Elliott School Professors Martha Finnemore and Michael Barnett were listed as the No. 1 and No. 11 scholars, respectively, who produced the most interesting scholarship in the past five years in the 2011 Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) survey 
, which included responses from 1,582 international relations faculty members.
Nathan J. Brown
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Office: Suite 512, 1957 E Street, NW
Phone: (202) 994-2123
Fax: (202) 994-5477
E-mail: nbrown@gwu.edu
Web: http://home.gwu.edu/~nbrown/
Education:
Ph.D., Princeton University
Expertise:
Government and politics of the Middle East, democratization and constitutionalism, rule of law in the Arab world
Background:
Professor Brown received his B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics and Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He teaches courses on Middle Eastern politics, as well as more general courses on comparative politics and international relations. His dissertation received the Malcolm Kerr award from the Middle East Studies Association in 1987.
Professor Brown is the recipient of Fulbright grants to study in Egypt and the Gulf and teach in Israel. He also served two years as Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Professor Brown was recently selected as a 2009 Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Under this grant, Professor Brown will analyze the impacts of increased participation by Islamist groups in electoral politics on both the movements themselves and the political systems in which they operate.
Selected Publications:
- When Victory Is Not an Option. Cornell Univ Pr., January 2012.
- Palestinian Politics After the Oslo Accords: Resuming Arab Palestine. Univ California Pr., 2003.
- Constitutions in a Non-Constitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government SUNY Pr., 2001.
- The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the Gulf. Cambridge Univ Pr., 1997.
- Peasant Politics in Modern Egypt: The Struggle Against the State. Yale Univ Pr., 1990.