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Curriculum Vitae Dr. Bessma Momani

Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo Balsillie School of International Affairs WEBSITE www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~bmomani LANGUAGES English, Arabic, Basic French EDUCATION Ph.D. 2002, University of Western Ontario M.A. 1996, University of Guelph B.A. 1994, University of Toronto CURRENT POSITIONS 2004- Professor, Political Science, University of Waterloo/Balsillie School of International Affairs. 2018- Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Stimson Center, Washington, DC. 2005- Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Innovation, Waterloo, Canada. 2015-2018 Trudeau Fellow, The Trudeau Foundation, Montreal, Quebec. 2018- Member, Provincial Security Advisory Board, Ontario, Canada. PAST POSITIONS 2016-2018 Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Doha Center. 2017 Consultant, IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office. 2011-2014 Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. 2012-2013 Visiting Associate, Georgetown University’s Mortara Research Center, Washington, DC. 1998-2004 Adjunct Professor, University of Western Ontario. 2002-2003 Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University. EXPERTISE • Middle Eastern Politics; Middle Eastern Economies • Populism, Radicalization, and Diversity • International Financial Institutions; Global Economic Governance

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND HONOURS 2017 SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant ($25,000) 2016-2017 Department of National Defence ($14,000) 2016-2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Public Interaction Grant ($150,000) 2016-2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Project Grant ($50,000) 2016-2017 BSIA Publication Support Grant ($3,000) 2016-2017 BSIA Workshop Support Grant ($7,500) 2016-2017 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant ($200,000) [PI - J. Habib] 2015-2018 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship Award ($250,0000) 2015-2016 SSHRC Connection Grant ($50,000) [Principal Investigator] 2015-2016 University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award

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2015-2016 University of Waterloo Excellence in Arts Teaching Award 2015-2020 SSHRC Insight Grant ($123,000) [Co-Investigator] 2015-2020 SSHRC Insight Grant ($85,000) [Principal Investigator] 2014-2015 IDRC Small Partnership Grant ($12,500) 2014 UBC Scholarly Publication Award ($8,000) 2013-2014 UW Lois Claxton HSS Endowment Fund Award ($7,000) 2013-2014 UW Research Incentive Fund ($8,000) 2012-2013 Fulbright Scholar Award ($12,500) 2013 Nominated for the Arab Ambassadors Award, political category. 2012-2013 UW/SSHRC Seed Grant ($5,000) 2011-2012 UW Research Incentive Fund ($8,000) 2011-2013 UW International Collaboration Grant ($10,000) 2011 Nominated for the Canadian Public Administration’s J.E.H. Hodgetts Award. 2011-2013 SSHRC Insight Development Grant ($75,000) 2010-2011 UW/SSHRC Seed Grant ($8,000) 2010-2011 UW Course Internationalization Grant ($1,500) 2009-2010 UW Lois Claxton HSS Endowment Fund Award ($3,000) 2007-2010 SSHRC Strategic Grant ($84,500) 2006-2007 UW/SSHRC Seed Grant ($5,500) 2005-2006 UW/SSHRC Travel Grant ($1,200) 2004-2005 UW/SSHRC Seed Grant ($5,500) 1996-1999 Female Doctoral Scholarship- Annual 1996-1999 Special University Scholarship; UWO- Annual 1994-1995 University of Guelph Founding Scholar Award June 1994 High Distinction; University of Toronto BA Degree June 1994 Dean’s Honour List; University of Toronto 1990-1991 Ontario Scholar Award PUBLICATIONS Books 1. We Stand on Guard for Thee Co-edited with A. Edgar and R. Mangat. University of Toronto Press (Submitted, 2018) 2. What’s Wrong with the IMF? Co-authored with Mark Hibben. Polity Press. (2017). 3. Tahrir Square and Beyond: Critical Perspectives on Politics, Law and Security. Co-edited with Eid Mohamed. Indiana

University Press. (2016). 4. An Arab Dawn: The Demographic Dividend of Arab Youth. University of Toronto Press. (2015). 5. Targeted Transnationals: The State, the Media, and Arab Canadians. Co-edited with Jenna Hennebry. UBC Press.

(2013). 6. Shifting GeoEconomic Power of the Gulf. Co-edited with Matteo Legrenzi. London: Ashgate. (2011). 7. From Desolation to Reconstruction: Iraq’s Troubled Journey. Co-edited with Mokhtar Lamani. Waterloo: Wilfrid

Laurier University Press. (2010). 8. Canada and the Middle East: In theory and practice. Co-edited with Paul Heinbecker. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier

University Press. (2007). 9. IMF-Egyptian Negotiations. Cairo Papers in Social Science. Cairo: American University of Cairo Press. (2006). 10. Twentieth-Century World History 1st Canadian Edition. With W. Duiker. Toronto: Thomson-Nelson. (2006). Peer-Reviewed Articles 1. “The Importance of Transnational Circulation for Citizenship Capacity-Building.” International Political Sociology, with

Melissa Finn (Forthcoming, 2018).

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2. “Theorizing the Power and Impact of Geographies of Circularity: Local and Transnational Arab Activism” with Melissa Finn and Michael Opatowski in International Political Sociology (2018).

3. "Canadian Arab Youth Vote 2015" with Melissa Finn, Canadian Political Science Review (2018). 4. “Building Foundations for the Comparative Study of State and Non-State Terrorism: Strategic Communication in the

Terrorism Attack Cycle” with Melissa Finn in Critical Studies on Terrorism. Pages 1-25. (2017). 5. "Established and emergent political subjectivities in circular human geographies: transnational Arab activists” with

Melissa Finn in Citizenship Studies 21.1 (2017): 22-43. 6. "Canadian Foreign Policy from the roaring 1990s." International Journal 72, no. 2 (2017): 192-202. 7. “Youth Evaluations of Countering Violent Extremism and Anti-Radicalization Programming in Kenya” with Melissa Finn

and Michaal Opondo in Journal for Deradicalization No. 7, Pages 164-224. (2016). 8. "An Effective Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Bottom Up Approach” with Anton Malkin in Global Policy Vol 6,

Issue 4. Pages 521-530 (2016). 9. “Cooperation or Clashes on 19th Street? Theorizing and Assessing IMF and World Bank Collaboration” with Mark

Hibben in the Journal of International Organizational Studies. Vol. 6, Issue 2. Pages 27-43. (December, 2015). 10. “Best Practices in Central Banks’ Organizational Culture, Learning and Structure: Case of the Moroccan Central Bank”

with Samantha St. Amand in Economic Notes. Vol. 44, No. 3. Pages 449-481. (October, 2015). 11. “Muslim Brotherhood: Between Democracy, Ideology and Distrust” in Sociology of Islam with Eid Mohamed Vol. 2, Issue

3-4. Pages 196-212 (2014). 12. “The Harper Governments' Messaging in the build up to the Libyan Intervention; Was Canada different than its NATO

Allies” in Canadian Foreign Policy Journal with A. Cooper Vol. 20, Issue 2. Pages 176-188 (Fall 2014). 13. “Re-balancing the G20 from efficiency to legitimacy: The 3G coalition and the practice of global governance” in Global

Governance with A. Cooper Vol. 20, No. 2. Pages 213-232 (April-June 2014). 14. “Change in IMF Policy Advice to North Africa After the Arab Uprisings” in Journal of International Organizations Studies

with D. Lanz Vol. 5, Issue 2. Pages 37-52. (September 2014). 15. “The United States and Bahrain: Interpreting the Differentiated Response to the Arab Spring” in Digest on Middle East

Studies w. A. Cooper and A. Farooq. Vol 22, Issue 2. Pages 360-384. (Fall, 2014). 16. "The Harper Governments' Messaging in the build up to the Libyan Intervention; Was Canada different then its NATO

Allies"” in Canadian Foreign Policy Journal with A. Cooper Vol. 20, Issue 2. Pages 176-188 (Fall, 2014). 17. “Re-balancing the G20 from efficiency to legitimacy: The 3G coalition and the practice of global governance” in Global

Governance with A. Cooper Vol. 20, No. 2. Pages 213-232 (April-June 2014).+“Whose authority? Exporting Canadian urban planning expertise to Jordan and Abu Dhabi” in GeoForum with L. Khirfan & Z. Jaffer Vol. 50. Pages 1-9 (December, 2013).

18. “China at the International Monetary Fund: Continued Engagement In Its Drive for Membership and Added Voice at the IMF Executive Board” in Journal of Chinese Economies Vol. 1, Issue 1. Pages 125-150 (December, 2013).

19. “Explaining the Use of Planning Consultants in Ontario Cities” in Canadian Public Administration with L. Khirfan Vol. 6, Issue 3. Pages 391-413 (September, 2013).

20. “The Arab Spring Can Bring a Demographic Dividend: That is Good for Business and Investors" in the Global Policy Journal Special Issue. Pages 1-11 (August, 2013).

21. Management consultants and the United States’ public sector” in Business and Politics Vol. 15, Issue 3. Pages 381-399 (August, 2013).

22. “Shaping the Middle East in the Midst of the Arab Uprisings: Turkish and Saudi Foreign Policy Strategies” in Third World Quarterly with C. Ennis Vol. 34, No. 6. Pages 1127-1144 (July, 2013).

23. “The Knowledge Bank Testing the Limits of a Legitimate Global Knowledge Actor” in Review of Policy Research with Teresa Kramraz Vol. 30, No. 1. Pages 409-431 (July, 2013).

24. “(Re)Branding Amman: the values, the image and the making of place" in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy with L. Khirfan Vol. 9. Pages 49-65 (February, 2013).

25. “Between Caution and Controversy: Lessons from the GCC States as (Re)Emerging Donors” in Cambridge Review of International Affairs with C. Ennis Vol. 25, No. 4. Pages 605-627 (December, 2012).

26. “Japan’s Rescue of the IMF” in Social Science Japan Journal with Carin Holryod Vol. 15, Issue 2. Pages 201-218 (January, 2012).

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27. "Qatar and expanded contours of Small State Diplomacy" in International Spectator with A. Cooper Vol. 46, Issue 3. Pages 113-128 (June, 2011).

28. "The IMF and its Borrowers: How Multipolarity in the World Economy is Changing the Fund” in St. Anthony Journal of International Affairs with A. Malkin Vol. 7, Issue 1. Pages 61-78 (June, 2011).

29. “Canada’s IMF Executive Director: Autonomy and Agenda Setting in Washington” in Canadian Public Administration Vol. 53, Issue 2. Pages 163-182 (June, 2010).

30. “Rebuking Soviet Union's IMF Membership in an Era of Glasnost" in Review of International Affairs with J. Crossen Vol. LXI, No. 1137. Pages 54-71 (Jan-Mar, 2010).

31. “Challenge of Re-branding Progressive Countries in the Gulf and Middle East" with A. F. Cooper. in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy (May 2009).

32. “Pursuing Geopolitical Stability through Interregional Trade: The EU's Motives for Negotiating with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with A. Antkiewicz. Journal of European Integration (March 2009).

33. “GCC Oil Producers and the Future of the Dollar,” New Political Economy (September 2008). 34. “Shielding Against Globalization: Economic and Political Integration of the Gulf Cooperation Council.” Journal of the Gulf

and Arabian Peninsula Studies (January 2008). 35. “Another Seat at the Table: Russia’s IMF Executive Director.” International Journal (November 2007). 36. “A Middle East Free Trade Area: Economic Interdependence and Peace Considered”. World Economy, (November

2007). 37. “IMF Staff: Missing Link in IMF Reform Proposals” Review of International Organizations. (June 2007). 38. “IMF Surveillance and America’s Turkish Delight,” Perspectives: The Central European Review of International Affairs,

36 pages (January/ February 2007). 39. “Assessing the Utility of Canada’s IMF Article IV Consultations,” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 39, 2 (June

2006), pp. 249-269. 40. “Negotiating Out of Argentina’s Financial Crisis: Segmenting the International Creditors” co-authored with Andrew

Cooper. New Political Economy Vol. 10, Issue 3 (September 2005). 41. “Limits of Streamlining Fund Conditionality: the IMF’s Organizational Culture,” Journal of International Relations and

Development. Vol 8, Issue 2. (June 2005). 42. “Recruiting and Diversifying IMF Technocrats” Global Society. (April 2005). 43. “American Politicization of the International Monetary Fund” in Review of International Political Economy. Vol. 11, Issue 5

(December 2004). 44. “The IMF, US War on Terrorism, and Pakistan: A Lesson in Economic Statecraft,” Asian Affairs Vol. 31, Issue 1 (Spring

2004). 45. “Promoting Economic Liberalization in Egypt” in Middle East Review of International Affairs. Vol. 7, Issue 3 (September

2003).

Book Chapters 1. “Global Financial Governance” in International Organization and Global Governance, 2nd Edition. Edited by Thomas G.

Weiss & Rorden Wilkinson. Routledge Press (In Press, 2018). 2. “The Convergence of State and Institutional Preferences in China’s Relationship with the IMF” with Anton Malkin in

Handbook of the International Political Economy of China. Edited by Ka Zeng. Edward Elgar Publishing (Submitted, 2018).

3. “Knowledge and Learning in the World Bank: Assessing the Role, Challenges and Prospects for a More Accountable IFI” with Teresa Kramarz, in Accountability and Governance. Edited by John Kirton. Ashgate Publishing (2017).

4. “Tracing Participatory Planning in Amman” with Luna Khirfan in Order and Disorder: The Middle East’s Urban Governance and Participatory Planning. Edited by Luna Khirfan. McGill University Press (2017).

5. “Professional Management Consultants’ Advice on Public Policy Issues: Growing their Transnational Impact on Shaping Solutions to Pressing Government Concerns” in Professional Networks in Transnational Governance. Co-edited by Len Seabrooke and Lasse Folke Henriksen. Cambridge University Press (2017).

6. “Canada and the Middle East after Afghanistan” with David Dewitt in Canada after Afghanistan: Reflections on Canadian International Security Policy, Edited by James Fergusson and Francis Furtado. University of British Columbia Press

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(2016). 7. “Introduction” with Eid Mohamed in Tahrir Square and Beyond: Critical Perspectives on Politics, Law and Security. Co-

edited with Eid Mohamed. Indiana University Press. (2016). 8. “Syria and the Responsibility to Protect” with Tanzeel Hakak, in The Oxford Handbook on the Responsibility to Protect.

Co-edited by Timothy Dunne and Alexander Bellamy. Oxford University Press (2016). 9. *"The Hidden History of China and the IMF" with Eric Helleiner. Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner, Eds., The Great

Wall of Money: Power and Politics in China’s International Monetary Relations. Cornell University Press (2016). 10. “Hands On or Hands Off? Lessons from the Arab Spring” with Fen Hampson, in Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow

of Intifadat. Edited by William Zartman. Georgia University Press (September, 2015). 11. “China and the IMF” in Enter the Dragon: China in the International Financial System Co-edited by Hongying Wang and

Domenico Lombardi. CIGI Publication (September, 2015). 12. “The International Monetary Fund and Surveillance” with Kevin English, in Handbook on International Monetary

Relations. Edited by Thomas Oakley, Edward Elgar (2014). 13. “China and the International Monetary Fund: A Retrospective View” with Eric Helleiner, in The Great Wall of Money:

Power and Politics in China’s International Monetary Relations, Edited by Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner. Cornell, Cornell University Press (August, 2014).

14. “App-Powered Protests Put Democracy in Peril” in Current Debates in Comparative Politics by J. Tyler Dickovick and Jonathan Eastwood. Oxford University Press (2014).

15. “Global Financial Governance” in International Organization and Global Governance. Edited by Thomas G. Weiss & Rorden Wilkinson. Routledge Press (2014).

16. “Introduction” in with J. Hennebry in Targeted Transnationals: The State, the Media, and Arab Canadians. Co-edited with Jenna Hennebry. UBC Press (April, 2013).

17. “Globalization and the Middle East” with W. Hassan in Thinking the International Differently Edited by Arlene Tickner and Ole Weaver. Routledge IR Series (2012).

18. “Academic and Think- Tank Assessment of the IEO and its Evaluators” in Independent Evaluation at the IMF: The First Decade. Edited by Ruben Lamdany and Hali Edison. Washington: International Monetary Fund Publication Services (2012).

19. “Gulf Investments in the Mashreq: Political Economy Rationale?” in GeoEconomic Power of the Gulf. Edited by B. Momani and M. Legrenzi. London: Ashgate Press, (2011).

20. "IMF Rhetoric on Reducing Poverty and Inequality" in Global Governance, Poverty and Inequality Edited by Rorden Wilkinson and Jennifer Clapp. Routledge Press, (2011).

21. “Iraq’s Tangled Web of Debt Restructuring” with A. Garrib in From Desolation to Reconstruction: Iraq's Troubled Journey Co-edited with M. Lamani. Waterloo: WLU Press, (2010).

22. "Canada at the Bretton Woods Institutions" with E. Helleiner in As Others See Us: Canada Among Nations 2009 Edited by Fen Hampson and Paul Heinbecker. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP. (2010).

23. "Internal or External Norm Champions: The IMF and Debt Relief" in Owning Development. Edited by Susan Park and Antje Vetterlein. London: Cambridge University Press (2010).

24. “Proposing IMF Reforms: Cosmetic, Democratic, or Ideological?” in Finance, Development, and the IMF Edited by J. Boughton and D. Lombardi. Oxford University Press (2009).

25. “Slipping into Obscurity? Crisis and Institutional Reform at the IMF” Co-authored with Eric Helleiner in How Can We Be Governed? Edited by Alan Alexandroff. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2008).

26. “Canada’s Economic Interests in the Middle East” with A. Antkiewiez in Canada and the Middle East: In theory and practice. Co-edited with Paul Heinbecker. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, (2007).

27. “Introduction” with P. Hienbecker (10 pages) in Canada and the Middle East: In theory and practice. Co-edited with Paul Heinbecker. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2007).

Submitted Contributions 1. “Canadian Arab Youth at the Border: Cultural Dissociation, Fear Management, and Disciplining Practices in Securitised

Spaces.” Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI), with Jenna Hennebry and Melissa Finn (Revised & Resubmitted).

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2. “Arab Youth Non-Movements: Resilient Citizenship in the Middle East” with Melissa Finn in The Unfinished Project of Social Movements in the Middle East and North Africa edited by Mojtaba Mahdavi (Submitted).

3. "More Than a Pipeline Problem: Evaluating the Gender Pay Gap in Canadian Academia from 1997 to 2016," Canadian Journal of Higher Education, with Emma Dreher and Kira Williams. (Submitted)

4. "Transnational Citizenship Mobilization among Canadian Arab Youth" with Melissa Finn in Canadian Ethnic Studies. (Submitted)

Papers in Non-Refereed Journals/ Working Paper Series/ Policy Briefs/Magazine Articles 1. “Paradigm Shift in International Relations” with Morgan MacInnes Canadian Defence at 150 and Beyond Toronto: The

NATO Association of Canada, 2017. 2. "Entrepreneurship: An Engine For Job Creation and Inclusive Growth in the Arab World." Brookings Doha Institute Policy

Brief Series (2017). 3. “Diversity Dividend” w. Jillian Stirk CIGI Special Studies, 2017. 4. “Equality and the Economy: Why the Arab world should employ more women”. Brookings Doha Institute Policy Brief

Series (December 2016). 5. “New Canadian Entrepreneurs: An Underappreciated Contribution to Canadian Society?” 6 Degrees-CIGI Special Report

(September 2016). 6. “Central Bank Independence in North Africa” with Samantha St. Amand. CIGI Policy Brief Series (March 2014). 7. “Shifting IMF Policies since the Arab Uprisings” with Dustyn Lanz. CIGI Policy Brief Series (March 2014). 8. “Putting FSB concerns back on the IMF- World Bank Annual Meetings Agenda” in Annual Meetings of the World Bank

Group & IMF. CIGI Policy Brief Series (October 2013). 9. “Strengthening the Early Warning Exercise: Enhancing IMF and FSB coordination” with Skylar Brooks, Warren Clarke,

Michael Cockburn & Dustyn Lanz in World Economics, Vol. 14, No. 3 (July-September 2013). 10. “MENA’s Public Sector Not a Sector for Growth: An Internal Strategy Requires Transitioning Civil Servants out through

Intrapreneurial Practices” with M. Qayyum in Gulf Business (July 2013). 11. “Supporting Arab countries in the Deauville Partnership” in The UK Summit: The G8 at Lough Erne 2013. Edited by John

Kirton and Madeline Koch. Published by Newsdesk Media Group and the G8 Research Group (May 2013). 12. “Canada’s Economic Interests in the Middle East” with Agata Antkiewicz and Padrig Landy. Canadian Arab Institute

Policy Brief Series (April 2013). 13. “Coordination Critical to Ensuring the Early Warning Exercise is Effective” with Warren Clarke, Dustyn Lanz, Michael

Cockburn, and Skylar Brooks. CIGI/BSIA (April 2013). 14. “The Arduous Road to Mission Accomplished”, in Financial Stability Board: Perspectives on the G20. With Eric Helleiner.

CIGI (May 2012). 15. “Greece in 2011: Argentina in 2002 Redux?” With Andrew F. Cooper. CIGI (December 2011). 16. “Lagarde and the IMF: The Unlikely Winners of the Cannes G20 Summit.” CIGI (November 2011). 17. "Petróleo, FMI y la crisis financiera" in Vanguardia Dossier, Junio (2010). 18. “The IMF and FSB: Intractable Political Reality and Organizational Mismatch”, in Financial Stability Board: An Effective

Fourth Pillar of Global Governance? Edited by Griffith-Jones, Helleiner, and Woods. CIGI (2010). 19. “The Future of the International Monetary Fund: A Canadian Perspective”, Co-edited with Eric Santor. CIGI. 20. “IMF Reforms and Middle East Perspectives”. Co-edited with Pagliari et. al., CIGI (2008). 21. "Facilitating Global Lending and Vital Reforms" in Flashpoints for the Pittsburgh Summit, Edited by Cooper and

Schwanen. CIGI. 22. "Oil Producing Gulf States, IMF, and the International Financial Crisis" World Economics (March 2009). 23. “The EU, the Middle East and Regional Integration,” World Economics (Jan-Feb 2007). 24. “Canada's Economic Interests in the Middle East,” with Agata Antkiewicz. CIGI Working Paper #26 (July 2007). 25. "Forging Stronger Canada-GCC Economic Ties," with Agata Antkiewicz in Geopolitics of Energy (Sept-Oct 2007) 26. “Pursuing Geopolitical Stability through Interregional Trade: The EU's Motives for Negotiating with the Gulf Cooperation

Council (GCC),” with Agata Antkiewicz. CIGI Working Paper #31 (September 2007). 27. “Introduction” to Graduate Student Conference on International Development Conference Report. Waterloo: Centre for

International Governance and Innovation (March 2005).

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Book Reviews 1. Book review of International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, by Margaret P. Karns and

Karen A. Mingst; and The G8, The United Nations, And Conflict Prevention, Edited by John J. Kirton and Radoslava N. Stefanova, in International Journal. (2005).

2. Book Review of Capital Ideas: The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization By Jeffrey Chwieroth, Princeton University Press in Review of International Organizations (2011).

3. Book Review of Richard Woodward’s The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2009), Peter Carroll and Aynsley Kellow’s The OECD: A Study of Organizational Adaptation (2011), and Leslie A. Pal’s Frontiers of Governance: The OECD and Global Public Management Reform (2012) with Xenia Menzies.

Academic Conference Papers 1. “Canadian Arab Youth: An Engaged Social Movement for Change in the Middle East”, with Melissa Finn, Paper

Presentation, Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, May 29, 2017. 2. “Changing professional incentives for IR/FP scholars; substantive focus on Canada in the Middle East”. Paper

Presentation, Generations Workshop: The Sources and Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy. Toronto, ON Canada. 29 September, 2016.

3. “New Canadian Entrepreneurs: An Underappreciated Contribution to Canadian Prosperity”. Paper Presentation, Six Degrees Citizen Space 2016. Toronto, ON Canada. 19, September 2016.

4. “Citizenship Claims-making Among Canadian Arab Youth: Examining Political Subjectivity through Peer-to-Peer Engagement,” with Melissa Finn, Youth Political Participation Conference, McGill University, Montreal, QUE, June 15, 2016.

5. “Citizenship Claims-making Among Canadian Arab Youth: Examining Political Subjectivity through Peer-to-Peer Engagement,” with Melissa Finn, Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Calgary, AB, June 1, 2016.

6. “The Effects of Security Surveillance and Border Control Mechanisms on the Citizenship Claims-making of Canadian Arab Youth: Insights from a Canada-Wide Study Using Peer-to-Peer Engagement,” with Melissa Finn, Mid-west Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 9, 2016.

7. “One Belt Road: A Discourse Analysis” with Anton Malkin. Paper presented to Centre for Global Change, Hamburg Germany, December 2015.

8. “Arab Youth and their Continued Cultural and Social Revolution Beyond the Arab Spring” with Melissa Finn. Paper presented the University of Alberta’s UPAS Interdisciplinary Conference. September 2015, Edmonton, Alberta.

9. “The Arab Spring is Genuine Revolution, But a Bumpy and Arduous Road Ahead”. Paper presented at The Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Centre for International Governance Innovation Annual Meeting 2014, Toronto.

10. “Professional Management Consultants and their role in Transnational Governance”. Paper presented at International Studies Association 2014, Toronto.

11. “Theorizing IMF and World Bank Organizational Cultures and their effects on collaborative policy initiatives” with Mark Hibben. Paper presented at International Studies Association 2014, Toronto.

12. “Locating IMF Ideas and Measuring Impact”. Paper presented at International Studies Association 2013, San Francisco. 13. “China at the International Monetary Fund: Continued Engagement In Its Drive for Membership and Added Voice at the

IMF Executive Board”. Paper prepared for Cornell Workshop on China and presented by Eric Helleiner, November 2012. 14. “The Global Reach of Management Consultant Firms”. Paper prepared for Georgetown University International Theory

and Research Seminar (GUIATRS) Series, September, 2012. 15. “Economic Precursors and Consequences of the Arab Spring”. Paper prepared for TOBB University of Economics and

Technology and at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), May 2012. 16. “Change in urban development in the Middle East caused by an influx of Arab Gulf investments”. Paper prepared for

Columbia University’s Amman Campus in Jordan, March 2012. 17. “Jordan’s New Urban Landscape: Inclusive Urban Planning or Democratic Deficit?” Paper presented at Urbanism and

Urbanization in the Middle East, Middle East Studies Association. Washington DC, 30 November-2 December 2011. 18. “Multiple Multilateralism in Preventing the Next Crisis: How Successful Can They Be?” Paper presented at Multiple

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Multilateralism Academic Council on the United Nations. Waterloo 2-4 June 2011. 19. “Responding to the PIIGS’ Crisis: Measuring Variation of IMF, OECD and EIU Advice” with David Kempthorne. Paper

presented at the International Studies Association, Montreal 2011. 20. "Qatar: A Case in Small State Diplomacy" with A. Cooper. Paper presented at International Studies Association 2010,

New Orleans. 21. "World Bank as a Knowledge Bank" with T. Kramraz. Paper presented at International Studies Association 2010, New

Orleans. 22. “Reforming the Bretton Woods Institutions.” Paper presented at the CICR/Stanley Foundation meeting in Beijing China,

November 2009. 23. “Gulf States as Emerging Donors” Paper presented with C. Ennis at the York University/IDRC workshop on Emerging

States as International Donors, Toronto, November 2009. 24. “Reforming the Bretton Woods Institutions” Paper presented at the CICR/Stanley Foundation meeting in Beijing China,

November 2009. 25. “Explaining IMF and World Bank Relationship Since Bretton Woods” with D. Lombardi, Paper presented at the World

Trade Institute workshop in Berne, Switzerland, October 2009. . Also presented at the Political Economy of International Organizations 2010 meeting.

26. “Gulf Investments in the Mashreq.” Paper presented at the Geo-Economics of the Gulf Workshop in Waterloo, Ontario, August 2009 and in 2010 Mediterranean Workshop Meeting, Florence, Italy.

27. “The Challenge of Re-branding Countries in the Middle East: Opportunities through Progressive Initiatives versus Constraints of Negative Images.” Paper presented at International Studies Association with A. Cooper, San Francisco, 25-29 March 2008.

28. “Internal or External Norm Champions: The IMF and Debt Relief.” Paper presented at ‘Owning Development Workshop’ held at the International Studies Association, San Francisco, 25 March 2008.

29. “Canada’s Role at the IMF Executive Board.” Paper presented at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 4 June 2008.

30. “IMF Rhetoric and Reducing Poverty and Inequality.” Workshop Global Governance, Poverty and Inequality, CIGI/ Brooks World Poverty Institute, Waterloo, 6-8 June 2008.

31. “Getting a Seat at the IMF Table: Cases of Russia and Switzerland.” Paper presented at Political Economy of International Organizations. Ascona, Switzerland, 3 February-8 February 2008.

32. "IMF Ideas and Research Through the Lenses of Organizational Culture." Paper presented at ISA Annual Conference, Chicago, 3 March 2007.

33. "The IMF, Paris Club, Iraq and the United States: a tangled web of debt restructuring" with A. Garrib. Paper presented at ISA Northeast, Philadelphia, 15-17 November 2007.

34. “Pursuing Geopolitical Stability through Interregional Trade: The EU's Motives for Negotiating with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)” with Agata Antkiewicz. Paper presented at the EU in International Trade Negotiations, Syracuse, Cornell University, 14-17 May 2007.

35. “Oil Exporters and the Future of the Dollar.” Paper presented at the Cornell Money Series Workshop on the Future of the Dollar. Cornell, 3-5 November, 2006.

36. “Getting a Seat at the IMF Executive Table: the case of Russia.” Paper presented at the annual Canadian Political Science Association Meeting. Toronto, June, 2006.

37. “Organizational Culture Change in the IMF.” Paper presented at CIGI’s IMF Reform Workshop. Waterloo, 8-9 June, 2006. 38. “Shielding Against Globalization.” Paper presented at the Regionalism and Globalisation Conference, Warwick, UK, Oct

26, 2005. 39. “Dividing the International Financial Architecture: Argentina Maneuvers Between Public and Private Creditors.” Paper

presented to the World International Studies Committee. Istanbul, 24-27 August, 2005. 40. “Political and Economic Challenges to American Policy on Middle East Economic Integration.” Paper presented to the

World International Studies Committee. Istanbul, 24-27 August, 2005. 41. “Institutional Learning for Canada’s IMF Article IV Consultation Reports” Paper presented at the Canadian Political

Science Association annual meeting. London, Ontario, June 3-5, 2005; and presented at the New Scholars Conference at the NPSIA/CIGI conference in Waterloo, Ontario, November 8-9, 2005.

42. “The Impact of Innovation and Technology in Transition Economies”, co-authored with W. Elmaraghy. Paper presented at

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the Annual Conference and Assembly Meeting of the Association of American-Egyptian Scholars: Challenges to Progress ‘The Role of Science and Technology in the Future of Egypt’. Cairo, Egypt. December 29-30, 2004.

43. “IMF Recruitment Practices and the Convergence of Ideas.” Paper presented at the Annual International Studies Association Conference. Montreal. March 17-20, 2004.

44. “ICT and Egypt’s UN Millennium Development Goals,” with W. Elmaraghy. Paper presented at the Friends of Egyptian Scholars Abroad Conference: Human Resources in the 3rd Millennium. Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Cairo, Egypt. December 28-30, 2003.

45. “Egypt’s Ingenuity Gap in Technical Productivity.” Paper co-authored with W. Elmaraghy. Paper presented at the Annual Conference and Assembly Meeting of the Association of American-Egyptian Scholars: Challenges to Progress ‘Health, Environment, Populations’. Alexandria, Egypt. December 28-30, 2002.

Workshop, Conference and Policy Discussion Participation (* denotes international engagement) 1. Invited Keynote, “The Diversity Dividend” at the Canadian Immigration Summit. Ottawa, ON Canada. 31 May 2018. 2. Invited Panelist, “All in: Advancing diversity in the academy” at Universities Canada Workshop. Quebec City, QC

Canada. 1-2 March 2018. 3. * Invited Speaker, “The Diversity Dividend” in partnership with the Europe Diversity Dividend Initiative at the Canadian

Embassy in Oslo. Oslo, Norway. January 2018. 4. * Invited Speaker, “The Diversity Dividend” at Aarhus University. Denmark. January 2018. 5. Invited Panelist, Halifax International Security Forum. Halifax, NS Canada. 16 November 2017. 6. Invited Panelist, “Arab Spring and the Quest for New Metaphors” conference at the University of Guelph. Guelph, ON

Canada. 11-12 November 2017. 7. * Invited Panelist, “The Future of the Bretton Woods Institutions: Governance Challenges and Opportunities” at the

Council of Councils Tenth Regional Conference. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 5-7 November 2017. 8. Invited Speaker, “Diversity dividend: Canada’s global advantage” part of the Federation for the Humanities and Social

Sciences ‘Big Thinking’ lecture series. Ottawa, ON Canada. 21 September 2017. 9. * Invited Speaker, “Russia’s Middle East Strategy and the Trump Administration” lecture at the Arab Gulf States Institute

in Washington. Washington, DC, March 2017. 10. Invited Moderator, “The Business Case for Canadian Pluralism” at Converge/Universities Canada Annual Conference.

Ottawa, ON, February 2017. 11. Invited Speaker, “Inclusive Economies” at the IDRC Board and Centre Management Seminar. Ottawa, ON Canada. 14

November, 2016. 12. * Invited Speaker, “"A Year Later. Implementation and Consequences of the Iranian Nuclear Deal" at the Warsaw

Security Forum. Warsaw, Poland. 27, October 2016. 13. * Invited Panelist, “The Impact of the Private Sector”. The Private Sector for Public Ideas Conference. The Fletcher

School. Medford, Massachusetts. 6 October, 2016. 14. Invited Speaker, “Hybrid Identities. Muslim Arab Youth and the West” at the Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON Canada.

12, June 2016. 15. Invited Speaker, “Governance, Pluralism, Diversity and Human Rights”. International Assistance Review Consultation at

the International Development Research Centre. Ottawa, ON Canada. 2, June 2016. 16. Invited Workshop Participant, “Canada and Changing Middle East” at the Centre for International Policy Studies,

University of Ottawa. Ottawa, ON Canada. 30, May 2016. 17. Invited Panelist, “Africa, China and the Middle East: Just Some of the Markets and Customers That Canada’s Economy

Needs” at the 18th Annual Rotman Life-Long Learning Conference. Toronto, On Canada. 27, May 2016. 18. Invited Speaker, “Democracy Roundtable: Building an Inclusiveness Agenda for Canada’s Foreign Policy” with The

Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Government of Canada. Ottawa, ON Canada. 9 May, 2016.

19. Invited Panelist, “Global Arms Trade” with Hannah Thibedeau, Adam Taylor and Monia Mazigh for thePanel. Ottawa, ON Canada. 9, May, 2016.

20. Invited Keynote Speaker, “The Promise of Arab Youth” at the Ottawa Muslim Women’s Organization’s Festival of

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Friendship 15th Annual Dinner. Ottawa, ON Canada. 24, April, 2016. 21. Invited Speaker, “International Research on Refugee Studies” at the International Development Research Centre.

Ottawa, ON Canada. 20, April 2016. 22. Invited Moderator, “How can Canadian and Arab businesses/organizations work cooperatively in the areas of innovation,

education and science?” Are Canadian Businesses Ready to Take Advantage of Opportunities in the Arab World Now? Canadian Arab Business Council Annual Forum. Ottawa, ON Canada. 12, April, 2016.

23. Invited Speaker, “Sectarianism in the Middle East Today: An Overlook of the Situation”. Communities under Sectarian Strife: Re-Examining the Role of Religion and Diplomacy Conference at Massey College. Toronto, ON Canada. 1 April, 2016.

24. Invited Speaker, “Roundtable with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar”. Qatari Embassy, Ottawa, ON Canada. 31 March, 2016.

25. * Invited Participant, “The 10th Al Jazeera Forum: Regional and International Struggle in the Middle East”. Al Jazeera Media Network, Doha, Qatar. 21-22 March, 2016.

26. * Invited Workshop Presenter, “Countering Violent Extremism: A Workshop”. Good Enough College. London, United Kingdom. 2 March, 2016.

27. Invited Speaker, “The Role of ISIS and the Future of International Law: Chaos or Consolidation”. 44th Annual Conference- Canadian Council on International Law. Ottawa, ON. 6 November, 2015.

28. * Invited Speaker, “The Future of the MENA Region and Global Security”. Council of Councils Eighth Regional Conference. Istanbul, Turkey. 4-6 October, 2015.

29. Invited Panelist, “Arab Youth and their Continued Cultural and Social Revolution Beyond the Arab Spring”. The Unfinished Project of the Arab Spring, University of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta. 25-27 September, 2015.

30. Invited Speaker, “Webinar on Canada’s Party Platform on Mideast Policy”. Canadian Arab Institute. 10 September, 2015. 31. Invited Panelist, “Team Intelligence”. Leadership and Public Policy: Leading on complex problems in an increasingly

connected world. The Trudeau Foundation’s Annual Summer Institute Conference. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 10-14 May, 2015.

32. Invited Speaker, “Business Opportunities in the Middle East”. Business Forum, Canadian Arab Business Council. Ottawa, ON. 21 April, 2015.

33. Invited Panelist, “Forward-Looking Responses to Global Terrorism”. Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada seminar on Strategic Forecasting: Global Terrorism Trends and Implications. Ottawa ON, 30 March, 2015.

34. Invited Speaker, “Tragedy, Terror, and Truth in the Middle East”. International Issues Discussion Series at Ryerson University. Toronto, ON. 25 March, 2015.

35. * Invited Speaker, “Global ambitions and local grievances: understanding political Islam”. The Ditchley Foundation. London, England. 19-21 March, 2015.

36. Invited Speaker, “Mapping the Moment: The Arab Spring & the Canadian Diaspora”. The Mosaic Institute. Toronto, ON. 29 January, 2015.

37. * Invited Panelist, "Arab Gulf Investments into Non-Inclusive Urban Development in the Middle East". Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 22-25 November, 2014.

38. Invited Speaker, “Canada's Response to the Violence, Religious Persecution and Dislocation Caused by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)”. The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Canadian House of Commons. Ottawa ON, 20 November, 2014.

39. * Invited Speaker, “Strengthening Global Growth”. G20 Pre-Summit Conference-Griffith University. Brisbane, Australia, 13 November, 2014.

40. Invited Panelist, “The Arab Spring is Genuine Revolution, But a Bumpy and Arduous Road Ahead”. The Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON. 10-12 April, 2014.

41. Invited Speaker, “Invest where there are consumers”. Canadian Arab Business Council Forum. Ottawa ON, 26 March, 2014.

42. Invited Speaker, “The Situation in Syria”. The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Canadian House of Commons. Ottawa ON, 24 February, 2014.

43. * Invited Participant, “Countering dangerous speech, protecting free speech: Practical Strategies to Prevent Genocide”

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Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Washington D.C., 20-21 February, 2014. 44. * Invited Participant, “Emirates Foundation Annual Philanthropy Summit: Philanthropy in Transition” Emirates

Foundation. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 12-13 November, 2013. 45. Invited Panelist, “What role, if any, should Canada play in the humanitarian crisis in Syria?” The Panel, moderated by

Evan Solomon of the CBC. Ottawa, ON, 29 October, 2013. 46. Invited Speaker, “The Crisis in Egypt” at the Canadian International Council Waterloo Branch Annual Meeting, Waterloo

ON, 25 September, 2013. 47. * Invited Workshop Participant, “The Role of the IMF as Trusted Advisor & IMF Response to the Global Financial Crisis”

hosted by the German Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Institute for Development and Evalution (Deval), and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). Berlin, Germany.28-29 August, 2013.

48. * Invited Workshop Participant, “GMF Transatlantic Security Task Force” Maison de l’Amérique Latine Paris, 19-20, July 2013.

49. * Invited Discussant, “Quasi-Professionals in the Organization of Transnational Crisis Mapping” at the Professionals and Organizations in Transnational Governance Workshop. Milan, 25 June, 2013.

50. * Invited Panelist, “Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt Negotiate with the IMF and World Bank: Determining Degree of Change and Continuity Resulting From The Arab Uprisings” at the BRISMES Annual Conference. Dublin, 24, June 2013.

51. * Invited Panelist, “Supporting the Arab Spring” at the G8 Pre- Summit Conference. Queen’s University- Belfast, 14, June 2013.

52. Invited Workshop Speaker, “Case Study on the Arab Spring” at the Professional Training Program on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities. Montreal, 13, June 2013.

53. Invited Panelist, “Canada’s Role in the Middle East”, with Ferrry de Kerckhove and H.E. Said Hamdat Carleton University. Ottawa, 23, April 2013.

54. * Invited Moderator and Host, “Finance and Development Book Launch”, at the IMF Spring Meetings. Washington, 19 April, 2013.

55. * Invited Panelist, “IMF/FSB Early Warning Exercise” in assistance with New Rules for Global Finance. With Warren Clarke, Dustyn Lanz, Skyler Brooks, and Michael Cockburn. Washington, 19 April, 2013.

56. Invited Presentation and Panelist, “Secularism and the Arab Spring”, at York University. Toronto, 20 March 2013. 57. Invited Participant, Digest of Middle East Studies Annual Meeting (DOMES), 21 February, 2013. 58. Invited Presentation, “The Arab Spring and Prospects for Economic Growth” at the Rotman School, University of

Toronto. Toronto, 15 January, 2013. 59. Invited Presentation, “CIGI Global Policy Forum: The Syrian Crisis”, at Rideau Club. Ottawa, 12 December, 2012. 60. Invited Presentation, “Business and Investment after the Arab Spring: Potential Opportunity or Heightened Risk?” at the

Canadian Forces College. Toronto, 9 November, 201 61. * Invited Presentation, “The Global Reach of Management Consulting Firms”, at Georgetown University International

Theory and Research Seminar (GUITARS). Washington, 24 September, 2012. 62. Invited Presentation and Discussant, “Economic Prospects in the Arab World”, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and

International Trade (DEFAIT). Ottawa, 20 September, 2012. 63. * Invited Presentation, “Business and Investment after the Arab Spring: Potential Opportunity or Heightened Risk?” at the

International Monetary Fund (IMF). Washington, 11 September, 2012. 64. Invited Presentation and Panelist, “Arab Spring: Implications and Opportunities for Canada”, at the 81st Annual

Couchiching Conference. YMCA Geneva Park Conference Centre, at Lake Couchiching, in Orillia. 9-12 August, 2012. 65. Invited Presentation and Discussant, “The Role of Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Making” at the Department of Foreign

Affairs and International Trade (DEFAIT). Ottawa, 30 July, 2012. 66. Organizer and Moderator, “Broadcasting Revolution: How Media Have Influenced the Arab Uprisings”, with Habib Battah.

At CIGI, Waterloo. 14 June, 2012 67. Invited Presentation and Moderator, “The Responsibility to Protect and the Arab Spring”, with Lloyd Axworthy. At the

CIGI, Waterloo. 24 May, 2012. 68. * Invited Presentation, “The Economic Precursors and Consequences of the Arab Spring”, at the University of Economics

and Technology and at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). Istanbul and Ankara, 29-30 May, 2012.

69. * Co-Organizer and Presenter, “A Book Workshop on the Middle East’s New Urban Landscape: Inclusive Urban Planning

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or Demographic Deficit”, at the Columbia University Middle East Research Centre. Amman, Jordan, 11-12 March, 2012. 70. Invited Presentation and Panelist, “Arab Spring Panel” at the Focus on Middle East week, University of Toronto. Toronto,

28 February, 2012. 71. Invited Presentation, “Root Causes of Arab Spring” Winds of Change in the Arab World. National Conference of the

National council on Canada Arab Relations (NCCAR). Ottawa, 26-27 November, 2011. 72. Invited Presentation, “The IMF, World Bank, and Millennium Development Goals”. Presented to the Command and Staff

at the Canadian Forces College, Toronto 3 November, 2011. 73. Invited Presentation, “Uprisings in the Arab World and Prospects for Democratic Change”, at the University of Waterloo,

Political Science Speaker Series. 17 October, 2011. 74. * Invited Presentation, “What the Arab Spring means for Canadian Arabs” Arab American Institute and National Network

for Arab American Communities National Leadership Conference in Dearborn, Michigan30 September- 2 October, 2011. 75. Invited Presentation, “Arab Spring and Social Media” at CIGI Do Think Tanks make a Difference? Waterloo, Thursday,

22 September, 2011. 76. * Invited Presentation, “G20 Mandate: End of a Honeymoon” How are Key 21st Century Powers Arranging Themselves?”

Stanley Foundation, CIGI, and CICR. Warrenton, VA. 6-8 June 2011 77. Invited Panelist, Transparency Internationa,l to discuss corruption in the Middle East. Toronto. May, 2011. 78. Invited Panelist, Department of Foreign Affairs, to discuss developments in the Middle East. Ottawa. 18 March, 2011. 79. Invited Panelist, Department of Foreign Affairs, to discuss developments in the Middle East. Ottawa. 4 February, 2011. 80. * Invited Presentation on Gulf Investments in the Mashreq to the Amman Institute, December, 2010. 81. Invited Presentation, “Canada’s Economic Interests in the Middle East” to the Canada-Arab Business Council and the

Department of Foreign Affairs Trade, Ottawa 29-30 January, 2008. 82. * Presentation. “Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflict.” at Fund for Peace and CIGI meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 5-7

September, 2007. 83. * Presentation. “Business of International Organizations.” at Copenhagen Business School Workshop, Denmark, 20

November, 2007. 84. * Invited Presentation, “Reforming the IMF,” to Brookings Institute, Washington, DC, 17 October, 2007. 85. * Presentation. “What Do We Want from Official Development Assistance?” at L20 Conference, Petra, Jordan, 10

November, 2005. 86. Presentation. “Canada in Afghanistan: Assessing the 3D Approach,” at Centre for International Governance and

Innovation. Chair of conference panel on “Planning in 3D: The Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar”. Waterloo, ON, 13-15 May, 2005.

87. Panel Chair, “Graduate Seminars on International Development,” co-hosted by the World Bank and the Centre for International Governance and Innovation. Chair of conference panel on “The Actors in Development”. Waterloo, ON, 5-6 March, 2005.

88. * Presentation at “Financing for Development: Multi-stakeholder Consultations on Systemic Issues,” New Rules for Global Finance Coalition. Presentation: “Reforming the IMF: from the bottom-up” representing the Centre for International Governance and Innovation and the University of Waterloo. Lima, Peru, 17-18 February, 2005.

89. * Discussant. “Sixty Years after Bretton Woods” World Economic Forum Working Group. Discussant representing the Centre for International Governance and Innovation and the University of Waterloo. Rome, Italy, 19-21 July, 2004.

90. * Panel Chair. “Learning From Crisis: Where Do We Go For Global Governance?” Chair of conference panel on Regional Crises. Co-sponsored by the Centre for International Governance and Innovation and the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Foreign Policy and Federalism, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-19 May 2004.

91. Discussant. “UNDP Report on Democracy and Development in the Arab World”. Discussant at the Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group. University of Western Ontario, London. 23 November, 2002.

Engagements Related to An Arab Dawn: Arab Youth and the Demographic Dividend They Will Bring (* denotes international engagement)

1. * Invited Speaker, Emirates Foundation Youth

Philanthropy Summit. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 8, November 2016.

2. * Invited Speaker, Paris-Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 15 March, 2016.

3. * Invited Speaker, Emirates Diplomatic Academy,

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 14 March, 2016. 4. * Invited Speaker, Canadian Embassay, Abu Dhabi,

United Arab Emirates. 13 March, 2016. 5. * Invited Speaker, Hedayah International Center, Abu

Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 13 March, 2016. 6. Invited Speaker, Centre for International Governance

and Innovation (CIGI) Signature Lecture Series. Waterloo, ON. 11 February, 2016.

7. * Invited Speaker, Fundación Tres Culturas. Séville, Spain. 28 January, 2016.

8. * Invited Speaker, European Institute of the Mediterranean. Barcelona, Spain. 27 January, 2016.

9. * Invited Speaker, Casa Arabe Institute. Madrid, Spain. 26 January, 2016.

10. Invited Speaker, University of Waterloo, Department of Political Science Speaker Series. Waterloo, ON. 20 January, 2016.

11. Invited Speaker, The Munk School of Global Affairs. Toronto, ON. 7 January, 2016.

12. * Invited Speaker, Brookings Doha Centre. Doha, Qatar. 28 December, 2015.

13. * Invited Speaker, Doha Institute. Doha, Qatar. 27 December, 2015.

14. Invited Speaker, Global Affairs Canada, Middle East and Maghreb. Ottawa, ON. 7 December, 2015.

15. Invited Speaker, Literary Review of Canada. Toronto, ON. 3 December, 2015.

16. * Invited Speaker, The World Bank- Middle East and

North Africa External Communications Speaker Series. Washington, D.C. 3 December, 2015.

17. * Invited Speaker, Brown University, Middle East Studies Department. 2 December, 2015.

18. Invited Speaker, The Rotman School of Management. Toronto, ON. 26 November, 2015.

19. Invited Speaker, The Halifax International Security Forum. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 21 November, 2015.

20. * Invited Speaker, University of Central Florida, Political Science Department. Orlando, Florida. 16 November, 2015.

21. Invited Speaker, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. Ottawa, ON. 12 November, 2015.

22. Invited Speaker, Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) Ottawa, ON. 5 November, 2015.

23. Invited Speaker, Pluralism Forum, entitled, “Prospect for Pluralism Post-Arab Spring: Does Tunisia Suggest a Way Forward?” Ottawa, ON 22 October, 2015.

24. * Invited Speaker, NYU School of Professional Studies, Center for Global Affairs. New York, 19 October, 2015.

25. * Invited Speaker, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ankara, Turkey. 7 October, 2015.

26. * Invited Speaker, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). Ankara, Turkey. 7 October, 2015.

MEDIA APPEARANCES; EDITORIALS; COMMENTARY Editorials 1. 04/01/2018- The Globe and Mail, Iran needs this internal combustion 2. 12/12/2017- The Globe and Mail, Putin’s ‘mission accomplished’ moment in Sryia was all for show 3. 09/11/2017- The Globe and Mail, Lebanon becomes next target of Saudi Arabia’s folly 4. 27/09/2017- The Globe and Mail, The Kurds have opened Pandora’s box 5. 09/07/2017- The Globe and Mail, From Trump to Erdogan, beware the populist prescription 6. 23/05/2017- Macleans, The US-Saudi Arabia relationship goes beyond Donald Trump 7. 23/04/2017- The Globe and Mail, Populism is bad for business 8. 07/04/2017- The Globe and Mail, Syria strike: Geopolitical victory or a slide into a war American’s didn’t ask for? 9. 15/03/2017- The Globe and Mail, Turkey’s spat with the Netherlands: The liberal democratic world is worse off 10. 06/02/2017- Policy Options, International education opens doors to the world 11. 20/01/2017- The Globe and Mail, Team Trump sets stage for another Wall Street meltdown 12. 18/01/2017- Newsweek, Xi Jinping’s Davos Speech Showed the World Has Turned Upside Down 13. 16/12/2016- The Globe and Mail, Amid horror of ambassador’s killing, Russia and Turkey stand united 14. 21/10/2016- The Globe and Mail, A growth opportunity in the foreign-student business 15. 03/10/2016- The Globe and Mail, Carney belongs in Canada’s cabinet, not Britain 16. 14/09/2016- The Globe and Mail, Immigration is a net economic benefit – this is a story Canada should build on 17. 16/08/2016- The Globe and Mail, A new Turkish nightmare set to begin 18. 10/05/2016- OpenCanada, with Anna Klimbovskaia, How can we reinforce Canada’s pluralism model? Hard numbers

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19. 28/03/2016- The Globe and Mail, with Jillian Stirk, In a highly competitive world, is diversity Canada’s advantage? 20. 17/12/2015- The Globe and Mail, Saudi suffragists: Women’s rights come to most unlikely place 21. 21/11/2015- The Globe and Mail, with David Kempthorne, The weakest links in terror finance legislation need to

addressed 22. 14/11/2015- The Globe and Mail, We’re revving the global economy’s engine, but still moving too slowly 23. 29/09/2015-The Globe and Mail, Who’s really ‘chasing headlines’? Domestic and foreign relations intertwine at Munk

debate 24. 11/05/2015- The Globe and Mail, Recovery notwithstanding, expect low oil prices to be the new normal 25. 11/04/2015- The Toronto Star- Nuclear deal is good for Iran’s future and ours 26. 23/02/2015- The Globe and Mail, with Lorne Dawson, If IS falls, Canada must be ready for the return of foreign fighters 27. 06/01/2015- The Toronto Star, The Rise and Fall of the new Turkey 28. 31/12/2014- The Globe and Mail, The Young Saudi Woman fought for her right to drive. Now she’s in jail. 29. 27/12/2014- The Toronto Star, Islamic State’s tyranny strikes all regions 30. 15/11/2014- The Toronto Star, Get out of Ukraine, Harper tells Putin at G20 Retreat 31. 14/11/2014- The Globe and Mail, Why Russians may soon tire of Putin’s antics 32. 11/04/2014- Syria Deeply, Seeing Syria’s Horrors: A Message for Finance Ministers 33. 01/04/2014- The Globe and Mail, Turkey’s no-win election drama 34. 21/03/2014- The New York Times Room for Debate, Shut it down, it will become more powerful 35. 25/01/2014- The Toronto Star, The Pitfalls of Arming Iraq 36. 23/01/2014- CNN Global Public Square, Don’t forget about Syria’s ‘good guys’ 37. 21/012014- The Indian Express, Repression and Referendum 38. 01/10/2013- The Toronto Star, 15-minute phone call cause for hope in U.S.-Iran relations 39. 09/09/2013- The Globe and Mail, Obama is losing the hearts and minds of the Arab World 40. 12/07/2013- The Toronto Star, App- powered protests put democracy in peril 41. 09/07/2013- The Economist- The economics of Tahrir 42. 03/07/2013- The Globe and Mail, The myth of political Islam has been exposed in Egypt 43. 03/07/2013- Ottawa Citizen, Egyptian coup is nothing to celebrate 44. 05/06/2013- The New York Times Room for Debate, With Progress Comes Dissent: Give Erdogan Space 45. 27/02/2013- The Globe and Mail, Morsi’s rule is a black comedy stuck in rewind. Egyptians must get serious. 46. 07/02/2013- The Toronto Star, Egypt and Iran: A rapprochement in unlikely 47. 01/02/2013- The Globe and Mail, How Egypt’s failed leaders made soccer and politics run amok 48. 06/01/2013- Syria Deeply, How many more Syrians must die? 49. 22/11/2012- The Globe and Mail, With Gaza Ceasefire, Egypt’s Morsi becomes a serious player 50. 09/24/2012- The National, Old definitions fail to capture Arab Spring complexities 51. 06/06/2012- Embassy, The Lesson of the Houla Massacre: Time to arm the rebels 52. 04/11/2012- The National, Economic interests give Assad loyalists stubborn resilience 53. 04/02/2012- The Toronto Star w. X. Menzies, Canada abandons its principles in automatic backing for U.S. World Bank

candidate 54. 11/23/2011- Embassy, Bringing the Right Investment to the Arab World 55. 10/06/2011- The National Post, with Heather Roff, The morality of robotic warfare 56. 10/25/2011- The Globe and Mail, w. H. Roff, The Tactics of Intervention: Why Syria Will Never Be Libya 57. 08/04/2011- The Globe and Mail, In Egypt: Unintended Consequences 58. 02/13/2011- The Globe and Mail, Egyptian revolution will have little impact on global economy 59. 08/24/2011- Embassy, An exit strategy for Syria's Assad 60. 06/16/2011- Embassy, Canada recognized the TNC as the official voice of the Libyan people 61. 04/25/2011- The Toronto Star, Stop Ignoring The World (with John M. Curtis)

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Television Appearances Al Jazeera 12/31/2015- Al Jazeera- The world in 2015: Are we becoming more polarised? 12/30-2015- Al Jazeera- After Ramadi gain, Iraqi army eyes next ISIL stronghold 12/31/2015- The world in 2015: Are we becoming more polarised? 12/30-2015- After Ramadi gain, Iraqi army eyes next ISIL stronghold 11/16/2014- G20 Wrap Up 07/17/2012- News Update 06/06/2012- Qatar's different attitude towards the uprisings in Bahrain and other Gulf countries 04/11/2012- Syria Violence Update Bloomberg 02/28/2016- Progressive Candidates Makes Gains in Iranian Parliament 05/30/2011- First Up: Academic Momani Interview on IMF 05/20/2011- News and Business Videos Business News Network 11/06/2017- The geopolitical implications of Saudi Arabian princes being detained 08/28/2017- Why Trump’s latest NAFTA threat bolsters case for diversifying Canada’s trade 01/25/2017- Why Trump policies may lead to stock market mayhem 09/20/2014- Harper pledges tougher security laws after attacks in Ottawa 04/07/2013- What’s next in Egypt? 05/02/2012- French and Greek Elections 04/20/2012- IMF Meetings in Washington 04/10/2012- World Bank president nominees and nomination process 07/04/2011- Collapse of the DSK Case and what it will mean for the IMF and Lagarde 04/16/2011- The Close: Strauss-Kahn Case Near Collapse Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 29/08/2017- CBC News, Royal Visit 24/04/2017- CBC News, Diversity is good for business 23/01/2017- CBC News, On the Money, Trump pulls U.S. out of TPP 19/09/2016- CBC News, Benefits of helping migrants 16/11/2015- CBC News: Expanding the ISIS Mission 15/11/2015- CBC News, The National, How the Paris Attacks Affect Canada

07/11/2015- CBC News, Expert on Egypt’s Airport Security 11/10/2015- CBC News, Bombings in Turkey 16/07/2015- CBC News: Expanding the ISIS Mission 26/03/2015- CBC Power and Politics: Canada’s ISIS Mission 23/03/2015- CBC News Now: Extending Canada’s mission against ISIS 15/11/2014- CBC News the National: Putin gets frosty reception at G20 Summit 14/11/2014- Power and Politics, CBC News Network, Evan Solomon: Canada’s Mission in Iraq 23/09/2014- Power and Politics, CBC News Network, Evan Solomon: Strikes on ISIS in Syria 09/12/2014- Power and Politics, CBC News Network, Evan Solomon: US Rallies for ISIS Support 09/08/2014- The National, CBC News Network, Peter Mansbridge: 3 to Watch 29/08/2014- CBC News the National: NATO, Russia & Ukraine 02/10/2013- CBC News the National with Peter Mansbridge, Foreign Passports Liable for Journalists 09/09/2013- CBC News Now w. Ian Hanomansing, US Intervention in Syria? 03/07/2013- The potential coup d'état fallout 03/07/2013- Developments in Egypt 01/29/2013- Ahmadinejad Visits Egypt 11/23/2013- Power & Politics w. Evan Solomon: Ceasefire Conditions Violated? 08/31/2012- Response to Minister John Baird’s media briefing on Syria 07/19/2012- Reeling Syria’s Regime 02/07/2012- Russia is really putting itself on the line for Syria 09/23/2011- G20- IMF Washington Summit 02/23/2012- The situation in Syria - what needs to happen to stop the violence? 06/14/2011- Voting to Extend Libya Mission 03/21/2011- The National In Depth & Analysis, Turning Point: Libya CCTV America 02/16/2016- CCTV America- Discussing ways to counter the messaging from ISIL 10/11/2015- CCTV America- ISIL's independence on oil revenue

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CNN International 03/16/2016- Middle East MarketPlace with Becky Anderson- Potential of Arab Youth CTV News Channel 29/11/2017- CTV News Channel- ‘It’s hard to be hopeful’ 24/11/2017- CTV News Channel- ‘Escalation of attacks’ 21/11/2017- CTV News Channel- Lebanese PM lands in Beirut 28/10/2017- CTV News Channel- ‘It’s very very odd’ 13/10/2017- Power Play- Trump walking a fine line in Iran deal 12/10/2017- CTV News Channel- Iran looks ‘like the victim’ 10/07/2017- CTV News Channel- Victory in Mosul 03/07/2017- CTV News Channel- ‘This is damaging to Qatar’ 02/07/2017- CTV News Channel- Qatar’s ‘demands are laughable’ 27/06/2017- CTV News Channel- Syria preparing for attack? 23/06/2017- CTV News Channel- Qatar’s demands are ‘pretty hard to meet’ 16/06/2017- CTV News Channel- Claims ISIS leader killed 11/06/2017- CTV News Channel- ‘The political fray’ 21/04/2017- Power Play- New round of sanctions 04/04/2017- CTV News Channel- Apparent chemical attack 15/02/2017- CTV News Channel- What’s driving Kurdish appetite for independence? 18/01/2017- CTV News Channel- ‘An enormous black cloud’ 16/12/2016- CTV News Channel- ‘The situation is not good’ 12/12/2016- CTV News Channel- Deadly attack in Turkey 10/12/2016- CTV News Channel- ‘A great deal of militias’ 19/11/2016- CTV News Channel- Bessma Momani on security forum 29/10/2016- CTV News Channel- Trip may precede visit by PM 16/10/2016- CTV News Channel- Major operation underway 01/10/2016- CTV News Channel- ‘It strengthens Putin’ 22/09/2016- CTV News Channel- ‘A military end to this’ 19/09/2016- CTV News Channel- Missing a key item 13/09/2016- CTV News Channel- Peace negotiations unlikely 10/08/2016- CTV News Channel- The ongoing battle for Aleppo 01/08/2016- CTV News Channel- Civilian cost of the war

14/07/2016- CTV News Channel- Timing of attacks suspicious 04/07/2016- CTV News Channel- Attacks will likely increase 04/07/2016- CTV News Channel- Calls for increased security 05/10/2016- CTV News Channel- Ceasefire’s extended 04/30/2016- CTV News Channel- Protest at Iraq’s Parliament 03/25/2016- CTV News Channel- Police arrest more suspects in bombings in Belgium 02/23/2016- CTV Canada AM- Arab Spring, 5 years on 02/19/2016- CTV News Channel- Fears of refugee crisis, war 02/16/2016- CTV News- NATO Meeting on ISIS & Migrants 02/06/2016- CTV News Channel- Canada’s lifting of economic sanctions against Iran 02/12/2016- CTV News Channel- Obama-Putin call over Syria 02/11-2016- CTV News Channel- Battling Migrant Smuggling 01/16/2016- CTV News Channel- Iran implementation 23/11/2015- Prince Charles on Syria 01/11/2015- AK Party on track for a majority 25/10/2015- Reaction to Blair’s comments 01/10/2015- Israel slams Iran deal 23/09/2015- Power Play w. Don Martin: ‘Seal of approval’ from the top 18/09/2015- Russia’s impact on the civil war 04/09/2015- Power Play w. Don Martin: ‘Stop talking and start doing’ 09/07/2015-US extends talks with Iran 24/06/2015- Nuclear deadline looms 24/05/2015- How significant is the capture 21/05/2015- Iraqi ground forces are incompetent 09/04/2015- Canada’s involvement in Syria 03/04/2015- Historic Agreement 02/04/2015- ‘Crucial decision’ on nuclear 10/03/2015- Friendly-fire death highlights communication problems on Iraq frontline 10/03/2015- Canada AM: Trusting the Peshmerga 03/02/2015- Power Play w. Don Martin: Jon Baird Resigns from Cabinet 03/02/2015- John Baird resigns as Foreign Minister 15/11/2014- Putin and the G20 14/10/2014- New Approach Needed 05/10/2014- Combat Mission in Iraq 22/09/2014- Islamic state groups threatens Canadians in new audio recording

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06/09/2014- Expertise is ‘widely needed’ 26/07/2014- Secular, left voices needed 26/07/2014- Pressure builds over truce deal 14/07/2014- Canada’s support for Israel 19/07/2014- Diplomatic end to crisis? 14/07/2014- Canada’s support for Israel 23/06/2014- Empowering the Iraqi people 22/06/2014- Jailed Egyptian-Canadian journalist awaiting crucial verdict 19/06/2014- Military advisers in Iraq 30/05/2014- More Refugees in Canada: UN 09/02/2014- Evacuation in Homs 07/02/2014- Is the situation in Syria improving? 28/01-2014- Treatment of Egyptian- Canadian journalist held in Cairo takes turn for worse 25/01/2014- Big Solutions Unlikely 24/01/2014- Syria’s Rebels 23/01/2014- Torture in Syria 03/01/2014- Final Push for Peace 26/11/2013- Peace talks in Syria? 23/11/2013- A historical deal 19/11/2013- Syria drags Lebanon War 28/10/2013- Iran Prepares for Nuclear Talks 01/10/2013- Nearly impossible mission? 14/09/2013- An aversion from military attack 07/09/2013-Seeking support for strike 05/09/2013- Military action in Syria? 27/08/2013- Could Canada be pulled in? 26/08/2013- Strong evidence against Syria 19/08/2013-UN Inspectors in Syria 15/08/2013-A haven for extremists? 14/08/2013-Great loss of life in clashes 12/08/2013-Breaking Down Peace Talks 07/08/2013- Why was meeting cancelled? 06/08/2013- Extending Embassy Shutdowns 29/07/2013- Peace Talks in Washington 03/07/2013- A Tense Scene for Muslims 23/06/2013- Province Wide w. Daiene Vernile: The G8 Call for Peace in Syria 06/10/2013- The Crisis in Syria 06/05/2013- What’s Next in Syria? 05/30/2013- Power Play w. Don Martin: Syria Receives Russian Missiles 05/27/2013- Arming Syria’s Opposition 05/17/2013- Ending Syria’s Civil War 05/14/2013- Is there a solution for Syria? 05/13/2013- What will they accomplish? 05/06/2013- Will Syria Retaliate? 05/04/2013- Was Syria Targeted? 04/28/2013- Chemical Weapons in Syria

04/26/2013- Hoping for Intervention 04/25/2013- Britain Claims it has Evidence 04/23/2013- Syria using Chemical Weapons? 04/08/2013- UN Denied Entry into Syria 04/01/2013- Power Play w. Don Martin: John Baird in Iraq 04/01/2013- Baird visits Iraq in effort to boost economic ties 04/01/2013- Significance of Iraq Visit 03/30/2013- What are the conditions? 03/25/2013- Syrian Rebel Commander Wounded 03/24/2013- Israel, Syria Conflict? 03/18/2013- Drastic Moves in Cyprus 03/02/2013- More aid to Syria? 02/28/2013- U.S. pledges to help Syrian Opposition 02/26/2013- More support for Syrian Rebels 02/18/2013- Lifting Syria’s Weapons Ban 02/11/2013- Weekend Events in Egypt 02/08/2013- Syria and Arming Opposition Groups 01/29/2013- Power Play w. Don Martin: Egypt Army Chief Warns of Collapse 01/22/2013- Russians Flee Syria 01/09/2013- Iran and rebels swap prisoners 12/22/2012- Second Round of Egyptian Referendum 12/17/2012- Power Play w. Don Martin & Dr. Samantha Nutt: Foreign Affairs in 2012 12/15/2012- Issue is a process, not details 12/13/2012- Regime on the brink of collapse 12/12/2012- Power Play w. Don Martin: Syria teetering on the edge of chaos 12/08/2012- Morsi Cancels Decree 12/06/2012- An Update in Egypt 12/03/2012- Fear of Chemical Weapons 12/02/2012- Calling a Referendum 11/24/2012- Morsi’s Power Grab 11/22/2012- Killing Continues in Syria 11/12/2012- Debating Greek Reforms 11/09/2012- Mass Exodus from Syria 10/27/2012- Syrian Ceasefire Collapses 10/04/2012- Turkey’s response to Syria 10/02/2012- Syria Breakup 09/28/2012- Syria’s Chemical Weapons Moved 09/24/2012- Syria and the United Nations 09/13/2012- Arab World Unrest 09/13/2012- Obama Condemns Embassy Attack in Libya, Vows Justice 09/12/2012- U.S. Ambassador to Libya Killed: Should Canada Have Second Thoughts? 09/09/2012- Syrian Refugees Crowd Camps 08/27/2012- Syrian Violence Leaks Out Across Borders As Refugees Try to Escape

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08/24/2012- The Latest on Syria 08/17/2012- Canada’s role in Syria with regard to aid relief 08/06/2012- Syrian Rebels turn to Al Qaeda? 08/01/2012- Syria: How the conflict has changed 07/22/2012- Rebels Fight Syrian Troops in two biggest cities 07/18/2012- Questions on Syria 07/16/2012- IMF’s latest advice to the ECB 06/25/2012- The Latest happening in Egypt 06/24/2012- Violence Escalating 06/21/2012- Syria: Update 06/11/2012- The Latest on Syria 06/07/2012- Syria Breakdown 05/26/2012- Will there be a resolution to the conflict in Syria and should NATO step in? 05/19/2012- Syria 04/17/2012- Syria: Update 04/09/2012- Syrian Ceasefire in Crisis as Violence Crosses Border 04/02/2012- Syria 03/15/2012- One year Anniversary of the Uprising in Syria 03/01/2012- British Embassy closing its doors in Damascus 02/22/2012- Deteriorating situation in Syria 02/16/2012- Violence Continues to Escalate 02/04/2012- Syria 01/27/2012- Torture in Libya by the new interim government 01/18/2012- Russia’s warning against foreign intervention in Syria 01/17/2012- Syria’s rejection of Arab troops into the country to help end the violence 11/22/2011- The Situation in Cairo 11/14/2011- Growing Rifts Between U.S. and Canada?

11/01/2011- Canadian Involvement in the Arab Spring 11/03/2011- Fear of Dominoes Effect in Europe 10/22/2011- The Current Situation in Libya 05/16/2011- IMF Chief Denied Bail France 24 12/28/2017- Inside the Americas: Canada: How far is the multicultural model a success? Television Ontario 01/05/2018- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Iran: Budget Leaks, Unemployment and Unrest 03/02/2016- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Arab Youth’s Silent Potential 01/08/2016- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Iran-Saudi Rift 02/10/2015- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Eyes on Jordan 10/23/2014- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Terror and Trauma 09/03/2014- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Fuel and the Fire 08/15/2014- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: An Arab Boom 06/26/2014- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Power Shifts in the Middle East 16/09/2013- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Syria and the World 19/06/2013- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Turkey, Taksim and Trouble 11/23/2012- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Old Battles, New Middle East 11/13/2012- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Five Years after the fall 03/07/2012- The Agenda w. Steve Paikin: Syria under siege

Radio Interviews and Commentary 1. 14/11/2017- The Current, CBC Radio- Humanitarian catastrophe: UN warns Saudi blockade could starve millions in

Yemen 2. 09/11/2017- Radio Canada International, CBC Radio- Saudi Arabian purge and Yemeni blockade, frightening turn of

events 3. 09/11/2017- National Post Radio- Political upheaval in Saudi Arabia 4. 17/10/2017- BBC Radio 5. 03/07/2017- The Current, CBC Radio- After ISIS is pushed out, what’s the future of Mosul? 6. 22/06/2017- Global Journalist (KBIA), NPR- Qatar feud risks Gulf Instability 7. 10/05/2017- Radio Canada International, CBC Radio- Canadian officials make first visit to Iran since 2012 8. 07/04/2017- Ontario Morning, CBC Radio- U.S.-Syria strike 9. 07/04/2017- The Current, CBC Radio- U.S. airstrikes in Syria: What’s next for Putin and Assad? 10. 23/01/2017- Radio Canada International, CBC Radio- Global financial system vulnerable in Trump administration 11. 16/06/2016- All in a Day, CBC Radio- A pro-ISIS hacker group published a so-called "kill list" this month

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12. 11/03/2016- CBCDay6 with Brent Bambury- Syrian War, five years on: What the headlines aren’t telling you 13. 23/02/2016- CBC Radio- Peace Talks in Syria 14. 23/02/2016- BBC Radio International- Taxation in the Middle East and IMF Advice 15. 17/02/2016- CBC News- Did Saudi Arabia just blink on oil production? 16. 12/02/2016- The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti, Russian airstrikes on Aleppo have devastating consequences for

Syrians 17. 04/02/2016- CBC Here and Now, Syria Donor Conference 18. 23/01/2016- CBC Day Break South, Syria Peace Talks 19. 23/01/2016- CBC On the Island, Syria Peace Talks 20. 23/01/2016- CBC Ottawa Morning, Peace Talks in Syria 21. 23/01/2016- CBC Ontario AM, Syria Peace Talks 22. 23/01/2016- CBC The Trailbreaker, Syria Peace Talks 23. 23/01/2016- CBC Central Morning, Syria Peace Talks 24. 23/01/2016- CBC Information Morning, Syria Peace Talks 25. 23/01/2016- CBC Windsor Morning, Syria Peace Talks 26. 23/01/2016- CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, Syria Peace Talks 27. 23/01/2016- CBC Radio Syndicate, Syrian Peace Talks 28. 06/01/2016- CBC Radio Syndicate, Iran-Saudi Rift 29. 07/12/2015- The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti, ISIS, ISIL, Da'esh: The key to defeating ISIS could be what name

we use 30. 11/10/2015- CBC Radio Syndicate, Bombings in Turkey 31. 01/10/2015- Radio Canada International, Russia in Syria will spur exodus, radicals 32. 26/09/2015- CBC Radio-The House, War on ISIS, trade, the US and refugees: spotlight moves to foreign affairs 33. 24/09/2015- CBC Radio- The House, Tom Mulcair’s quest for the unprecedented 34. 31/07/2015- Radio Canada International, Anti-Islamic State meeting in Quebec City 35. 05/21/2015- CBC Radio Syndicate, ISIS News Updated 36. 05/20/2015- Sirius XM Radio, The Situation in Egypt 37. 04/09/2015- The Current, CBC Radio One, Anna Maria Tremonti- Living in Yarmouk refugee camp is hard enough.

Then ISIS showed up. 38. 03/28/2015- Cross Country Check-up with Rex Murphy, Canada’s mission against ISIS 39. 03/01/2015- The 180 with Jim Brown, When ISIS recruits return 40. 02/26/2015- The 180 with Jim Brown, Reintegrating Canada’s ISIS Recruits 41. 10/25/2014- BBC World Service, Terror in Ottawa 42. 09/23/2014- Metro Morning, CBC Radio One, Matt Galloway: Syrian Air Strikes 43. 08/29/2014- The Current, CBC Radio One, Piya Chattopadhyay: Should NATO intervene in the escalating crisis

between Russia & Ukraine? 44. 24/06/ 2014- The Current, CBC Radio One, Anna Maria Tremonti: Egypt's new President poses challenge to western

supporters 45. 23/02-2014- Radio Sawa, Latest Developments in Iraq 46. 23/01/2014- CBC Radio Syndicate, Syria News Updated 47. 21/01/2014- Wisconsin Public Radio, Torture in Syria 48. 20/01/2014- Global BC, EU lifting sanctions 49. 02/10/2013- CBC Radio One, The Current. Arbitrary detentions in Egypt: A regression in human rights 50. 29/09/2013- BBC World Service, Humanitarian Crisis in Syria 51. 23/09/2013- Hamilton News Talk, Latest developments in Egypt 52. 09/09/2013- Global BC, Obama’s Plan of Action in Syria 53. 08/09/2013- CBC Cross Country Checkup, The Crisis in Syria 54. 06/09/2013- Windsor Morning, Fighters and Rebels in Syria 55. 06/09/2013- CBC Kitchener Waterloo with Craig Norris, Could a US military strike against Syria strengthen rebel

extremists in that country?

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56. 06/09/2013- Australian Broadcasting Company, Democracy on the streets 57. 05/09/2013- Radio Canada International, Accept more Syrian refugees, says analyst 58. 04/09/2013- CBC Homestretch, Syrian refugees 59. 04/09/2013- CBC Here and Now, The latest in Syria 60. 03/09/2013- Australia Radio International, Latest issues in Syria 61. 30/08/2013- Global BC, What is the latest news in Syria? 62. 14/08/2013- CBC Radio Syndicate, The Refugee Crisis in Syria 63. 29/07/2013- CBC Radio One-, Calgary Eye Opener. Recent events in Egypt 64. 04/07/2013- CKOM News Talk 650. What does the ousting of Egypt’s elected president mean for the Middle East? 65. 03/07/2013- Global News, British Columbia. Latest developments in Egypt 66. 03/07/2013- CBC Radio, The Current. What’s the plan for Egypt’s military road map? 67. 30/05/2013- CBC Radio Syndicate, Syria News Updated 68. 07/05/2013- CBC Radio, Blue Sky Radio. The Civil War in Syria 69. 07/05/2013- CBC Radio One, The Current. The Rising Syrian- Israeli Tensions Stirs Arab Nationalism 70. 25/03/2013- Middle East Voices, Voice of America. Challenges Facing Arab Nations In The Post Arab Spring Era 71. 18/03/2013- CBC Radio One, The Current. Should the West Arm the Syrian Opposition? 72. 14/12/2012- CBC Cross Country Checkup, The Referendum in Egypt 73. 27/11/2012- CBC Cross Country Checkup, Understanding the Egyptian Judiciary 74. 08/29/2012- CBC Radio Syndicate, Syria News Updated 75. 08/15/2012- CBC Radio Syndicate, Latest Developments in Syria 76. 08/06/2012- BBC World Service, Defection of the Syrian Prime Minister to Jordan 77. 08/03/2012- CBC Radio Kelowna, The Buildup of Tensions in Aleppo 78. 06/19/2012- The Link, Radio Canada International. Egypt after the Uprising 79. 06/18/2012- News 95.7 All-News Radio, Maritime Morning with Jordi Morgan 80. 06/06/2012- CBC Radio Saskatchewan, Understanding Syria 81. 06/12/2012- CBC Radio, G20's capacity to tackle the European crisis (or not) 82. 05/29/2012 -CBC Radio One, Metro Morning. “Appalling Crime” In Syria 83. 04/18/2012- CBC Radio- The Current. Is Dr. Jim Yong Kim Right for the Job? 84. 04/13/2012- CBC Radio Saskatchewan, Understanding Syria 85. 02/06/2012- CBC Radio Syndicate, Syria and China’s Relationship 86. 12/29/2011- CBC Radio Syndicate, Arab Monitors in Syria. 7 stations throughout am programs 87. 12/29/2011- Radio Canada International. Arab Monitors in Syria. Broadcasted internationally 88. 12/12/2011- CBC Radio Syndicate, Syria 89. 11/22/2011- News 95.7 All-News Radio, Maritime Morning with Jordi Morgan 90. 11/22/2011- CBC Radio Saskatchewan, New Egyptian Uprising 91. 11/17/2011- CBC Radio One, Ontario Morning 92. 11/16/2011- CBC Radio, Calls for Assad to Step Down 93. 11/03/2011- CFAX 1070 (Victoria), Bessma Momani, CIGI Senior Fellow with Dave Dickson 94. 10/25/2011- BBC World Service Radio, The Idea of an “Arab” Marshall Plan 95. 10/24/2011- 570 News, Libya 96. 10/23/2011- CBC Radio, Does Success in Libya Mean CAD Should Help Topple Other Dictators? 97. 10/20/2011- CBC News, Gadhafi and Libya 98. 10/20/2011- Global News, What is next for Libya 99. 10/20/2011- 570 News, CIGI fellow weighs in on Gadhafi Capture 100. 08/30/2011- CBC Radio, Blue Sky, Canada’s Role in Libya 101. 08/25/2011- CBC Radio, Libya 102. 08/22/2011- CBC Radio, The Situation in Libya 103. 08/18/2011- CBC Radio, Syria’s Regime 104. 08/10/2011- 570 News, Upcoming Trial of Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak 105. 08/03/2011- CBC Radio Syndicate, Latest News on the Crackdown in Syria

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106. 08/01/2011- Radio Canada International, Syria’s Situation 107. 06/28/2011- CBC Radio One, Ontario Morning 108. 06/10/2011- CBC Radio Syndicate, The Situation in Syria 109. 05/30/2011- China Radio International. Beyond Beijing, People in the Know, Reform on the IMF 110. 05/24/2011- Economic Sanctions against the Syrian Regime 111. 05/16/2011- Brazilian Daily, Perspectives on the IMF 112. 04/15/2011- CBC Radio One, Ontario Morning 113. 04/01/2011- CBC Radio One, Ontario Morning 114. 02/25/2011- CBC Radio One, Ontario Morning 115. 02/11/2011- CBC Radio One, Reaction to Mubarak and Suleiman’s Addresses 116. 02/09/2011- Radio Canada International. Military Regime in Egypt 117. 02/01/2011- CBC Radio, West can’t support Mubarak, according to expert 118. 01/31/2011- CBC Radio One, Here and Now Toronto: Handling the Politics of Egypt’s Uprising

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Feb 2013- February 2014

• To provide primary research for a wide variety of companies; financial and investment institutions, the Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurs around the globe;

• To connect companies with essential and timely expertise on global economic trends and investment opportunities in the Middle East.

International Monetary Fund Dec 2012- July 2014

• To revise the IMF’s staff guidelines on ways to engage with civil society organizations; • Hired to reach out to civil society organizations (CSOs) in developing countries systematically, and to consult

regularly with northern and southern groups on new policy initiatives. Canadian Department of Defense Oct 2011 & Oct 2012

• To provide training courses on IFIs and International Organizations (IOs) and their policies, for members of Canadian Forces College and visiting soldiers visiting scholars from across the globe;

• To provide lectures to the Canadian Forces College and their staff. International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office Dec 2011- May 2012

• Provided an assessment of academic and civil society utilization of IEO reports and provided policy recommendations to improve the IEO delivery and content of its studies and reports. This is part of the IEO's ongoing efforts to reform the International Monetary Fund's organizational culture and policy outreach to the academic and policy communities.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT), Canada Nov 2011 & Nov 2012

• Provided trade strategies regarding expansion into Middle East markets, investment, foreign direct investment, and doing business in the Middle East North Africa Region (MENA).

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Sept 2011- present

• Provided expert commentary to CBC Radio Syndicate programming, as well as provided background research information for CBC producers, writers, and presenters.

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ACADEMIC SERVICE The Trudeau Foundation, The Pluralism Project

• Co-organized several roundtables/stakeholder consultations for the Pluralism Project across Canada and in several international cities. The purpose of the stakeholder consultations is to draw on the experience of globally connected Canadians as well as businesses with international interests and organizations and individuals working in the area of diversity and pluralism. The focus is on cities that are considered to be large economic hubs with substantial immigrant populations and international connections; specifically, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, and Halifax. Given the prominent presence of Canadian professionals abroad, the project will also hold roundtables in Silicon Valley and London, to identify ways in which transnational Canadians contribute to Canada's development.

Centre for International Governance and Innovation

• Co-organized book workshop of 15 academics and practitioners to discuss Iraqi Reconstruction, resulting in book publication, in Waterloo, April 2009.

• Lead person at CIGI in coordinating with New Rules for Global Finance in organizing 4 regional conferences (throughout 2007-2008) and one convening conference on ways of reforming the IMF (July 2008). Project budget: $110,000.

• Organizing a conference of former finance ministers from the Middle East to discuss ways of reforming the IMF, in Amman Jordan, 10 March 2008. Project Budget: $15,000.

• Co-organized book workshop of 15 academics and practitioners to discuss Canada and the Middle East, resulting in book publication, in Waterloo, 11-12 June 2007.

• Co-organized workshop of 30 academics and practitioners to discuss ways of protecting civilians in armed conflict with co-host Fund for Peace, in Istanbul, 3-7 September 2007.