Assistant Professor for Security Studies (2022-present)
Teaching Assistant Professor, East Carolina University (2018-2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Northern Michigan (2015-2018)
Adjunct Instructor, University of Miami (2013-2015)
PhD in International Studies, University of Miami (2014)
MA in Political Science, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (2009)
BA Political Science and History, York University, Canada (2008)
Specialization
International security and weak states
International relations theory
Latin American states
Organized crime and international security
Teaching
SECS 1000 – Security Studies Introduction
SECS 4000 – Senior Seminar in Security Studies
POLS 1050 – Politics and Global Understanding
POLS 2010 – Comparative Politics
POLS 3155 – National Security Policy
POLS 3260 – Middle Eastern Political Systems
POLS 6260 – Middle Eastern Political Systems
POLS 4383 – War in the Modern Age
SECS 6000 – Security Studies Foundations
SECS 6155 – Changing Nature of National Security
SECS 6250 – Policy and Practice of Security
Publications
(2020) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, J.D. Crime, Violence, and the State in Latin America. London: Routledge.
(2020) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, J.D. Corruption in the Americas. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2020) Kassab, H. S. “The Role of Cyber-Attacks in 21st Century War.” Journal of Studies and Applied Research on Third Sector 2 (2).
(2020) Kassab, H. S. Weak States and Spheres of Great Power Competition. London: Routledge.
(2019) Rose, K., & Kassab, H. S. “Military Intervention and the Destabilization of Target States” Journal of Studies and Applied Research on Third Sector 2 (2).
(2019) Kassab, H. S. Terrorist Recruitment and the International System. Lanham: Lexington Books.
(2019) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, J.D. Corruption, Institutions, and Fragile States. New York: Palgrave.
(2018) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, J.D. Illicit Markets, Organized Crime, and Global Security. New York: Palgrave.
(2018) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, J.D. Drugs, Gangs and Violence. New York: Palgrave.
(2018) Grand Strategies of Weak States and Great Powers, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
(2017) Prioritization Theory and Defensive Foreign Policy: Systemic Vulnerabilities in International Politics, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
(2016) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen Jonathan, D., U.S.-Cuba Relations: Charting a New Path, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2016) Kassab, H.S. The Power of Emotions in Politics, Philosophy and Ideology, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
(2016) Kassab, H.S. “Latin America and Lebanon: A Comparative Study,” in: Fragile States in the Americas, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2016) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, Jonathan D., “Introduction” in: Jonathan Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab (eds), Fragile States in the Americas, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2016) Kassab, H.S. and Wu, Wenyuan, “Boiling in Battlefield or Reaching for Sunrise? Perspectives and Trends in Contemporary Sino-Central American Relationship,” in: China-Latin America: Relationships in Transition, The Commission for Latin America, United Nations.
(2015) Kassab, H.S. Weak States and International Relations Theory: The cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon and Cambodia, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
(2015) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, Jonathan, “Regional Differences in Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Approach,” in: Hanna Samir Kassab and Jonathan Rosen (eds), The Obama Doctrine in the Americas, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2015) Kassab, H.S. and Rosen, Jonathan, “Introduction,” in: Hanna Samir Kassab and Jonathan Rosen (eds), The Obama Doctrine in the Americas, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2015) Kassab, H.S. “Energy and Systemic Change: The Rising Power of Coal,” in: Bruce Bagley, Hanna Samir Kassab and Dina Moulioukova (eds), The Impact of Emerging Economies on Global Energy and the Environment: Challenges Ahead, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
(2014) Kassab, H.S. and Wenyuan Wu, “Sticky Paradigms in Social Science: The role of Emotion and Ego in the Case of Economics,” Perspectivas Internacionales. 9(2): 154-180.
(2013) Kassab, H.S. “Political Self-Sacrifice: Agency Body and Emotion in International Relations” by Fierke, Karin, reviewed in International Journal, 68(3): 520-522.
(2013) Kassab, H.S. “The Power of Emotion: Examining the Self-Immolation of Mohamad Bouazizi, the Arab Revolution and International Politics,” Perspectivas Internacionales. 8(1): 9-39.
(2011) Kassab, H.S. “The Hermenuetical Dialogue of Death: How Political Suicide as a Pragmatic Act Shapes Biopower,” Miami International Studies Journal 1. (2011): 41-56.
