Professor
Email: tnajem@uwindsor.ca
Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 5020
Office: Chrysler Hall North 1142
- Ph.D., Durham University (UK), 1997
- M.A., University of Windsor, 1993
- B.A., University of Windsor, 1991
- POLS 1300 Comparative Politics in a Changing World
- POLS 2330 Politics of the Developing World
- POLS 2350 Government and Politics in the Middle East
- POLS 3600 International Conflict and Its Resolution
- POLS 3650 The Middle East in International Relations
- POLS 4610 Seminar in Theories of International Relations
- POLS 4620 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research in International Relations
- POLS 8320 Third World in International Relations
- POLS 8330 International Political Economy
My work falls broadly within the disciplines of comparative politics of the developing world and international relations. I have three major areas of research, which overlap to some degree: 1) Middle Eastern politics; 2) the nexus between international intervention in civil conflict, the responsibility to protect (R2P), and the role of media; and 3) track two diplomacy and conflict resolution. The research programs contribute to ‘traditional’ academic knowledge through peer-reviewed publications, but also engage policy-makers and non-academics in exercises designed to produce policy relevant work.
Most Recent Publications
Tom Najem and Roy C. Amore (2021) Historical Dictionary of Lebanon, 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield
- Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect, 2017. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017, (co-authored with Walter C. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs)
- Track Two Diplomacy and Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative, 2017. Routledge, 2017 (co-authored with Michael J. Molloy, Michael Bell, and John Bell)
- Governance and Security in Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative, 2017. Routlege, 2017 (co-authored with Michael J. Molloy, Michael Bell, and John Bell)
- Contested Sites in Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative, 2017. Routlege, 2017 (co-authored with Michael J. Molloy, Michael Bell, and John Bell)
Past Publications
- Africa's Deadliest Conflict: Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response, 1997-2008. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012 (co-authored with Walter C. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs, and Blake C. Roberts)
- Lebanon: The Politics of a Penetrated Society. Routledge, 2011.