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Glenn E. Robinson
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Occupation
Professor
Contact
Primary Phone: 831-241-4475
32 Shepherds Knls
Pebble Beach CA 93953
United States
ABOUT
Glenn E. Robinson is a political scientist from UC Berkeley who has taught at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, since 1991. He specializes in issues of collective action, political violence, state building and development. He is the author or co-author of four books and over 150 articles, book chapters, conference papers and government technical reports. He has done considerable work for USAID on development projects and assessments in the Middle East and North Africa. His most recent book is Global Jihad: A Brief History (Stanford University Press, 2021). Robinson has served MESA in a variety of capacities, including on CAFMENA, the Malcolm Kerr dissertation committee, the nominating committee, the program committee, and the MESA Bulletin.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Comparative
Development
Political Economy
State Formation
Terrorism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Mashreq
Palestine
Islamic World
The Levant
Specialties
Collective Action
Local Gov
Pol Violence
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Persian (intermediate)
Spanish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 1992 | Pol Sci | UC Berkeley
Abstracts
Whither a Vanguard? Internal Jihadi Geostrategic Arguments and Their Tactical Implications The Political Economy of Corruption in Yemen Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab World in the Age of Trump Homogenizing Trends in Islam under Globalization: Revisiting Clifford Geertz Global Jihad and Movements of Rage