• BA, Political Science, American University in Beirut, 1968
• MA, Political Science, American University in Beirut, 1970
• PhD, University of Toronto, 1977

Books

• Egypt’s Tahrir Revolution, (Boulder and London:  Lynne Rienner Publlishers, 2013), Co-edited with W. Kazziha and S.F. McMahon. 285 pp.
• Origins of U.S. Involvement in the Modern Middle East Problem: U.S.-Israeli Relations Over Arab Lands Occupied in the June War, 1967-1970, (Saarbrücken, Ger.:DVM Verlag, 2009). 101 pp.
• Turning Point: The Arab World’s Marginalization and International Security After 9/11, (Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 2007). 226 pp.
• The Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, (Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1998). Co-authored with Ann M. Lesch, (Ann Lesch and Dan Tschirgi). 191 pp.
• Development in the Age of Liberalization: Egypt and Mexico, (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1996).  Edited volume.  308 pp.
• The Arab World Today (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1994).  Edited volume.  274 pp.
• Amrika wa al-Salaam fil Sharq al-Awsat (Cairo: Dar al-Shuruq Press, 1993).  An updated Arabic translation of the 1989/1991 book The American Search for Mideast Peace.  With new material added.  306 pp.
• The American Search for Mideast Peace (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989 and Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1991).  294 pp.
• Introduccion a la Filosfia Politica, (Puebla, Mexico: Universidad de Las Americas, 1984).  Edited reader.  With Teresa Austria.  225 pp.
• The Politics of Indecision: Origins and Implications of American Involvement With the Palestine Problem, (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1983).  341 pp.

Monographs

• Perspectives on the Gulf Crisis, (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1991).  Co-authored with Bassam Tibi. Cairo Papers in Social Science, 14:1.
• The U.S., Syria, and the Lebanese Crisis, (Center for International and Strategic Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982).
• Modernization and Foreign Policy (Center for International and Strategic Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, 1980).

Chapters and Articles

• Sean F. McMahon’s Crisis and Class War in Egypt. Review. The Middle East Journal, Spring 2017.
• The Sad Truth About Egypt, The Palm Beach Post February 9, 2011 p. AO 13.  
• Colombia and the Nasa: A Potentially Successful Accommodation Between a Modernising State and a Traditional People?, Global South: SEPHIS E-magazine Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, October, 2010.
• Culture as an Element in Violent Reactions to Economic Development: An Historical View of Upper Egypt and the Gama’a al-Islamiyya Global South: SEPHIS e-Magazine, Journal, Vol. 4 No. 5, October 2008.
• Bringing Radical Change to the Arab World: The “Democratizing” Legacy of George W. Bush, Unisci [Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation] Discussion Papers, No. 12, (October, 2006), (Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2006), pp. 55-69.
• The Middle East and Religious Fundamentalism as a Source of Identity-Based Conflict, in Mustafa Aydin and Kostas Ifantis, (eds.), International Security Today: Understanding Change and Debating Strategy, (Ankara: Center for Strategic Research, SAM, 2006), pp. 89-115.
• Resolving the Palestinian Refugee Problem:  Edward A. Norman’s Unintended Contribution to Relevant Lessons in Perspectives, Values and Consequences, in Dietrich Jung (ed.), The Middle East and Palestine: Global Politics and Regional Conflicts, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), pp. 183-220.
• Palestine, 2003:  The Perils of De Facto Statehood, in Tozun Bahcheli, Barry Bartmann and Henry Srebrnik (eds.), De Facto States: The Quest for Sovereignty, (New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group), 2004) pp. 187-209.
• On the War on Terror: Marginalized Conflict as a Challenge to the International System, Perceptions, Vol. 7, No. 3 (September-November, 2002).
• Od zbrojnego islamu politycznego po zapatyzm.  Zmarginalizowany gwaltowny konflikt wewnetrzny w dobie globalizacji: Egipt I Meksyk, Rewolucja, No. 2 (Nov., 2002), pp. 180-207.  A Polish Translation of my 1999 Arab Studies Quarterly article  (see below).
• On the War on Terrorism:  From Zapatistas to Al-Qaida, Humanitaire, (Hiver, 2001-2002), pp. 57-67.
• Du Mexique a l’Egypte, la revolte de marginaux, in 11 Septembre 2001: Ondes de Choc, Maniere de Voir 60(Novembre-Decembre, 2001), pp. 59-63.
• Conflicts d’un nouveau type en Egypte et au Mexique: Des islamistes aux zapatistes, la revolte des ‘marginaux de la terre’ also published in English as In Egypt and Mexico, A New Type of Conflict: Zapatistas and Islamists Fight the Odds, in German as Zapatisten und Islamisten im Vergeich:  Wenn die Peripherie rebelliert, and in Italian as Dall'Egitto al Chiapas, la rivolta dei diseredati, Le  Monde Diplomatique ( January, 2000).
• Marginalized Violent Internal Conflict in the Age of Globalization: Mexico and Egypt, Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Summer, 1999).  Republished as chapter in Shereen T. Ismael (ed.), Globalization: Policies, Challenges and Responses, (Calgary: Deselig Enterprises, Ltd., 2000).
• Turkey’s Challenges in the Arab World, Proceedings: International Conference on Ataturk and Modern Turkey (Ankara University,1999).  Chapter.
• Turkey and the Arab World: Regional Partners or Rivals in the 21^st Century?, in Mustafa Aydin (ed.), Turkey on the Threshold of the 21^st Century, (Ankara: International Relations Foundation, 1998).  Chapter.
• Egyptian Labor Migration: Social, Political and Economic Effects, in Mohammed Shtayyeh (ed.), Labor Migration: Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Israel, (Jerusalem: Palestinian Center for Regional Studies, 1998). Chapter.
• The Impact of Privatization on Unemployment in Egypt, (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia: Document E/ESCWA/ED/1997/WG.2/7, 1997).  Report/Article.  Co-authored with Mohammed Ozalp.
• Cairo’s Municipal Food Policy:  ‘As He Gets More, He Can Buy More,’ in Jorg Gertel (ed.), The Metropolitan Food System of Cairo, (Saarbrucken: Verlag fur Entwicklungspolitik, 1995).  Chapter.
• Human Rights in the Arab World, in Mustafa al-Sayyed (ed.), Human Rights: Egypt and the Arab World, (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1994). Cairo Papers in Social Science, 17:2.  Chapter.
• The Political Requirements of Economic Development in Palestine, JIME Review [Japanese Institute of Middle East Economics], Winter, 1994.
• Abraham Ben-Zvi’s The United States and Israel and David Shoenbaum’s The United States and the State of Israel, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Winter, 1994.  Review article.
• The Politics of Scholarship and the Gulf War, in The State of Arts of Middle East Studies, (Zaghouan, Tunisia: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Ottomanes, Morisques, de Documentation et d’Information, 1994).  Chapter.
• The US and the Arab World, JIME Review [Japanese Institute for Middle East Economics], Summer, 1992.
• The Middle East and the U. S.: The Making of a Watershed, Asia and Africa, Spring, 1992.
• Seven Observations on the International Forum and the Question of Israeli Settlements in Arab Lands Occupied in 1967, in Israeli Settlements, (Tunis: The League of Arab States, 1988).  Chapter.
• A Bleak Year on the West Bank, The Middle East (August, 1987).
• Bernard Reich’s The United States and Israel, Arab American Affairs, (Summer, 1985).  Review article.
• Defining the National Interest, Arab American Affairs (Summer, 1984).
• El Proposito del Estudio de Relaciones Internacionales al Nivel Universitario, Ensayos (Mexico), (Spring, 1984).

Journalistic Commentaries

• Multiple, in:  The Middle East Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Mexico City News, The Palm Beach Post.

Honors

• Keynote Speaker, The European Association for Middle East Studies Tri-Annual Conference, University of Ghent, September, 1999: Thoughts on the Middle East and Middle East Studies at the Outset of the New Millennium.
• American University in Cairo, Board of Trustees’ Award for Excellence, 1998.