CCAS Spotlight
CCAS Starts New Blog on Media in the Arab WorldTo kick off the Center's annual symposium, "Information Evolution in the Arab World," to be held March 22 and 23 at Georgetown, the Center has started a companion blog to the event. Click here to access it.
Events
- Feb 9, 12pm-1:15pm: Why Do We Need a United States of Europe
- Feb 10, 1:30am-3pm: Murder in the Amazon
- Feb 10, 12pm: Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies
- Feb 10, 12:15pm-2pm: 'Do Political Parties Still Make A Difference in Politics?'
- Feb 10, 1pm: Saúde Criança: Alleviating Poverty in Brazil’s Favelas
- Feb 11, 8:15am-5pm: Jews and Muslims in France***CANCELLED***
- Feb 11, 12pm: Energy as a Tool of Foreign Policy
- Feb 11, 12:30pm: Japan and North Korea: Hostility or Reconciliation?
- Feb 12, 10:30am-12pm: Education Under Attack: Violence in Armed Conflicts
Michael C Hudson
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Professor of International Relations
Professor of International Relations
Department
FOREIGN SERVICE, SCHOOL OF
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Publications
Books
- Michael C. Hudson. The Palestinians: New Directions. Washington, DC: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1990.
- Michael C. Hudson. Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1977.
- Michael C. Hudson. World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators (2nd ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
- Michael C. Hudson. The Precarious Republic: Political Modernization in Lebanon. New York: Random House, 1968.
Edited books
- Michael C. Hudson, ed. Middle East Dilemma. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Articles in journals
- Michael C. Hudson. "Washington vs. Al-Jazeera: Competing Constructions of Middle East Realities." Transnational Broadcasting Studies 14 (2005).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Political Scenarios for Iraq After the Occupation." Al-Mustaqbil al-’Arabi (2003).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Imperial Headaches: Managing Unruly Regions in an Age of Globalization." Middle East Policy 9.4 (2002).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Information Technology, International Politics and Political Change in the Arab World." Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies 4.2 (2002).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Area Studies and the Discipline: The Middle East." PS: Political Science and Politics 34.4 (2001).
- Michael C. Hudson. "A Pan-Arab Virtual Think Tank: Enriching the Arab Information Environment." Middle East Journal 54.3 (2000).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Trying Again: Power-Sharing in Post-Civil War Lebanon." International Negotiation 2 (1997).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East." Contention 5.2 (1996).
- Michael C. Hudson. "To Play the Hegemon: Fifty Yeears of U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East." Middle East Journal 50.3 (1996).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Transformations in the Middle East Regional System: The Dialectics of Inclusion and Exclusion." Iranian Journal of International Affairs 7.3 (1995).
- Michael C. Hudson. "The Clinton Administration and the Middle East: Squandering the Inheritance?." Current History 93.580 (1994).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Unhappy Yemen: Witnessing the Slide Toward Civil War." Middle East Insight 10.4/5 (1994).
- Michael C. Hudson. "The Middle East Under Pax Americana: How New, How Orderly?." Third World Quarterly 13.2 (1992).
- Michael C. Hudson. "After the Gulf War: Prospects for Democratization in the Arab World." Middle East Journal 45.3 (1991).
- Michael C. Hudson. "Democratization and the Problem of Legitimacy in Arab Politics." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 22.2 (1988).
Articles in books
- Michael C. Hudson. "The United States in the Middle East." International Relations of the Middle East. Ed. Louise Fawcett. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Michael C. Hudson. "American Hegemony and the Changing Terrain of Middle East International Politics." Persistent Permeability? Regionalism, Localism, and Globalization in the Middle East. Ed. Salloukh and Rex Brynen. Aldershot, UK and Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004.
- Michael C. Hudson. "Pax Americana in the Middle East: Promises and Pitfalls." Regime Change in Iraq: The Transatlantic and Regional Dimensions. Ed. Christian-Peter Haneldt, Giacomo Luciani and Felix Neugart. Fiesole, Italy: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, 2004.
- Michael C. Hudson. "Democracy and Foreign Policy in the Arab World." Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East. Ed. David Garnham and Mark Tessler. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1995.
- Michael C. Hudson. "Bipolarity, Rational Calculation, and War in Yemen." The Yemeni War of 1994: Causes and Consequences. Ed. Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi. London: Al-Saqi Books, 1995.
- Michael C. Hudson. "Arab Regimes and Democratization: Responses to the Challenge of Political Islam." The Islamist Dilemma. Ed. Laura Guazzone. London: Ithaca Press, 1995.
- Michael C. Hudson. "Interventions in Lebanon: The Domestic Context and Perspectives." International Organizations and Ethnic Conflict. Ed. Milton J. Esman and Shibley Telhami. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995.
- Michael C. Hudson. "The Political Culture Approach to Arab Democratization: The Case for Bringing It Back In, Carefully." Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World, vol. 1, Theoretical Perspectives. Ed. Rex Brynen, Bahgat Korany, and Paul Noble. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995.
- Michael C. Hudson. "The Transformation of Jerusalem, 1917-1987." Jerusalem in History. Ed. K. J. Asali. London: Scorpion , 1989.
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