Gawdat Bahgat

Gawdat Bahgat
Citizenship United States
Nationality Egypt
Fields Petroleum politics,
energy security,
terrorism,
fundamentalism,
nuclear proliferation,
American foreign policy,
Middle East,
Caspian Sea
Institutions Florida State University (1991–92)
University of North Florida (1992–95)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1995–2009)
National Defense University (2010–)
Alma mater Cairo University
(B.A. Political Science, 1977)
American University in Cairo
(M.A. Middle Eastern Studies, 1985)
Florida State University
(Ph.D. Political Science, 1991)

Gawdat Bahgat (born c. 1960s) is a professor of political science at the National Defense University. Bahgat was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and earned degrees at Cairo University and American University in Cairo. He emigrated to the United States and earned his Ph.D at Florida State University in 1991.

Bahgat served as a professor of political science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2009 where he also was the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. In 2006–07 he earned the Distinguished Faculty Award for research.[1]

Bahgat has published numerous books, chapters, and articles on various subjects including oil politics, nuclear proliferation and the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea regions. His works have been translated into Arabic, Russian, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.[2][3]

In 2010, Bahgat began teaching at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C..[1]

Works

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Chapters

References

  1. 1 2 "IUP Professor Gawdat Bahgat to bid farewell, further career". The Penn. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  2. "Gawdat Bahgat". Middle East Policy Council. Archived from the original on November 29, 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  3. "Speaker Biographies: Gawdat Bahgat". Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
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