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Nathan J. Brown

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Director, Institute for Middle East Studies
Director, Middle East Studies Program

1957 E Street, NW Suite 512

Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-2123
Fax: (202) 994-5477
E-mail: nbrown@gwu.edu
Homepage: http://home.gwu.edu/~nbrown/

Education:

Ph.D., Princeton University

Expertise:

Government and politics of the Middle East, democratization and constitutionalism, rule of law in the Arab world

Background:

Professor Brown received his B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics and Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He teaches courses on Middle Eastern politics, as well as more general courses on comparative politics and international relations. His dissertation received the Malcolm Kerr award from the Middle East Studies Association in 1987.

Professor Brown is author of Peasant Politics in Modern Egypt (1990); The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the Gulf (1997); Constitutions in a Non-Constitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government (2001); and Palestinian Politics After the Oslo Accords: Resuming Arab Palestine (2003).

Professor Brown is the recipient of Fulbright grants to study in Egypt and the Gulf and teach in Israel. He recently served two years as Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Courses Taught:

IAff 341 Midde East Studies Cornerstone
IAff 347 Religion and Society in the Middle East
Psc 134 Global Perpsectives on Democracy
PSc 177 Compartive Politics of the Middle East
PSc 234 Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective
PSc 277 Comparative Politics of the Middle East

Last update: 09.09.08