Political Science at UWindsor

Dr. Tom Najem

Dr. Tom Najem

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

Roy Amore and Tom Najem

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.