Raymond Hinnebusch

Raymond Hinnebusch is the director of the Centre for Syrian Studies and professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He teaches Middle East politics, the IR of the Middle East and the political economy of the region. His recent research interests included a project on Syrian-Turkish relations, a book on IR Theory and the Middle East, and a project on the Arab Uprising, state formation and the new struggle for power in MENA
His books on Syria include Turkey-Syria Relations: between enmity and amity, Ashgate 2013; "Syria, Revolution from Above," Routledge, 2000; "The Syrian-Iranian Alliance: Middle Powers in a Penetrated Regional System," with Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Routledge, 1997; "Syria and the Middle East Peace Process," with Alasdair Drysdale, Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1991; "Authoritarian Power in Ba'thist Syria: Army, Party and Peasant," Westview.1990; "Peasant and Bureaucracy in Ba`thist Syria: The Political Economy of Rural Development," Westview Press, 1989. His recent articles on Syria include: "The Foreign Policy of Syria," in Raymond Hinnebusch and A. Ehteshami, The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, Lynne Rienner Press 2002; "Globalization and Generational Change: Syrian Foreign Policy between Regional Conflict and European partnership," in The Review of International Affairs, v 3, n 1, winter 2003; “Modern Syrian Politics,” History Compass, Blackwell Synergy, 6/1, February 2008,; “Defier l’hegemonie americaine: la diplomatie Syrienne de l’Irak au Liban,” Les Cahiers de L’Orient, n 87, September 2007
He is also the author of books and articles on the international politics of the Middle East and on Egypt. These include The Iraq War: Causes and Consequences, co- edited with Rick Fawn, Lynne Rienner Press, 2006; The International Politics of the Middle East, Manchester University Press, 2003; The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, edited with A. Ehteshami, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2002; Egyptian Politics Under Sadat: Cambridge University Press, 1985; “The US Invasion of Iraq: Explanations and Implications,” Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, 16:3, Fall 2007; “Authoritarian Persistence, Democratization Theory and The Middle East: an Overview and Critique”, Democratization, v 13, n 3, June 2006; “Contrary Siblings: Syria, Jordan and the Iraq War,” with Neil Quilliam, Cambridge Review of International Affairs vol 19, no 3, Dec 2006; “The Iraq War and International Relations: Implications for Small States,” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol 19, no 3, Dec 2006; “Political Parties and Trade Unions in the Middle East,” in Youssef Choueiri, A Companion to the History of the Middle East, Blackwell Publishing, 2005,  pp. 334-354; “The Politics of Identity in the Middle East,” in Louise Fawcett, ed.  International relations of the Middle East, Oxford, 2009
Address: School of International Relations
University of St. Andrews
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9AX
UK