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RECENT
CONFERENCES
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“Rebuilding
Iraq’s Security Sector,” paper to be presented at the
Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
November 2008.
“The Impact of
Israeli Policy on Prospects for Palestinian Security Sector
Reform,” paper presented at the International Studies Association
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 2008.
“International
Contributions to Promoting Human Security in Palestine,” paper
presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting,
Montreal, November 2007.
"Impact of the
Hamas Electoral Victory on Palestinian and Israeli Security," paper
presented at the Association for Israel Studies, Banff, Alberta, May
2006.
"Human Security in the Transition to Palestinian Independence.”
Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on
the United Nations System,” Geneva, July 1, 2004.
"Causes that Transcend Borders: A Comparison of Cross-Border Violence
in Lebanon and Afghanistan," Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting
of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, Lisbon, Portugal,
June 21-23, 2002.
Commentator on “Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey,”
documentary film released by William Greaves Productions, Fourteenth
Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the UN System [ACUNS],
Puebla, Mexico, June 2001.
“Palestinian Transition from Autonomy to Quasi-Sovereignty,"
Paper presented at the International Conference on Regional Autonomy,
Bali, Indonesia, July14-15, 2000, co-sponsored by Columbia University,
the University of Gadja Mada, and the Ministry of Regional Autonomy,
Indonesia.
"Peacekeeping Prospects in the Golan Heights: What is the Appropriate
Model?" Paper presented at an international conference on "Peacekeeping
in a Changing World," co-sponsored by the Jaffee Center for Strategic
Studies of Tel Aviv University and the National Center for Middle East
Studies of Egypt, Cairo, December 12-14, 1995.
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PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
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Creator of an
on-line course on “Israeli and Palestinian Nationalism” on
behalf of Digital Knowledge Ventures, an affiliate of Columbia
University Press, released beginning March 2002.
Associate Book
Review Editor, MESA [Middle East Studies Association] Bulletin,
1999-2006, editor of books on Israel.
Admissions Committee, Masters of International Affairs Program, School
of International and Public Affairs, Spring 2003.
Organizer and leading faculty member of the first training seminar on
peace operations co-sponsored by Columbia University, UNITAR, and the
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, July 2001 and July 2002.
Organizer of workshop on Civil-Military Coordination in Peacebuilding
co-sponsored by Columbia University and the UN Institute for Training
and Research [UNITAR], November 8-9, 2001, attended by diplomats from
30 missions to the UN.
Dissertation Award Committee of the Academic Council on the United
Nations System, Spring 2002.
Academic Director, Yeshiva University National Model UN, 2000 and 2001.
Vice President, Association for Israel Studies, 1995-97; Board of
Directors, 1997-2001, 1987-93; Local arrangements chair, seventh annual
AIS conference, Barnard College, June 1991; Book review editor, AIS
Newsletter, 1990-92.
Member of an international panel of consultants assembled by the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fall 1992-Fall 1994) to
facilitate Israeli-Palestinian security negotiations. Report entitled
"Israeli-Palestinian Security: Issues in the Permanent Status
Negotiations" published by AAAS in June 1995.
Membership in professional organizations: Middle East Studies
Association, Association for Israel Studies, Academic Council on the
United Nations System, International Studies Association, American
Political Science Association.
University Seminar on the Middle East, Columbia University.
Member, 1978-2009; Rapporteur, 1973-77.
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