Lenore G. Martin

Chair, Department of Political Science; Professor of Political Science

Contact Information

617-735-9785

Office Hours

Office: Administration Building, Room 468
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.; Monday, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Education

Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Brooklyn College

Bio

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 WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar. She is also an Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard where she co-chairs the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World co-sponsored by CMES and WCFIA. 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.

What I Love About Emmanuel:

Emmanuel College provides a fantastic learning environment. The faculty and administration have one goal - to make our College the best possible place to learn, live and grow.

I most enjoy working with my students. They are bright, engaged and curious. We have great discussions in class and in my office. I have been lucky enough to have a number of sharp and energetic research assistants who helped me prepare papers for presentation and publication. This past spring two of my students travelled with me to Turkey on a OneWorld Boston grant. We met some of the most important scholars, journalists and parliamentarians from every major political party as well as the US Ambassador to Turkey and Turkey's Minister of Finance. We also saw lots of Istanbul, Ephesus and Capadoccia. Best of all we will have the opportunity to continue our work together this fall as we share our experience with the Emmanuel College community.

Publications + Presentations

The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy

Winter 2004: Lenore G. Martin and Dimitris Keridis eds. (MIT Press)

New Frontiers in Middle East Security

Winter 1999: Lenore G. Martin, editor (St. Martin's Press/Palgrave paperback, 2001)

The Unstable Gulf: Threats From Within

Summer 1984: Lenore G. Martin (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA)

Opinion

March 2013, "Obama's Moment to Make the Case for Middle East Peace," TheForeign Policy Association blog, with the Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace Berger, A., Cox, H., Kelman, H.C., Martin, L.G., Mendelsohn, E., Norton, A.R., Steiner, H., & Walt, S.M., March 11, 2013. http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2013/03/11/obamas-moment-to-make-the-case-for-middle-east-peace/
"Addressing the Kurdish Question," New York Times, Room For Debate, November 15, 2011
"Is Turkey losing its balancing act in the new Middle East?" The Middle East Channel on ForeignPolicy.com, May 26, 2011, with Joshua Walker
"Turkey's new AKP Government" Will It Move Towards a Liberal or Illiberal Democracy? Huffington Post, June 22, 2011

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)
Summer 1984: The Unstable Gulf: Threats From Within, Lenore G. Martin (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA)

Recent Presentations and Panels

March 28, 2014 "Turkey's Role in a Troubled Black Sea," Roundtable: Security Challenges in a Region of Regions, International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada
February 11, 2014 "Turkey at the Crossroads: The Political Impact of the Syrian Crisis in Turkey," World Boston, Boston Public Library
January 31, 2014 "The Political Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey," Workshop on the Syrian Refugee Crisis and The Contiguous States, Boston University
November 16, 2013 "Turkey's Kurdish Conflict: Will the new Peace Process Succeed?" Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia (with Rebecca Marie Day and Leonidha Pulluqi)
July 30, 2013 Testimony, Massachusetts General Court on the Protests in Turkey
June 14, 2013 "Turkish Foreign Policy: In an Evolving Middle East," Northwest University, Xi'an, China
June 9, 2013 " Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Challenge of Turbulent Times," Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing
June 9, 2013 "Foreign Policy in a Changing World-The Challenge of the Syrian Crisis," Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing
May 2, 2013 "The Black Sea in Turkish Foreign Policy: Security, Politics and Energy," with Ronald H. Linden, University of Pittsburgh, EU Center of Excellence/European Studies Center conference on The Changing Security Environment of the Black Sea.
June 14, 2012 "What Does a Restructing Middle East Mean for Turkey, the US and Their Foreign Policies?" St Antony's College, University of Oxford
March 29, 2012 "Turkey and the US in a Bipolarizing Middle East," Koc University, Istanbul, conference on Turkish American Alliance in A Volatile Region: Challenges and Opportunities
September 23, 2011 "Structural Challenges to Security and Cooperation in the Black Sea Region," Keynote address, NATO sponsored conference on the Black Sea at Middle East Technical University, Ankara
June 23, 2011 - Panelist, "Turkey and Iran," The Middle East Institute, The Second Annual Conference on Turkey, Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2011 - Speaker, "Turkey-Israel Relations," Workshop on Turkey-Israel, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University
November 4, 2010 - "Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey, the US and the Middle East," co-sponsored by The Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World and The Middle East Seminar, Harvard University

Interview Samples

January 10, 2014: "I do believe that Syria is a problem for the stability of Turkey," Gulan Media
August 13, 2013: "Netanyahu paralyzes two-state solution, risks US goodwill," Anadolu Agency
September 27, 2012: U.S. - Israel Ties, Today Show, China Radio International
April 2, 2012 : "The Middle East is Polarized Around the US and Iran After Syria," Aksam
August 21, 2011: Has the Arab Spring Made Israel Less Safe, Today Show, China International Radio
September 17, 2010: "Israel Needs to Reach a Two-State Solution," ORSAM
July 20, 2012: Turkey's Foreign Policies, Today Show, China International Radio
July 16, 2012: "Why Did Biden Come to Iraq?" Rudaw
February 17, 2009: Gaza sours Israel-Turkey relations, Aljazeera

Articles and Chapters

2014: "Turkey's Challenges," Great Decisions, Foreign Policy Association, New York, NY.
2013 "Turkey and the USA in Bipolarizing Middle East," Journal of Balkans and Near Eastern Studies, Vol 15, No. 2, April 2013
2012: "Turkish Foreign Policy in the New World Order," in Metin Heper and Sabri Sayari, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey, Routledge
December 2011: "Making Sense of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East Under the AKP," Turkish Studies, Vol 12, No. 4, December 2011 with Meliha Altunisik
March 2010: Berger, A., Cox, H., Kelman, H.C., L.G., Mendelsohn, E., Norton, A.R., Steiner, H., & Walt in A. Berger et al., Israel and Palestine-Two states for two peoples: If not now, when? (pp. 1-14)
March 2010: Kelman, H.C., & Martin, L.G. Palestinian refugees in A. Berger et al., Israel and Palestine-Two states for two peoples: If not now when? (pp. 15-22).
2009: "U.S. Relations With Turkey," in Robert Looney, editor. A Handbook of U.S.-Middle East, (Routledge)
March 2009: "Turkey and the Gulf," Turkish Studies
March 2009: "Introduction: Turkey as a Trans-Regional Actor," Turkish Studies
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

Grants + Recognition

2012 St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Senior Associate Member, Trinity Term
2010 Fullbright Senior Researcher, Turkey
2009-2013 Louise Doherty Wyant Chair, Emmanuel College 2009-2013
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 for preliminary work on developing a Center for Middle Eastern Studies
2003 Kuwait Research Fund, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University for research on Kuwait's national security
2002 Emmanuel College, Faculty Development Grant
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
1990-1991 Maurice Pechet Foundation grant for research on the International Implications of a Palestinian State. Research travel to Oman, UAE, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories
1988 Research Institute for Medicine and Chemistry grant for research on Egypt and the Gulf. Research travel to Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Summer
1986 Maurice Pechet Foundation grant for research in the Middle East. Research travel to Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Spring
1982 Faculty Development Grant from Emmanuel College

Lenore G. Martin

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