Ian Lustick
Professor of Political Science, Bess W. Heyman Chair (Emeritus)
Phone: 610-608-5554
ilustick@sas.upenn.edu
School: Arts & Sciences, Middle East Center, Jewish Studies Program
General Topic Areas: Middle East politics, Arab-Israeli, Palestinian-Israeli politics/conflict/relations; history and political science; US foreign policy; Computer simulation for geopolitical forecasting and analysis; Evolutionary theory, complexity theory, and politics
Sample Talk Topics or Titles:
- Israel and the Palestinians: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality
- BDS: What is the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement
- Where did Zionism come from and where is it going?
- Why is rationality so often the problem rather than the solution?
- What is a “paradigm” and how does it “shift?” What is “critical theory” and is it dangerous?
