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Profile
Dr. Nizar Messari
Position:
Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
University unit: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Area of expertise
• International Politics
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Moroccan Politics
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Moroccan Foreign Policy
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International Security
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International Conflict Resolution
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Latin American Politics and Issues, in par
ticular, Brazilian Politics and Issues.
Languages: Arabic, French, English, Portuguese
Bio
Nizar Messari holds a PhD in International Studies from The University of Miami, Florida. He held different
teaching positions in Brazil between 2001 and 2009, and mainly at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio
de Janeiro where he was Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. He also held several consulting positions in
Brazil, and in particular to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the Brazilian Military and to the
Brazilian Oil Company, Petrobras. He is a member of several international associations, and in particular,
the International Studies Association. He has widely published in issues related to International Relations
Theory, International Security and Middle Eastern politics, including in relations between Islam and the
West.
Publications
Books:
Messari, Nizar and Nogueira, João Pontes. Teoria das Relações Internacionais: Correntes e
Debates. (Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier/Campus, 2005), 6th. Edition
Messari, N., Nogueira, J.P. and Walker, R.B.J, (Eds.) Displacing IR: Peripheral Approaches to
International Theory (London: Routledge, Forthcoming)
Journal Articles:
Messari, N. and Van der Klaauw, J., “Counter-Terrosim Measures and Refugee Protection in North
Africa” Refugee Survey Quarterly, a special issue organized by Elspeth Guild and Madeline Garlick
on Refugee Protection and EU Counter Terrorism, 2010, Vol. 29, n. 4, pp. 83-103
Messari, N. “Construção de Estados: Por que não funciona e como fazê-la funcionar?” Contexto
Internacional, 2004, vol. 26, n. 2, p. 7-32
Messari, N. and Willis, M. “Moroccan Foreign Policy Towards the European Union – A Framework
of Analysis” Review of International Affairs, 2004, vol. 3, n. 2, pp. 152-172
Messari, N. “The State and the Dilemmas of Security: The Middle East and the Balkans” Security
Dialogue, December 2002, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 219-231.
Messari, N. “National Security, the Political Space and Citizenship: The Case of Morocco and the
Western Sahara” Journal of North African Studies, 2001, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 47-63.
Messari, N. “O Kosovo e o Ocidente: Exercícios na Construção da Identidade Ocidental” Contexto
Internacional, 2000, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 193 – 225.
Messari, N. “Rethinking America’s Security – Beyond Cold War Era to New World Order – Uma
Resenha Crítica ” Contexto Internacional, 1993, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 303-308.
Chapters in Edited Volumes:
Messari, N. “Filling the Blanks in IR Theory: Dealing with Alterity from the Periphery” in Messari, N.,
Nogueira, J.P. and Walker, R.B.J, (Eds.) Displacing IR: Peripheral Approaches to International
Theory (London: Routledge, Forthcoming)
Messari, N., “Terrorismo nas Relações Internacionais: lições do passado, ações no presente” In:
Terrorismo e Relações Internacionais - Perspectivas e Desafios para o Século XXI, Monica Herz
and Arthur Bernardes do Amaral (Eds.), (Rio de Janeiro: Loyola/PUC-Rio, 2010), pp. 107-127.
Messari, N. “O Construtivismo e o Objeto de Estudo das Relações Internacionais” in Eduardo S.
Neves Silva e Paulo Esteves (Eds.) Relações Internacionais: Debates Teóricos e Metateóricos,
(Belo Horizonte: PUC Minas, 2009)
Messari, N. “O Humanitário e o Político na Crise do Darfur” in Nasser, R.M. (Ed.) Conflitos
Internacionais em Múltiplas Dimensões (São Paulo, Edunesp, 2009)
Messari, N, and SOARES, L. E. “Crime Organizado, Drogas, Corrupção Pública: Observações
Comparativas sobre Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Guatemala, México e Venezuela” in
Coesão Social na América Latina: Bases para uma Nova Agenda Democrática. (São Paulo:
Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso: 2008) Available at:
http://www.plataformademocratica.org/English/Publicacoes.aspx?IdRegistro=30
Messari, N. “O Brasil e o Mundo Árabe” In: Relações Internacionais do Brasil: Temas e Agendas,
Antonio Carlos Lessa and Henrique Altemani Oliveira (Eds.), (São Paulo: Saraiva, 2006), pp. 159179.
Messari, N. e Guimarães, Julia Peres, “Os Desafios da Não-Proliferação Nuclear” In: O Século XXI
no Brasil e no Mundo, Maria Izabel Valadão de Carvalho and Maria Helena de Castro Santos
(Eds.), (Bauru: EDUSC, 2006), pp. 45-71
Messari, N. and Willis, Michael “Moroccan Foreign Policy Towards the European Union - A
Framework of Analysis”. In: Gerd Nonneman. (Ed.). Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies.
(Londres: Routledge, 2005)
Messari, N. “O Islã e a Política”. In: Heloisa Vilhena de Araujo. (Ed.). Diálogo América do Sul Países Árabes. (Brasília: FUNAG, 2005), p. 1-34.
Messari, N. . “Prioridades do Mundo Árabe” In: Heloisa Vilhena de Araujo. (Ed.). Diálogo América
do Sul - Países Árabes. (Brasília: FUNAG, 2005), p. 351-384.
Messari, N. “Existe Um Novo Cenário de Segurança Internacional?” In: José Maria Gómez. (Ed.)
America Latina y El (Des)orden Neoliberal - Hegemonia, Contrahegemonia, Perspectivas. (Buenos
Aires: CLACSO, 2003), p. 131-150
Dr. Nizar Messari is available for radio interviews as well as interviews for print publications.
Media contact [email protected] or (+212)-535-862-104.