Mahmood Sariolghalam Explained

Mahmood Sariolghalam
Native Name:	محمود سریع‌القلم
Native Name Lang:	fa
Birth Place:	Tehran, Iran
Nationality:	Iranian
Fields:	International Relations
Workplaces:	Shahid Beheshti University School of International Relations, University of Southern California Loyola Marymount University Kuwait University Middle East Institute Center for Strategic Research
Alma Mater:	School of International Relations, University of Southern California California State University, Northridge Ohio State University
Thesis Title:	The international dimensions of the Western Saharan conflict
Thesis Url:	http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll36/id/168433/rec/6
Thesis Year:	1987
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Mahmood Sariolghalam (Persian: محمود سریع‌القلم; born 1959) is a professor of international relations at the School of Economics and Political Science in Shahid Beheshti University (formerly Iran National University) since 1987. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1959. He received his B.A. degree in political science/management from California State University, Northridge in 1980 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1982 and 1987, respectively. Sariolghalam also completed a postdoctorate program at Ohio University in 1997. During the 2009–2010 academic year, he taught at Kuwait University. He is currently a professor at Loyola Marymount University continuing to teach international relations.^[1]

Sariolghalam specializes in international politics of the Middle East, Iranian foreign policy and political culture and has written extensively in Persian, Arabic and English. He is a member of the International Studies Association (US), Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum (Switzerland), and Advisory Group on Iran, the Atlantic Council. He's also a non-resident scholar at ASERI (Italy) and the Middle East Institute.^[2] In 2006, he attended Bilderberg Meeting in Ottawa, Canada.^[3]

Publications

• "International Relations in Iran: Achievements and Limitations," in International Relations Scholarship Around the World edited by Arlene Tickner and Ole Waever. Routledge: 2009
• The Evolution of State in Iran: A Political Culture Perspective, published by the Center for Strategic Future Studies of Kuwait University: 2010, (Arabic and English)
• "Iran in Search of Itself," Current History, December 2008; Iran's Political Culture, a field research based on 900 questionnaires (in Persian), third edition, Tehran: 2010
• Iranian Authoritarianism during the Qajar Period, Center for Cultural and Social Studies, Tehran: 2010;
• Rationality and Iran's Development (in Persian), 6th edition, Tehran: 2010;
• Research Methods in International Relations (in Persian), 6th edition, Tehran:2010
• Iran and Globalization (in Persian), third edition, Tehran:2010
• "Globbalization and identity conceptual paradoxes in the middle east", Geopolitical Quarterly, 2007
• "International Relations in Iran Achievements and Limitations", The World of International Relations Scholarship Geo- Cultural Epistemologies Arlene Tickner and O, Vol. 1, 2006
• "The Conceptual Consequence of the New Iraq for Iran", Unilateral Actions and Military Interventions The Future of Non-Proliferation, pp.169-190, 2004
• "Understanding Iran Getting Past Stereotypes and Mythology", WASHINGTON QUARTERLY, Vol. 26, pp.69-82, 2003
• "Governance in the Middle East Cultural and Political Obstacles", Presented at the Joint IMF and World Bank Meeting in Dubai, 2003
• "Iranian Security and the Persian Gulf An Inside View", II Golfo nel XXI Secolo, 2002
• "Iranian National Interest The Impact of the Energy Resources", Energy Focus, 2001
• "Turkish-Israeli Military Cooperation Iranian Perception and Responses", Journal of Military and Sociological Studies, pp.293-304, 2001
• "Justice for All", WASHINGTON QUARTERLY, Vol. 24, pp.113-125, 2001
• "The New Emerging Generation in Iran", Worldview, 1998
• "Civilizational Axioms and the Future of Islamic Civilization", Euro- Islam Dialogue Sune Persson, 1997
• "Prospects for Civil Society in the Middle East An Analysis of Cultural Impediments", Civil Society in the Middle East Elizabeth Ozdalga, 1997
• "Iran s Security Policy and the Middle East", Arams Contorl in a Multipolar World Jim Brown, 1996
• "Iraqi Decision-making Inputs before the Outbreak of Iran- Iraq War", Iran-Iraq War Farhang Rajee, 1996
• "Iran and Turkey The Impact of the Northern Tier on the Middle East", SECURITY DIALOGUE, Vol. 27, pp.303-317, 1996
• "Iran and Middle East Security", Peace and Stability in the Middle East and North Africa Josef Janning and Dirk Rumberg, pp.39-49, 1996
• "Fundamentalism in the Middle East Reason of Ascendance and Motives of Behavior", La Religion en los Albores del Singlo XXI, pp.79-91, 1994
• "Determination of Iraqi Foreign Policy in 1980s", Foreign Policy of Revolutionary States Stephen Chan and Andrew Willams, pp.185-197, 1994
• "Contribution to Beyond the North- West Africa and the East", Contemporary International Relations A.J.R. Groom and Margot Light, pp.237-245, 1994
• "Conceptual Sources of Iranian Behavior Toward the Arab World", Iran and the Arab World Amirahmadi and Nader Entessar, pp.19-27, 1993

Notes and References

1. https://academics.lmu.edu/media/lmuacademics/facultydevelopment/documents/Biosketch%20Booklet%202021_final.pdf
2. Web site: Mahmood Sariolghalam . 2024-02-01 . Middle East Institute . en.
3. https://info.publicintelligence.net/membership%20list%20-%20attendance%20-%20bilderberg%20group%20-%20ottawa%202006.pdf