Ari Barbalat
*Ph D, University of California at Los Angeles, Political Science (International Relations). Acceptance received April 2008. Entrance Date: September 2008.
*University of Chicago, Master’s in Middle Eastern Studies. Graduation Date: March 2008.
*Honours Bachelor of Arts (With Distinction), University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Trinity College
Fax: 310-825-0778
E-mail:
aribar1@ucla.edu
Subfield
International Relations & Theory
Research Interests
Research Interests: International Relations Theory; International Relations in Jewish Theology; New Directions in Israeli Foreign Policy; American Grand Strategy; US-Israeli Relations; Middle Eastern Politics; Israel and the Middle East in Comparative Perspective.
Notes
*Coordinator, Jewish Graduate Group, UCLA. An academic workshop and social forum for Ph D students interested in Jewish-related subject matter.
Publications
Ari Barbalat, “A Friend Like This: Re-Evaluating Bush and Israel.” Middle East Policy 25:4 (2008), pp. 91-111.
*Master’s Thesis, “The American Liability to Israel?: Israeli Foreign Policy and World Politics.” Supervised by Dr. Marvin Zonis, University of Chicago.
Conference Presentations
*“The Decline of American Power and Israeli Foreign Policy.” Presented before the Jewish Graduate Group at UCLA, March 5, 2009.
*Lecture, “Major Problems in Israeli-American Relations: Beyond Mearsheimer-Walt.” Program on International Politics, Economics and Security (PIPES) Workshop and Speaker Series, University of Chicago, November 8, 2007.
*Panelist, “Understanding Islam and the Middle East: Examining Perceptions.” Nazareth Academy, November 7, 2007.
*Research paper, “The Orient of Malcolm X,” delivered at conference entitled “Orientalism and Occidentalism,” University of Toronto, April 5, 2006. Nominated for best paper.
*Research paper, “Begin’s Foreign Policy and the Khomeini Revolution 1977-81,” delivered at conference entitled “Student Conference on the Islamic Revolution of 1978-1979,” University of Toronto, November 27, 2004
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