York Centre for International and Security Studies

	Abbas H. Gnamo , BA (Addis Ababa), MA, PhD, DEA (Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne), Lecturer, Ryerson University and University of Toronto Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: African studies; conflict management; ethno-national conflict.

	Muhammad A. Faour, BS biology-chemistry, MA sociology (American University of Beirut, Lebanon), Ph.D. sociology (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA), professor of sociology. Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: Conflict analysis and resolution in the Middle East, quality issues in education, youth, demography.
	Zaglul Haider , BSS (Hon) and MSS in Political Science (Dhaka University), PhD in Political Science (Clark Atlanta University, USA) Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: Foreign policy; security; conflict resolution; regional cooperation; foreign aid; governance; development; military politics. He is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His most recent published book is The Changing Pattern of Bangladesh Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of the Mujib and Zia Regimes.

	Farzin Nadimi, BA, MA (War Studies, King’s College London), PhD (Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester) Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: Middle East security and military history, energy security and geopolitics, airpower, economic warfare, crisis management in war-torn civilian organizations with emphasis on oil and gas industries, organizational behavior in contingency situations.

	Amira Schiff, BA (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem), MA Magna Cum Lauda (Tel Aviv University), PhD in Political Science (Bar- Ilan University) Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: Her recently published dissertation focused on prenegotiation processes in the Israeli Palestinian peace process and in the Cyprus Conflict. She specializes in International Relations; Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution theories; the Israeli Palestinian peace process and the peace process in Cyprus. Her current research focuses on Track Two theory through a comparative research. She is faculty at the program on Conflict Management and Negotiation in Bar-Ilan University where she also serves as the Academic Director, and faculty in the Political Science department in Bar- Ilan University.

	Martin Shadwick, BA, MA (York), Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: Canadian defence and security policy, with particular attention to defence industrial and defence management issues (alternative service delivery); the military and Canadian society; strategic studies.


	Shodja Eddin Ziaïan, BA (National University of Iran), MA (Dijon), Doctorat d'Etat Economics (Peace Economics) (Paris), Post-doctoral Studies (Peace Science, University of Pennsylvania) Residence: Glendon Campus, York University Research Interests: Iran; terrorism; conflicts within Islam and between Islam and Iranity; peace economics; global peace strategies; U.N.’s need for reform. Publications in Persian, French, and English.
	Farid Omar, BA (Hon), MA (University of Toronto), Peace Researcher, Conflict Analyst Residence: YCISS, York University Research Interests: Citizen Diplomacy; South-South Cooperation; Democratization & Endogenous Development in the South; Conflict Resolution Mechanisms; Security Dilemma in the Horn of African Region; Intra-State Conflict & Humanitarian Crises in Africa; Peacebuilding; Women and Gender Equality in Peace Processes.

	Iain Wilson, MA (Edinburgh) MSc (Strathclyde) PhD (Aberystwyth) Residence: YCISS, York University Research interests: Exchange and mobility programmes; political socialisation; policy evaluation; Darwinian analogies in international relations; Healthcare governance; voter turnout.