Books
Women and the Military: Global Lives in Focus, California: ABC-CLIO, 2022. With Sarah Gerstein.

Women’s Roles in the Middle East. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2010.

The Fight for Legitimacy: Democracy Versus Terrorism. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. With Cindy Jebb, Thomas Sherlock and P. H. Liotta

The Path to Mass Rebellion: An Analysis of Two Intifadas. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2004.

Chapters and Articles

“Artifacts and the Art of War,” in Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities: Legal, Political, and Humanitarian Perspectives. James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss, eds. J. Paul Getty Trust, 2022. With Dexter Dugan.

“Middle East” in American National Security 7th edition. Michael Meese, Suzanne Nielsen, and Rachel Sondheimer, eds. Johns Hopkins University Press (2018).

“Jewish Feminism and Women’s Movements.” In Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History, Susan de Gaia ed. ABC-CLIO (2018).

“Israel,” Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History, edited by Susan de Gaia. California: ABC-CLIO (2018).

“Marriage and Divorce (Judaism).” In Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History edited by Susan de Gaia ed. California: ABC-CLIO (2018).

Review of Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Expectations and Boundaries by Robert A. Rubinstein, Kerry Fosher and Clementine Fujimura (eds). Res Militaris (Summer 2013).

“Should the US Take the Leading Role in Revitalizing the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?” in Taking Sides: Clashing Views in American Foreign Policy eds. Suzanne Nielsen, Scott Handler. 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill (2013.)

“The Arab Spring: Investing in Durable Peace.” Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, 2011 (online). With Nelly Lahoud, David DiMeo, Cindy Jebb, Arie Perliger, John Ringquist. https://ctc.usma.edu/the-arab-spring-investing-in-durable-peace/

“Middle East,” in American National Security” eds. Jordan, Amos A., William J. Taylor, Michael J. Meese and Suzanne C. Nielsen, 6th ed.  Baltimore:  The Johns Hopkins University Press. (2009). 

“The USS Cole and Yemen.” In Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century ed. James Forest. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2007.

“The European Union in the Middle East: The Benefits of Soft Power,” in Old Europe, New Security: Evolution for a Complex World eds. Janet Adamski, Mary Troy Johnson and Christina Schweiss (Ashgate Publishers, 2006).

“The Complex Relationship Between Global Terrorism and U.S. Support for Israel.” In The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes, ed. James Forest. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

“Tactical Deception and Strategic Surprise in al-Qai’da’s Operations.” Middle East Review of International Affairs (June, 2004). With Richard Shultz.

“The Troubled History of the Occupied Territories.” In The Arab-Israeli Conflict ed. Shasta Gaughen. Greenhaven Press, 2004.

“Operation Crossroads Africa: Preparing Our Nation’s Leaders.” Assembly (January, 2003).

“The West Bank and Gaza Strip: Statehood and Security.” In History Behind the Headlines, ed. Meghan Appel O’Meara. Michigan: Gale Publishers, 2000.

“Syria and Israel: Negotiations for Peace Still on Hold.”Iin History Behind the Headlines, ed. Meghan Appel O’Meara. Michigan: Gale Publishers, 2000.

Contributor, Understanding International Relations: The Value of Alternative Lenses, 4th edition, eds. Daniel Kaufman, Jay Parker and Kimberly Field. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

Contributor, Understanding International Relations: The Value of Alternative Lenses, 3rd edition, eds. Daniel J. Kaufman, Jay M. Parker, Grant Doty and Harry L. Cohen. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.

"The Intifada: Palestinian Adaptation to Israeli Counterinsurgency Tactics." The Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence no. 2 (Summer 1995).

Review of “Modern Politics -- Confronting the Costs of War: Military Power, State, and Society in Egypt and Israel” by Michael N. Barnett. The Middle East Journal (Summer 1995).

Contributor, Understanding International Relations: The Value of Alternative Lenses, 2nd ed. (revised) Daniel J. Kaufman, Joseph J. Collins, Thomas F. Schneider. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994.

Selected Conference Presentations

“Reimagining Governance in a Multi-Polar World,” Panel Presentation at the Doha Forum, Doha, Qatar, December 2019.
“Applied Liberal Learning: Gastrodiplomacy and Professional Education.” Panel Presentation at the American Association of Universities and Colleges. Atlanta, Georgia. January 2019.
“From ISIS to Iran: Shifting Forces of Power in the Middle East. Panelist for the Marshall Fund Congressional Program engaging with 9 Members of the US Congress and 11 members of the German Bundestag. February 2016.

“Women and International Relations.” Keynote Speaker for Women in Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall, April 2015.

Roots of Conflict in the Arab World.” New City Jewish Center, August 2014.

“New World Disorder: US Grand Strategy in a Chaotic Middle East.” Panel Presentation at Bard College, NY., September, 2014.

“Revisiting the Arab Spring.” Panel Presentation at World Affairs Forum, Hyde Park, NY. May 2014.

HSBC Emerging Markets Conference. Panelist in New York, November 2012.

Conducted seminar on the Middle East and the Arab Spring for Audia Group Board of Trustees, Palm Beach, Fl, April 2011.

“Engaging the Middle East after the Cairo Speech” Panel presentation at the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA. October 2010.

Moderator, “Redressing Inequalities through Economic Empowerment,” Conference on The Future of International Criminal Justice. West Point, NY.

Lectured on Hezbullah, the Iranian Revolution and Shia Militancy, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Kansas City, KS and FBI Academy, Quantico, VA, June 2008.

“Hezbullah and the Second War in Lebanon.” Keynote speaker, Sullivan Community College, Womensview Series, March 2007.

“The Future of the Peace Process.” Presentation at Valparaiso University, November 2006.

“The Intifadas in Comparative Perspective.” Keynote speaker, The Fletcher School, Tufts University symposium on Security Studies, February 2004.

Prewar Planning for Post-War Iraq: A Rashomonesque Perspective.” Coauthored with P. Matthew Abbruzzese and Michael Meese. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI. March 2003.

“Issues of the Middle East.” Panel presentation for the Regional Studies International Affairs Symposium at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, November 2003 and May 2005.

“U.S. Peacekeeping and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Cost-Benefit Analysis.” Paper presented at the Institute for National Security Studies, United States Air Force Academy, November 2003.

“Denial and Deception in Al Qaeda Operations.” Paper presented at the Senior Conference, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. June 2003.

“Egypt as a Failing State: Implications for U.S. National Security (co-authored).” Paper presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon, March 2003. Also presented at the Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, Boston, MA August 2002.

“The Intifadas in Comparative Perspective.” Presentation at Valparaiso College, October 2002.
“The United States and Iraq.” Panelist for Peace Studies Program, Cornell University NY., February 1998.

“Levels of Discontent: An Iranian Inroad to the Gulf States,” co-authored with Sandra J. Pietrantonio. Paper presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, May, 1997.

“Islam in Historical Perspective.” Presentation for the Department of the Navy (in Theatre on the USS Tarawa in the Persian Gulf). July,1996.

“Palestinian Adaptation to Israeli Counterinsurgency Tactics.” Presentation for the Departments of Near Eastern Studies and the Program of Peace Studies, Cornell University, NY. September, 1995.