Dr. Tom Najem

Associate Professor and Department Head

Email: tnajem@uwindsor.ca
Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2347
Office: Chrysler Hall North 1142
Winter 2011 office hours: Wed 9:30 - 11:30 am, or by appointment

Education
Ph.D., Durham University (UK), 1997
M.A., University of Windsor, 1993
B.A., University of Windsor, 1991

Courses taught
45-130 Comparative Politics in a Changing World
45-233 Politics of the Developing World
45-288 Special Topics in Political Science (Fall 2011)
45-360 International Conflict and Its Resolution (Fall 2011)
45-365 Politics of the Middle East
45-461 Seminar in Theories of International Relations
45-462 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research in International Relations
45-566 International Political Economy

Research
Dr. Najem works broadly within the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics (Developing World), with a regional specialization in the Middle East.  He recently finished a book on  the contemporary political system in Lebanon, and is currently completing work on Track Two Diplomacy and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.

Principal publications

Books
Lebanon: The Politics of a Penetrated Society. Routledge, 2011 (In Press).

Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchies (co-editor with M. Hetherington). Routledge Curzon, 2003.

Lebanon's Renaissance: The Political Economy of Reconstruction.  Ithaca Press, 2000.

Articles and book chapters
"Lebanon and Europe: The Foreign Policy of a Penetrated State."  In G. Nonneman (ed), Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies and the Relationship with Europe, Routledge (2005).

"State and Democratisation in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya." In A. Saikal and A. Schnabel (eds.), Peace and Democratization in the Middle East, United Nations University Press (2002).

"Human Rights, Political Expediency, and the War on Terrorism." Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights (2001).

"Privatisation and the State in Morocco: Nominal Objectives and Problematic Realities." Mediterranean Politics (2001).

"Human Rights Development in Morocco: A New Era." Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights (2000).

"Horizon 2000: Economic Viability and Political Realities." Mediterranean Politics (1998).