Visiting Distinguished Lecturer

Ezzedine C. Fishere is a graduate of Cairo University (1987) and the école nationale d’administration, Paris (1992). He received his M.A. in political science from the University of Ottawa (1995) and his Ph.D. in political science from l’université de Montréal (1998). Prior to joining AUC, he held the positions of Director of Arab-Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group (2007-2008); Policy Advisor to the Egyptian Foreign Minister (2005 – 2007); Special Advisor to the United Nations Mission In Sudan (2004 – 2005); Senior Political Advisor of the UN Fact-Finding Mission Regarding the Assassination of Former Prime Minister Hariri (2005); Senior Political Advisor to United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (2001-2004); Head of Political Section at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv (1999-2001), and; Research and Training Coordinator of the Institute for Diplomatic Studies in Cairo (1998-1999). He also taught political science courses at the American University in Cairo and Cairo University’s Political Science departments in 1998/1999.


Research Interests

• International relations theory
• Globalization and global governance
• Foreign policy analysis, and foreign policies of Great Powers and of Middle Eastern states
• Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process
• Palestinian national movement(s)
• Regional Security in the Middle East
• Mediation, negotiation and peacekeeping operations

Publications

• “Against Conventional Wisdom: Mediating the Arab-Israeli Conflict”, Oslo Forum 2008, Oslo, June 2008.
• Ghurfet Al Enaya Al Morakkaza (Intensive Care Unit), Sharqyat, Cairo, January 2008. 
• Asfar Alfara’een (Pharaonic Voyages), Merit, Cairo, September 1999.
• “Le nationalisme arabe chez Olivier Carrée”, Revue canadienne de science politique, vol. XXX, no 2, juin 1997.
• Maqtal Fakhredine (The Death of Fakhr-Edine), Cairo, 1995.
• “La crise de l’hégémonie mondiale”, Globe, Montréal, 1994.
• “The Crisis of State in Africa”, Al-Siassa Al-Dawlia (International Politics), Cairo, Fall 1992.
• Azmat al-ahzab assyassia almissrya (The Crisis of Egyptian Political Parties), in Al-Taqrir Al-Istratigi Al-Arabi (Arab Strategic Report), Cairo, 1989.
• Various articles and op. eds. in newspapers such as Al-Hayat, Asharq-Alwsat, and Al-Ahram Weekly from 1987 to 2008.

Courses taught

• POLS 320: International Relations
• POLS 411: Contemporary Foreign Policy
• POLS 571/440: Special Topics in International Relations