Houchang Hassan-Yari, BA, MA, PhD.Professor and head of Politics and Economics department

War Studies Post Graduate Degree Programme

Professor of international relations (military and strategic issues) at Royal Military College of Canada (since 1994) and sessional at Université du Québec à Montréal (1985-2001). Guest Professor at Shahid Beheshti (National) University, Tehran, 1993-94.

Most recent publications:

Le processus de paix au Moyen-Orient (Peace Process in the Middle East), Paris, L’Harmattan, 2001. sous ma direction

Le Canada et le conflit israélo-arabe depuis 1947 : Un demi-siècle de diplomatie engagée (Canada and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1947. Half A Century of Active Diplomacy), Montréal, Paris, Harmattan, 1997.

"Khatami’s Lebanon Policy", in Houchang Chahabi, Distant Relations Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years, New York, I.B. Taurus / Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2003

"Une relecture des relations internationales de post-guerre froide ", étude bibliographique, Études internationales, vol. XXXIV, no 2, juin 2003.

"Incremental Changes in Canada's Defence and Security Policy Since September 11th, 2001", with Abdelkérim Ousman, in Alexander Netherton and Allen Seager, In/Security: Canada in an International World, http://www.sfu.ca/cns/insec-conf/id33.htm, 2003.

"Triangle Israël-Palestine-Iran : septembre 2000 et au-delà", in Sami Aoun, Paix ou guerre au Proche-Orient? , Montréal, Fidès, 2004 (Forthcoming)

"L’eau au Moyen-Orient : source de division ou agent d’intégration? ", in Yves Jeanclos (sous la direction de), L’eau, arme stratégique au XXIe siècle?, Tome I, Strasbourg, CIRPES, 2002.

"L’ASEAN ou le réveil partiel du Tiers-Monde", étude bibliographique, Études internationales, vol. XXXIII, no 2, juin 2002.

"Perspectives de changements pour la défense et les forces armées Canada", in Charles-Philippe David et la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, Repenser la sécurité. Nouvelles menaces, nouvelles politiques, Montréal, Fidès, La Presse, 2002.

"Le Moyen-Orient meurtri" dans Les Conflits dans le monde 2001-2002, Québec, Institut québécois des hautes études internationales, 2002.

"Negative Equilibrium and Liberalization in Iran's Political System", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2004 (Forthcoming), With Mehran Kamrava (California State University, Northridge)

"Le Caucase et l’Asie centrale ou le réveil d’une nouvelle entité stratégique", in Michèle Bacot-Décriaud, J.-P. Joubert, M.-C. Plantin (sous la direction de), La sécurité internationale d’un siècle à l’autre, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2002

"La réforme de l’ONU et la mondialisation du système de sécurité: l’apport régional", in Stanislav Kirschbaum (sous la direction de), La paix a-t-elle un avenir? L’ONU, l’OTAN et la sécurité internationale, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2001.

"La politique de sécurité de la Libye en Méditerranée", in André Donneur (sous la direction de), La Méditerranée occidentale: un système régional en transition, Toulouse, Presses universitaires des sciences sociales, 2000.

"Pushing Too Far, Too Fast: NATO, Caucasus, and the Central Asian Republics", in David Haglund, ed., New NATO, New Century: Canada, The United States, and the Future of the Atlantic Alliance, Kingston: Queen’s University Centre for International Relations / Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2000.

Conference Proceedings

"L'Iran, l'Irak et le terrorisme international : réalités et perceptions ", Le terrorisme et la sécurité de l’Europe, Centre d'Études de Défense et de Stratégie, Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, Parlement Européen, 11-12 septembre2003.

"Caspian Sea Basin: Resources and Geo-Politics", Mohandes, Toronto, 4 June 2003.

"Middle East Security, Canadian Security, Human Security", Canada and the New Security Agenda, Queen’s University Centre for International Relations, 5 June 2003.

"Islam and Human Security", Education and Democracy in Islamic Societies, McGill University, Montréal, (5-)6 June 2003.

"International context since " "Security in the Persian Gulf and War on Iraq", The Persian Gulf in the Light of Global Changes and Regional Developments, The 13th International conference on the Persian Gulf, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Tehran, 4-5 March 2003.

"Dialogue Among Civilizations and Iranian Foreign Policy", Dialogue Among Civilizations Center, Tehran, 3 March 2003.

"La guerre contre l’Irak", Al-Ahram, Montréal, 29 janvier 2003.

"Security, Terror and Canadian Military Intervention", In/Security: Canada in an International World, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, November 7-9, 2002. Keynote Speaker.

"Les forces armées canadiennes depuis le 11 septembre", Association franco-canadienne d’études stratégiques, Toronto, York University, 16-17 novembre 2002.

"Security in Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, GCC States", Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), Ottawa, September 26-28, 2002.

"Islam and Identity", International Workshop for ADMs, Canadian Centre for Management Development, Ottawa, June 26, 2002.

"Local Democracy: Municipal Elections in Iran", Iranology International Conference, Tehran, June 17, 2002.

Research Committees and Appointments

"The EU Candidacy and Civil Military Relations in Turkey: Challenges & Prospects", Armed Forces & Society, September 2003.

Diaspora Be/Longing: Israel as Homeland, Nation, & State, The Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, August 2002. (Manuscript)

"Canada-U.S. Relations and the Al-Aqsa Intifada", Canadian Foreign Policy, July 2002.

House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Hearing: Canada’s Relations with the Countries of the Muslim World", February 2003.

House of Commons Standing Committee Hearing: "Canadian Policy in regard to Iraqi situation", Nov. 18, 2002.