Jack Vahram Kalpakian - Al Akhawayn University

Jack Vahram Kalpakian - Al Akhawayn University

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Profile
Dr. Jack Vahram Kalpakian
Position:
Associate Professor of International Studies at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
University unit: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Area of expertise
• Water Issues
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Terrorism
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International Security
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International Political Economy
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North Africa, Middle East, and East Africa
Region
Languages: Arabic, English, West Armenian
Bio
Jack Vahram Kalpakian completed his undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University in California. He
holds a doctorate in International Studies from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He specializes
in Security Studies, International Political Economy and the Middle East/North Africa Region. He teaches
at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane -- a Moroccan university following the American tertiary education
pattern. Originally an immigrant from the Sudan, Kalpakian is a native speaker of Arabic and a
naturalized United States citizen.
Publications (selected)
“Africa,” Robert Pauly, editor, Ashgate Research Companion to US Foreign Policy, Ashgate Publishers,
Hampshire, United Kingdom, January 2010.
“Against both Bin Laden and Belliraj: Lessons from Moroccan Counterterrorism,” Contemporary Security
Policy, Vol. 29, Issue 3, December 2008.
“The narrow prospects of the SPLA/M’s transition into a political party in the short term,” South African
Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 2, December 2008.
“Ibn Khaldun’s influence on current international relations theory,” The Journal of North African Studies,
Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2008.
“A Tug of War over Islam: Religious Faith, Politics and the Moroccan Response to Islamist Violence,” Journal
of Church and State, Vol. 50, Winter 2008.
“The United States and the Arab League,” Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US
Foreign Policy, Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford, editors, Ashgate Publishers, Hampshire, United
Kingdom, November 2007.
“Implications of the 2007 Elections on Moroccan Political Development,” Institute for Security Studies
(South Africa) Situation Report, 25 October 2007.
“Developing a Civil-Military Economic Relationship: International Case Studies and their Implications for
Morocco,” Journal of Middle Eastern Geopolitics, Vol. I, No. 4, April-June 2006.
“Managing Morocco’s Image in United States Domestic Politics,” Journal of North African Studies, Vol. 11,
No.1, March 2006.
“War over Identity: The Case of the Sudan,” C. Clapham, et al., editors, Africa’s Big States, Witswatersrand
University Press, 2006.
“Morocco,” Small Arms Survey: Weapons at War, Oxford University Press, 2005.
“Placing Exile and Identity in International Relations,” Journal of Diplomatic Language, Vol. 2, No. 1, June
2005.
“Building the Human Bomb: The Case of 16 May,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, May 2005.
“Morocco and the United States: A Lobbying Opportunity,” South African Journal of International Affairs,
Vol. 11, Issue 2, Winter/Spring 2004.
“Terrorism and Guerilla Warfare in Theory and Practice: Looking at Al Qaeda and Sudan’s SPLA,” South
African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Winter/Spring 2003.
“The Machakos and Addis Ababa Agreements Compared: The Costs of Invalidating Compromises,” South
African Yearbook of International Affairs 2002/03, SAIIA, Johannesburg, 2003.
“America and Islam: The Blinding Effect of the Cold War,” International Journal of Politics and Ethics, Vol. 2,
No. 1, Spring 2002.
“The World Trade Organization,” Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: International Organizations and the 21st
Century,” Thomas Lansford and Wayne Lesperance, editors, Pearson Custom Publishers, Needham Heights,
MA, 1999.
Dr. Jack Vahram Kalpakian is available for interviews.
Media contact [email protected] or (+212)-535-862-104.