 2001)
Das Problem des Islamismus in der Nahostpolitik der USA, Annual conference of the section Political Science of the German American Studies Association
(University of Staffordshire, United Kingdom, January 2010).
Shared responsibility for:
MA International Policy and Diplomacy
MA International Relations
MA International History
Honorary Posts (e.g. Visiting Appointments)
British Academy Visiting Fellowship at the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University; host: Professor Dr. Hartmut Behr (Chair in International Politics), project on the Arab debate about the origins of Islamist terrorism
(United Kingdom, August, 2006)
British Academy Visiting Fellowship at the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University; host: Professor Dr. Hartmut Behr (Chair in International Politics), project on the Arab debate about the origins of Isla...
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Best Ph.D. dissertation, German Middle East Studies Association (Germany, 2007)
Best Ph.D. dissertation, German Middle East Studies Association
Guns, Butter, and Human Rights: The Congressional Politics of U.S. Aid to Egypt (Lecture Series on US politics and history, Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France, April 2012).
Islamism and the Arab Spring (Melton Foundation, Casablanca, Morocco, March 2012).
The role of Christian Zionism in U.S. Middle East Policy (Academic Peace Peace Orchestra Middle East, Barcelona, Spain, January 2012).
'We will stand with those who want to bring light into darkness' - The United Kingdom and the Arab Spring (Annual UK/Irish Scholars Conference, German National Academic Foundation, Manchester University, United Kingdom, November 2011).
Terrorism in the Middle East: State of the Art (Academic Peace Peace Orchestra Middle East, Budapest, Hungary, September 2011).
Terrorism's Strategic Calculus (Academic Peace Peace Orchestra Middle East, Floriana, Malta, February 2011).
Keynote Speaker, US foreign policy and the challenge of terrorism, Professional education seminar for social science teachers, Meiningen/Germany (Germany, February, 2007)
US foreign policy and the challenge of terrorism, Professional education seminar for social science teachers, Meiningen/Germany
The Struggle Over Iran (German Atlantic Society, Muenster, Germany, May 2005).
Failed Attempt to Rescue British Hostage in Nigeria and Boko Haram (Key 103 Radio, United Kingdom, March 2012).
Radio Interview on Syrian Constitutional Referendum and Friends of Syria meeting (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, February 2012).
Radio Interview on First Anniversary of Libyan Uprising (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, February 2012).
Radio Interview on Syrian Uprising (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, February 2012).
Radio Interview on Arab spring (BBC Radio Manchester, United Kingdom, December 2011).
Looking back at the main causes and events of the Arab spring.
Radio Interview on Arab spring (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, December 2011).
Looking back at the causes and main events of the Arab spring.
Radio Interview on Tunisia's Elections (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, October 2011).
Interview on Tunisia's Elections (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, October 2011).
TV Interview on Death of Muammar Gaddafi (BBC News Channel, United Kingdom, October 2011).
Radio Interview on Tunisia's Elections (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, October 2011).
Radio Interview on Death of Muammar Gaddafi (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, October 2011).
TV Interview on Palestinian statehood bid to United Nations (BBC News Channel, United Kingdom, September 2011 to September 2011).
Radio Interviews on Libyan Revolution (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, September 2011 to September 2011).
Regular Radio interviews on Egyptian Revolution ( BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2011).
numerous interviews with regional and national German print media and news agencies on Middle East politics, Islamist terrorism, and U.S. foreign policy (Germany, 2007)
numerous interviews with regional and national German print media and news agencies on Middle East politics, Islamist terrorism, and U.S. foreign policy
Invited Teaching at Summer School of the German National Academic Foundation (Germany, August 2009).
Invited shared teaching with Professor Hartmut Behr (Newcastle University) of two-week intensive course on "Terrorism" for twenty students sponsored by Germany's most prestigious organisation sponsoring the academical... more >>.
Invitation to chair a working group on Transnational Terrorism and State Failure in Yemen (Hungary, September 2011).
The working group is part of a broader study group funded by the German and Norwegian ministries of foreign affairs. As a track II initiative, it aims to develop policy proposals related to the establishment of a zone free... more >>.
