Lenore Martin
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Office hours: Tues 10:50 am-12:00 noon
Thurs 10:50 am-12:00 noon
By appointment
Office: Room ADM 328
Phone: 617-735-9785
Email: martinl@emmanuel.edu
Lenore G. Martin is a Professor of Political Science. She is an Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University where she serves as Co-Chair of the Middle East Seminar. She is also an Affiliate in Research at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard where she Co-Chairs the Seminar on Modern Turkey. Her major field is International Relations; particularly, international relations of the Middle East and Turkey. Professor Martin is a member of the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, and the Middle East Studies Association.
Courses
POLSC1401 Introduction to International Relations
POLSC2401 American Foreign Policy
POLSC2411 The Contemporary Middle East: Challenges and Promise
POLSC3405 Strategies of War and Peace
POLSC3415 People and Politics in the Middle East
POLSC3403 Human Issues in International Relations
POLSC3164 Senior Seminar and Internship
Current Positions (2004-2005)
Emmanuel College, Professor, Department of Political Science
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Associate and Co-Chair, Middle East Seminar
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Research Associate and Co-Chair, Seminar on Modern Turkey
Doctoral Thesis
A Systematic Study of Boundary Disputes in the Persian Gulf, 1979
Publications
Books
Winter 2004: The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy, Lenore G. Martin and Dimitris Keridis eds. (MIT Press)
Winter 1999: New Frontiers in Middle East Security, Lenore G. Martin, editor (St. Martin's Press/Palgrave paperback, 2001)
1984: The Unstable Gulf: Threats From Within, Lenore G. Martin (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA)
Articles
July 2004: "Middle East Overview," Citizen's Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy, N.Y.: Foreign Policy Association, pp.53-72
Winter 2004: "Turkey's Middle East Foreign Policy: Unresolved Dilemmas", in Lenore G. Martin and Dimitris Keridis, eds. The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy
July 2003: "Assessing the Impact of U.S.- Israeli Relations on the Arab World," Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks
Fall 2002: "Conceptualizing Security in the Middle East: Israel and a Palestinian State," in Tami Jacoby and Brent Sasley, eds., Redefining Security in the Middle East (Manchester University Press)
Spring 2002: "Arafat's Dueling Dilemmas: Succession and the Peace Process", in Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal, vol. 6 no. 1 (March 2002)
Spring 2002: "Türkiye ve Günümüzde Orta Dogu: Ulusal Güvenlik Arayisi" ("Turkey and the Contemporary Middle East: The Search for National Security"), in Project Türk, Istanbul
Spring 2000: "Turkey's Security in the Middle East", Turkish Studies, vol I, no. 1, Spring 2000
Spring 2000: "Ortadogu'da Ulusal Güvenlik: Bütünsel Bir Yaklasima Dogru" ("The Search for Security in the Middle East: A Theoretical Approach") in Augustus Richard Norton, ed., Ortadogu Politiklari ve Güvenlik: Yeni Yönelimler (Middle East Politics and Security: New Directions), Istanbul (also published in Persian and Arabic)
Winter 1999: "Towards an Integrated Approach to National Security in the Middle East" in Lenore G. Martin, ed., New Frontiers in Middle East Security
Winter 1995: "Turbulence in the Gulf: Assessing the Shifting Currents", in Masayuki Yamauchi, ed., The Middle East And Central Asia After The Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Asahi Press (in Japanese)
Newspaper Articles
September 2006: "Turkey's Iraq Problem," The Washington Post, September 16, 2006
February 2005: "A Bush Plan for the Middle East," The Boston Globe, February 5, 2005
April 1991: "Interlude in Iran," The Washington Post, April 6, 1991.
February 1991: Interview with Lenore G. Martin, Kayhan International, February 16, 1991, pp. 8-9.
August 1990: "Crisis Was Avoidable," The Boston Globe, Focus section, August 12, 1990.
October 1980: "For A Gulf NATO," The New York Times Op Ed page, October 9, 1980.
Professional Appointments and Activities (1990-Present)
Appointments - Harvard University
1990-present: Associate, Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA)
2005-present: Research Associate, Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
1994-2005: Research Affiliate (CMES)
1996-present: Co-Chair, WCFIA-CMES Middle East Seminar, Harvard University
1999-present: Co-Chair, Seminar on Modern Turkey, Harvard University
1999-present: Editorial Board, Turkish Studies Administrative Positions Emmanuel College
1982-2006: Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College
1999-2006: Chairperson, History Department, Emmanuel College
2000-2006: Coordinator, Global Studies Major, Emmanuel College
Activities
March 3-5, 2007: Guest of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the Wilton Park Conference on "Turkey's Accession Negotiations with the European Union: Towards a New Impetus?"
May 21-Jun 25, 2006: Fulbright Senior Specialist, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
January 22-26, 2006: International Observer of the January 25, 2006 Palestinian Legislative Elections with the NDI/Carter Center International Observation Mission
October 1998: Co-organizer of Conference on The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Fall 1997: Discussion Group Leader, "American Foreign Policy in the Middle East" Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Spring 1997: Visiting Scholar Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1994-1996: Director of project on "New Frontiers in Middle East Security." Conferences held June 1995 at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; and June 1996 at Rockefeller Foundation Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy
Papers and Panels
June 15, 2007: “ Resolving the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Is Now the Time?” Middle East Technical University Conference on International Relations, Ankara, Turkey
March 10, 2007: "Israel, Turkey and the Changing Landscape of the Middle East" Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
December 29, 2006: "The Turkish-Kurdish National Identity Dilemma" Conference on History: From Ancient to Modern, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece
November 13, 2006: "Assessing the Impact of the 2006 Midterm Elections on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East," a video conference in Cairo-Washington-Cambridge for the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo
September 8, 2006: "Turkey and the Middle East: A Complex Strategic Dynamic" presentation on a panel "Turkey at a Crossroads" Economic Forum Krynica, Poland
July 19, 2006: "A Critique of the Mearsheimer-Walt Paper" The Israel Culture and Politics Study Group, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard
June 16, 2006: "U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: A Critique" International Relations Conference, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
May 25, 2006: "Turkey's Role in the Middle East" Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
March 31, 2006: Panelist, "Israelis, Palestinians, and Hamas" for the Group on Mass Violence, Harvard University
March 13, 2006: "Turkey and the Middle East" presentation on a panel on "Turkey's Turbulent Road to the E.U." Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
February 23, 2006: "Reflections of an Observer of the Palestinian Legislative Elections, The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar, Harvard University
February 23, 2006: Panel discussant, "The Palestinian Election: What We Saw," Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
October 10, 2005: "U.S. Policy in the Middle East" as part of a panel on "Peace and Culture" World Cultural Forum, Nara Japan
July 12-14, 2005: Participant, Conference on Iraq's Constitutional Process, Abant, Turkey, co-sponsored by the Foundation for Middle East and Balkan Studies and the Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy
July 2005: "U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf," Al Quds University, East Jerusalem
July 2005: "Iraq and Gulf Security," International Relations Conference, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
May 2005: "Resolving U.S. Foreign Policy Dilemmas in the Gulf," Middle East Program, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
September 2004: "The Restructuring of International Security in the Gulf," written for the American Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, Illinois
March 2004: "Turkey, Iraq, and the Gulf," The Kokkalis Program and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
January 2004: "Turkey and the Future of Iraq," The Middle East Studies Program, Middle east Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
June 2003: "Security in the Gulf After the Overthrow of Saddam Hussein," at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, sponsored by the Center for Strategic and Future Studies, Kuwait University, Kuwait
May 2003: "Security in the Gulf," John F. Kennedy School of Government, Middle East Initiative, Kuwait Executive Program Luncheon Speaker
April 2003: Panelist, "Iraq and the Middle East: Options for the Future," Dudley House, Harvard University
October 2002: "Assessing the Impact of U.S.- Israeli Relations on the Arab World," Conference on The United States and the Arab World, University of Maine
July 2002: "Turkey in the Middle East: A Policy of Triangulation", Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Conference on International Relations
March 2002: "The Implications of Turkey's Domestic Politics on its National Security in the Middle East", International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans
September 2001: "Succession in a Revolutionary Regime: The Case of the PA", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco
February 2001: "Security for Israel and a Palestinian State", International Studies Association Conference, Chicago
June 2000: "Conceptualizing Security in the Middle East", Conference on Redefining Security in the Middle East, McGill University
April 2000: "A Preliminary Approach to a Framework for Security for Israel And a Palestinian State, WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar, Harvard University
February 2000: "The Implications of the Turkish-Israeli Relationship", Study Group on Modern Turkey, CMES, Harvard University
January 1999: "Turkey's National Security and the Middle East at the End of The Twentieth Century", University of Tokyo
November 1997: "Turkey's Search for Security in the Middle East", CMES, Harvard University
March 1997: "Turkey and the Middle East", Northeastern University Turkish Student Association Conference
November 1996: "Turkey and the Gulf", Middle East Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Providence
April 1996: "Defining Middle East Security in the Twenty First Century", International Studies Association Conference, San Diego
November 1995: "Security in the Middle East: The Conceptual Frontiers", CFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar
Postdoctoral Grants and Awards
2006: Fulbright Senior Specialist, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, for development of the Middle East Studies program
2005: Fulbright Senior Specialist, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
2004: Kuwait Research Fund, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Univerity, for research on Kuwait's national security after the invasion of Iraq
2003: Kuwait Research Fund, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University for research on Kuwait's national security
1997: Maurice Pechet Foundation grant for research in Turkey, Israel and Syria
1996: Rockefeller Foundation grant for use of Bellagio Conference and Study Center for project on New Frontiers in Middle East Security
1995: Emmanuel College Faculty Excellence Award
1993-1996: Maurice Pechet Foundation grant for project on Middle East security issues
Current Professional Memberships
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Middle East Studies Association