Middle East Institute Jan 2002 - Jan 2018
Scholar
Emirates Diplomatic Academy Jan 2002 - Jan 2018
Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies
National Defense University Jun 2006 - Jul 2015
Professor, Middle East Studies
George Washington University Jan 2000 - Jul 2015
Professorial Lecturer In International Affairs and Political Science
George Washington University Jan 2004 - Dec 2006
Director, Middle East Studies Program
Education:
University of Utah 1989 - 1997
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, International Relations, Political Science
Georgetown University 1984 - 1986
Masters, Master of Arts
College Beau - Soleil 1971 - 1972
Skills:
Foreign Policy International Relations Political Science Policy Analysis International Security Middle Eastern Studies Politics Diplomacy International Development Public Policy Political Risk Analysis Foreign Affairs Human Rights Research Civil Society Political Economy Conflict Analysis Public Diplomacy Ngos National Security Policy Qualitative Research Democracy Arabic Government Intercultural Communication International Political Economy Conflict Arab Israeli Conflict Public Speaking International Economics International Law International Organizations Teaching South Asia Peacebuilding Defense Intelligence Analysis Comparative Politics European Union European Studies Non Governmental Organizations
University of Utah 1998
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy
Georgetown University 1984 - 1986
Georgetown University 1986
Masters, Master of Arts
Lycée Français De New York
Professor -- Nesa Center At National Defense University
"This is the usual pattern of behavior that whenever there is an important decision that is anti-Assad taken by the international community, the Assad regime escalates the degree of violence to show its degree of displeasure," said Murhaf Jouejati, a specialist on Syrian affairs at the National Defe
Date: Dec 12, 2012
Source: Google
Can Syria's opposition groups figure out how to pull together?
"It is truly a challenge," says Murhaf Jouejati, a Syrian analyst at the National Defense University in Washington, who says he resigned from the SNC in recent days because its expansion plans could exacerbate Syria's problems.
in the country's security forces, as outlined in the document, include replacing the current Syrian Army -- whose main duty is to prop up the current authoritarian regime -- with an apolitical army that allows its citizens to express different political views and protects them, said Murhaf Jouejati
"There is fairly little experience in a movement whose members have been denied politics as a process for half a century," Murhaf Jouejati, a Syria expert at George Washington University in the United States told The Associated Press.
Doctor Murhaf Jouejati is a professor of International Politics at Georgetown University who was an advisor to the Syrian delegation to the Middle East peace talks during the 1990s. He says he has been shocked that the protests are continuing in the face of the Syrian regime's crackdown.MURHAF JOUEJATI: It is, of course, in the history of Syria unprecedented and here I have to say I am in awe and absolute admiration of those protesters who are going there day after day with their bare chests to take the bullets of the army and the security forces so it is absolutely stunning that iELEANOR HALL: That is Dr Murhaf Jouejati, a professor of International Politics at Georgetown University. He was speaking to me from Washington and you can listen to a longer version of that interview on our website.
"The protests are about Syrians wanting freedom after 42 years of repression," said Murhaf Jouejati, a Syria expert at George Washington University. "Mr. Assad may fire all the people he wants; this still doesn't touch on the basic issues and the basic demands of the protesters."
Date: Apr 09, 2011
Source: Google
Challenges for al-Assad as events in Syria threaten regional upheaval
He may also benefit from a fractured opposition. Syrian analyst Murhaf Jouejati at George Washington University says that civil society has been stifled by decades of emergency rule. "The protesters are not organized. The opposition is fragmented," he said. "Civil society is not developed enough to