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Ahmed Jamil Azm is an assistant professor of international relations at Birzeit University , a member of the board of directors of the PLO Research Center, and a member of the Palestinian Central Council .
His biography
He previously served as the Head of the MA Program in International Studies at the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies at Birzeit University , Palestine, and previously served as Director of the Arab and Palestine Studies Program at the same university. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies at the university, and a lecturer in international studies and political science. He was previously a visiting researcher at the School of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge University , UK. He also worked for about ten years at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, as a researcher and lecturer in scientific research methods, and as editor-in-chief of the center's journal, Afaq al-Mustaqbal .
He has co-authored several books, most notably "Arab Satellite Channels and Democracy," "The Star of Canaan," "The Future of Jerusalem and the Peace Settlement Process," "The Social History of Jordan (Jordan in Western Studies)," and "Current Transformations and Their Potential Role in Bringing Change to the Arab World" (in Arabic and English). His published research studies include "The American Scientific Failure in Iraq and the Failure of Conflict Transformation Strategies" (in Arabic and English) and "Redefining the Term Conflict Management" (in Arabic and English).
He wrote regularly for the Al-Ittihad newspaper in Al-Dhabi for five years, ending in 2011. He has been a regular writer for the Jordanian Al-Ghad newspaper since 2005, and irregularly for other newspapers, in both Arabic and English. His writings also appear in the International Politics Journal in Egypt, and the publications of the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut and Jerusalem. He is a member of the research advisory board of the Masarat Center for Studies in Palestine.
He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom in Political Science, specializing in International Relations. He also worked as an undergraduate lecturer at the same university. He holds a BA in Sociology and Politics, and a MA in Political Science from the University of Jordan .
Publications
PhD thesis title: Jerusalem and the politics of settlement in the Middle East
Published research
Operation Wadi al-Haramiya , Journal of Palestine Studies - Summer 2014
Prisoners of Freedom, Journal of Palestine Studies - Spring 2014
Jerusalem in American Political Discourse, Jerusalem Chronicles, Institute for Palestine Studies , Spring-Summer 2013
The Dialectic of the International and the National: Do Regional Transformations Force a Redefinition of the Identity of the Palestinian Cause?, International Politics Magazine , April 2013
Gaza Changes the Rules of the Game, Journal of Palestine Studies - Spring 2013
Transforming Conflict: A “Non-Zero-Sum Approach” to Managing Post-Arab Uprisings Conflicts, International Politics , October 2012
Redefining the Term Conflict Management: A Critical Review, Arab Journal of Political Science , August 2012
"All Politics is Internal"... The Position of the Palestinian Issue in the New Arab Era, International Politics Magazine , October 2011
The Role of Research Centers in Public Life, Afak Al Mostaqbal Journal , July-August 2011
Between Israeli Abstention and Iranian Ambiguity: Is the Nuclear Landscape in the Region Changing?, Afak Al-Mustaqbal Journal , January-February 2011
Strategies for Managing the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Afak Al-Mustaqbal Journal , November-December 2010
Between Liberation Demands and Daily Burdens: New Forces Compete with Palestinian Factions, Afak Al-Mustaqbal Journal , September-October 2010
More Violent Fundamentalism at Home and Abroad: Religion in Israel, Afak Al-Mustaqbal Journal , July-August 2010
Global Trade and Peace: Three Theories in Shaping the Integration Role of the International System Phenomenon, Future Horizons Journal , May-June 2010
The American intelligence breakdown in Iraq and the failure of the strategies of conflict' transformation, Contemporary Arab Affairs, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2010
Between the "Return of the State" Globally and Its Formation and Decline Regionally, Future Horizons Journal, January-February 2010
Rejecting Conspiracy Theories: Opinion and Columnists in the Arab Press and the Iranian Elections, Afaq Al-Mustaqbal Journal , November-December 2009
Personal and regional interests weigh more heavily in voting decisions. Moving away from ideologies in Arab elections. Afak Al Mostaqbal magazine , September-October 2009.
The American Scientific Failure in Iraq and the Failure of Strategies to “Transform” the Conflict, Arab Journal of Political Science , Fall 2009
The Reconceptualisation of Conflict Management, Peace, Conflict and Development Journal , vol.7 July 2005
books
Arab Satellite Channels and Democracy, a chapter in the book: Lina Al-Jayyousi (editor), Studies in Democracy and the Media, Ramallah: Muwatin, 2012
How do we study identity?, introduction to the book: Ahmed Jamil Azm (editor), Najmat Canaan, Amman: Fadaat House, 2011.
The Palestinian Hunger Journey, When Stories of Empty Stomachs Shape a People’s Memory, Book: Chapter in a Book: Ahmad Jamil Azm (Editor), Najmat Canaan, Amman: Fadaat House, 2011.
The Future of Jerusalem and the Peace Process, a chapter in the book: Jerusalem, Studies in History and Politics, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research , 2010
A Model of the Impact of Globalization on Journalism, Opinion Pages of Al-Ittihad, Chapter in the Book: Al-Ittihad Newspaper and Its Position in the Arab Press, Al-Ahram Foundation, Cairo, 2009
Structural Transformations in Arab Countries: The Rise of State Legitimacy and the Decline of Governments, a chapter in the book: Current Transformations and Their Potential Role in Bringing Change to the Arab World, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research , 2007
Jordan in Western Studies, a chapter in the book: The Social History of Jordan, New Jordan Center , Amman, 2003
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