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Houchang Hassan-Yari
Professor
Political Science and Economics
Royal Military College of Canada
Houchang Hassan-Yari is a Professor and Head of Political Science Department at the Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and. He is also a Professor Emeritus at the Royal Military College of Canada. He has been Visiting-Researcher at the Centre for Peace Studies at the University of Troms酶 in Norway (2015), Research Visitor at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden, (2014); Visiting-Professor-Researcher at the Lyon University Institute for Political Science (I脡P), Lyon, and Sciences Po, Grenoble, France (2007 & 2018), and Professor at the Shahid Beheshti (National) University, Tehran, Iran (1993-94).
He is an External Member at the Observatory on the Middle East and North Africa at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic at the University of Qu茅bec in Montr茅al; a Senior Analyst at Wikistrat Next Generation Strategy, and Senior Research Fellow at Queen鈥檚 University Centre for International and Defence Policy (since 1997).
Professor Hassan-Yari has published numerous books, book chapters and articles in academic journals. Among his publications, we can cite The Middle East Peace Process, Paris, L鈥橦armattan, 2001 (Book); Canada and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1947鈥: Half A Century of Diplomatic Involvement, Montr茅al, Paris, Harmattan, 1997 (Book); Regionalism and International Security, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2009 (Book). (co-editor Abdelk茅rim Ousman.
Among his recent articles and book chapters, we cite: 鈥淧olitical Empowerment of Women and the Mediating Role of Political Awareness: The Case of Oman鈥 (with Victoria Dauletova & Zainab Hussain ), Journal of International Women's Studies: Vol. 23: Issue 1, Article 11.鈥疐ebruary 2022 ; 鈥淕andhian Politics and Interstate Conflict Resolution in the Middle East,鈥 (with Ayesha Burney), in Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjee, ed., Gandhi and the World, Macmillan Publishers, 2022, pp. 92-111; 鈥淧ublic Diplomacy of Oman鈥 (with Cuneyt Yenigun & Abdullah Al Maani), Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 2021; 鈥淣ew Public Diplomacy In The New Millennium鈥 (with Cuneyt Yenigun & Abdullah Al Maani), Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, 2021, Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 6272-6282; New Public Diplomacy in the New Millennium, May 2021. 鈥27(2):6272-6282. 鈥淚ran and Iraq 鈥 GCC Rapprochement鈥, Middle East Policyi, Volume25, Issue 4, Winter 2018, January 2019, pp. 56-64. "The non-theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)," published in Tabachnick, David Edward, Koivukoski, Toivo, Koivukoski and Teixeira, Herminio, eds. Challenging Theocracy: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2017. 鈥淚ran, Afghanistan and the Benefits of a Regional Approach鈥 in Sten Rynning, ed.,鈥疭outh Asia and Great Powers International Relations and Regional Security, I.B. Tauris, 2017. 鈥淯nderstanding Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity鈥 in Marzieh Kouhi-Esfahani and鈥疉riabarzan Mohammadighalehtak, eds., Nuclear Politics in Asia, Taylor & Francis Ltd/Routledge, 2017. 鈥淭he Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Contemporary International Politics and Economy鈥, in Brian J.C. McKercher, ed., Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft, London, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. 鈥淐lashology within Islam: Not Civilisational, but Political鈥, in Mojtaba Mahdavi and W. Andy Knight, eds, Towards 鈥榯he Dignity of Difference鈥: Neither 鈥榯he Clash of Civilizations鈥 nor 鈥榯he End of History鈥, Ashgate Publishing, 2012.
Professor Hassan-Yari analyses military and strategic issues and political developments internationality and in the Middle East for national and international media in Persia, French and English, with more than 15,000 interviews with RFI; Deutche Welle; BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Al Jazeera, Iran International; Manoto; CBC/Radio-Canada; Globe & Mail1; Le Devoir; La Presse; etc.