Education:
Education:
- Ph.D., Cairo University, Egypt (with University of South Carolina, the United States), March 2008. Recipient of the grade of Excellence and the Ph.D. committee s recommendation of publishing and exchanging the dissertation with other academic institution at the university s cost
o Major: International Relations & International Security, Minor: Comparative Politics
o Dissertation Topic: Paradiplomacy: A Comparative Study of Some Regions
- Doctoral Preliminary Studies, Cairo University, Egypt; University of South Carolina, the United States, 2002-2004.
- M.A., Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt, May 2001. Recipient of the grade of Excellence.
- B.A., Highest Honors, Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt, May 1995.

Research Interest:
Areas of Specialization:
International Relations, Political Science, International Organizations, Middle East Politics, Arabian Gulf Security, Research Methods.

Recent Publications:
Recent Publications (Am ore detailed list in the attached CV):
1) Social Media and Language. Paper submitted to the ADU 4th Annual Research Conference (ARC) on November 26th, 2015. Abu Dhabi: ADU Main Campus.
2) “Bagdad and Erbil: Dissonance in Relationships”, Universal Hukuk & Politika (UHP), Forthcoming.
3) [“UAE Foreign Policy in Transition”], Siyasat Arabiya, No. 18 (January 2016).
4) “Illicit Cross-border Trade”, Event Trends (Abu Dhabi: The Future Center for Advanced Research and Studies), No.11 (June 2015).
5) [“Stability Dilemma in the Gulf Regional System,”] al Mustaqbal al Arabi Journal [“Journal for Arab Future”] 434 (April 2015).
6) “Who governs Kurdistan?” FEPS Quarterly Journal, Vol. 16, No. 5 (January 2016).
7) “Lone Wolf Terrorism in the West”, Event Trends (Abu Dhabi: The Future Center for Advanced Research and Studies), Vol. 1, No.5 (December 2014).
8) [“Collective Security Obstacles in the Gulf Cooperation Council”], Siyasat Arabiya, No. 10 (September 2014). 9) “Structural Contexts and Paradiplomacy of Iraqi Kurdistan,” The Middle East Journal, Vol. 67, No. 3 (2013).
10) “Conflictual Intergovernmental Relations in Iraq,” Al-Nahda (Quarterly Journal issued by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University), Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 2013): 1-26.
11) [“Egypt Elections under Authoritarian Pluralism and beyond 1976-2012”], Middle East Studies Journal 60 (July 2012): 15-60.
12) [“National Capabilities of Countries Neighboring Arab States: A Comparative Analysis”], Sho’oun Arabiyya [“Journal of Arab Affairs”] 148 (Spring 2011): 146-76.
13) [“Restructuring Egypt-Saudi Arabia Relationship”], (paper presented at Forum on Gulf and Arab Peninsula Studies, Doha, Qatar: December 5-7, 2015.