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Mehrdad Mozayyan

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  • PhD, 1994, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  • Middle Eastern Studies, US Foreign Policy, Strategic Studies

  • International Relations 

  • Assistant Professor - The Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (2005-2006)

  • Associate Professor - The United States Naval War College (2006-2008)

  • Associate Professor - Zayed University (2010 - Present)

  • Independent Consultant, Dubai, 2008-2010. Worked on a project analyzing sovereign wealth funds and the economic impact.

  • Managing Director, Exelon Corporation, Washington DC & Boston - an international consulting company - 2000-2002. Automated businesses of major corporations for greater efficiency and cost savings.

  • Vice President, Kaiser Associates, Washington DC - an international management consulting company - 1998-1999. Streamlined business models of Fortune 50 companies.

  • Director of Business Development and Operations, AirTouch/Verizon - a global telecom company - 1996-1998. Oversaw marketing and management tasks in Mexico and Canada.

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  • Iranian Students in 19th Century Europe: Challenges to Reform, Modernization and Education. This 475-page book has gone through copyright and received several positive reviews. It is expected to be published in 2021.

  • “Sovereign Wealth Funds: Prospects & Perspectives,” AME Info., 09/2008, Reprint 2009

  • “Glory in Defeat” Armed Groups: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency; Jeffrey H. Norwitz, (ed), Naval War College, Newport, 2008

  • “Glory in Defeat” Armed Groups: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency; Jeffrey H. Norwitz, (ed), Naval War College, Newport, 2008

    (Reprinted in 2009 as Pirates, Terrorists, and Warlords: Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY)

  • The Shia Revival” (A critical review) The Middle East Journal, Vol. 61, Autumn 2007

  • “The Unfinished Revolution,” (A critical review) The International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 37, 2005

  • A Persian Diplomatic Mission to 19th Century Europe,” Rahavard, Vol. 23, 1997, and “The Introduction of Perspective to Persian Qajar Art,” Rahavard, Vol.26. 1998, (These were corrective comments on two previously published articles)

  • Reza Shah in the Memoires of the State Elite, (an introductory book chapter), Ebrahem Safai (ed.), 2nd edition, Book Corp., Los Angeles, CA, 1984

  • “Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Naghashbashi (1847-1932) and the Advancement of Arts and Sciences in 19th Century Persia,” Iran Nameh, Year 2, Washington DC, 1983

  • Graduated with distinction in the field of international relations.

  • Recipient of several awards as a high performing corporate employee.

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  • POL614 The Middle East

  • POL623 International Relations

  • POL683 Politics of Oil