(February 2003)

Personal Information:

Foreign Languages: French, Persian (reading only).

1984-present, Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University. Current rank: Professor.

2001-2002, Visiting Fellow, Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford University.

Summer 1994, Summer 1996, and Winter 1998, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.

1977-1978, Vice President, Advanced Research Ideas and Evaluation Services, Inc., Chicago, IL.

(Edited with Malcolm Byrne) Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming).

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Shah: Building a Client State in Iran (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991). Persian translations: Siasat-e Khareji-ye Amrika va Shah: Bana-ye Doulati Dast Neshandeh dar Iran (Tehran: Nashre Markaz, 1992); Siasat-e Khareji-ye Amrika va Shah: Bana-ye Doulati Dast Neshandeh dar Iran (Tehran: Rasa Publishers, 1992).

(Edited with Nikki R. Keddie) Neither East Nor West: Iran, the Soviet Union, and the United States (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990). Persian translation: Nah Sharqi, Nah Qarbi (Tehran: Markaz-e Asnad-e Enqelab-e Islami, 2000).

"The Nuzih Plot and Iranian Politics," International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4, November 2002, pp. 645-666.

"Iran under Khatami: Deadlock or Change?" Global Dialogue, Vol. 3, No. 2-3, Spring/ Summer 2001, pp. 9-18.

"The Power Struggle in Iran," Middle East Policy, Vol. 7, No. 4, October 2000, pp. 22-40.

"Democracy and Macroeconomic Performance in Underdeveloped Countries: An Empirical Analysis," Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 33, No. 3, April 2000, pp. 319-349.

"Macroeconomic Conditions and Political Instability: An Empirical Analysis," Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 33, No. 3, Fall 1998, pp. 3-17.

(Coauthored with Timothy Power) "The Structural Determinants of Democratic Consolidation: Evidence From the Third World," Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 31, No. 6, December 1998, pp. 740-771.

(Coauthored with Timothy Power) "Institutional Design and Democratic Consolidation in the Third World," Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 123-155.

"An Overview of the Political Regime Change Dataset," Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 29, No. 4, August 1996, pp. 469-483.

"Economic Crisis and Political Regime Change: An Event History Analysis," American Political Science Review, Vol. 89, No. 4, December 1995, pp. 882-897.

"The Politics of World Oil Prices: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future," Iranian Journal of International Studies, Vol. 5, Nos. 3/4, Fall/Winter 1993/94, pp. 755-774.

"Policymaking in a Highly Autonomous State: Iran Under the Shah, 1963-1978," Iranian Journal of International Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1993, pp. 440-482.

"The Qarani Affair and Iranian Politics," International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 25, No. 4, November 1993, pp. 625-644. Persian translations: "Majara-ye Timsar Qarani va Siasat Dar Iran," Asre Emrooz, October 20-December 14, 1993; "Koudeta-ye Sarlashgar Qarani," in Sarhang Gholamreza Nejati, ed., Majara-ye Koudeta-ye Sarlashgar Qarani (Tehran: Rasa, 1994), pp. 33-81.

"The Islamist Challenge: The Failure of Reform in Tunisia," Journal of Democracy, Vol. 3, No. 4, October 1992, pp. 85-97.

"The Political Regimes Project," Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1990, pp. 109-125. Reprinted in Alex Inkeles, ed., On Measuring Democracy (New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1991), pp. 105-121.

"Economic Dependence and Political Democracy: A Cross-National Study," Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 20, No. 4, January 1988, pp. 489-515.

(Coauthored with Seung-Hyun Baek) "International Cliency Relationships and Client States in East Asia," Pacific Focus, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1987, pp. 113-143.

"The 1953 Coup D'Etat in Iran," International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 19, No. 3, August 1987, pp. 261-286. Persian translations: "Koudeta-ye 28 Mordad 1332," in Gholam Reza Nejati, Jonbeshe Melli Shodan-e San'at-e Naft dar Iran (Teheran: Inteshar, 1987), pp. 15-63; "Arzyabe Nagshe Amrika dar Koudeta-ye 28 Mordad," Elm va Jami'ah, Vol. 71, March-April 1989, pp. 11-19.

"Cliency and Dependency in Latin America," Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 3, Fall 1986, pp. 47-65.

"Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: Some Cross-National Evidence," International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 1, March 1986, pp. 23-38.

"The Structure of Third World Economic Interdependence," International Organization, Vol. 39, No. 2, Spring 1985, pp. 329-340.

(Coauthored with Solomon W. Polachek) "Conflict and Interdependence: East-West Trade and Linkages in the Era of Detente," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 1982, pp. 709-729.

"The 1953 Coup dÉtat Against Mosaddeq," in Mark J. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, eds., Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming).

"Conclusion," in Mark J. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, eds., Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming).

(Coauthored with John W. Limbert) "Islamic Republic of Iran," in David E. Long and Bernard Reich, eds., The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Fourth Edition (Boulder: Westview Press, 2002), pp. 47-71.

"Defining Iranian Trends," in Judith Yaphe, ed., The Middle East in 2015: The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning (Washington: National Defense University Press, 2002), pp. 119-141.

"Political Regimes and Industrial Wages: A Cross-National Analysis," in Manus Midlarsky, ed., Inequality and Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 244-268.

"U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Iran During the Mosaddeq Era," in David Lesch, ed., The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996), pp. 51-66.

"Security Relations Between the United States and Iran, 1953-1978," in Nikki R. Keddie and Mark Gasiorowski, eds., Neither East Nor West: Iran, the Soviet Union, and the United States (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990), pp. 145-165. Persian translation: "Ravabet Amniati Iran Va Ayalat-e Mottahedeh 1953-78," in Nah Sharqi, Nah Qarbi (Tehran: Markaz-e Asnad-e Enqelab-e Islami, 2000), pp. 107-134.

"Regime Legitimacy and National Security: The Case of Pahlavi Iran," in Edward Azar and Chung-in Moon, eds., Third World National Security: Concepts, Issues, and Implications (London: Edward Algar Press, 1988), pp. 227-250.

"Structure and Dynamics in International Interdependence," in Mary Ann Tetrault and Charles Frederick Abel, eds., Dependency Theory and the Return of High Politics (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986), pp. 71-99.

"U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Options for the New U.S. Administration," RES Occasional Paper No. 1, U.S. Department of State, External Research Staff, March 26, 2001.

"Révélations sur le coup détat de 1953: Quand la CIA complotait en Iran," Le Monde Diplomatique, No. 559, October 2000.

"Siasat Ayalat Motahedeh dar Qebal Iran dar Zaman Truman," Tarikh-e Ravabet-e Kharej (Tehran), Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1379 [2000], pp. 73-93.

"The CIA Looks Back at the 1953 Coup in Iran," Middle East Report, No. 216, Fall 2000, pp. 4-5. Persian translation: "Moqadameh-ye Mark Gaziorofski," in Hamid Ahmadi (trans.), Asrar Koudeta (Tehran: Nashr Ni, 2000), pp. 17-21.

"The 1953 Coup D'Etat Revisited: An Overview of New Documents Released by the CIA," Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) Bulletin, Vol 14, No. 2, September 1998, pp. 19-24.

"Obituary of Richard Cottam," Iranian Studies, Vol. 30, Nos. 3-4, Summer/Fall 1997, pp. 415-417.

"Trying to Revisit the 1953 Coup in Iran: The CIA's Response to a Freedom of Information Act Request," Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Newsletter, Vol. 29, No. 3, September 1998, pp. 11-14.

"Iran," Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Vol. 2, pp. 414-421.

"Mossadeq, Mohammad, 1882-1967," Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Vol. 3, pp. 14-15.

"Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 1902-1989," Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Vol. 3, pp. 14-15.

"Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi), 1919-1980," Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Vol. 4, pp. 77-79.

"The Political Regime Change Dataset," Louisiana Population Data Center, Louisiana State University, Research Report Number 1, December 1993.

"The U.S. Role in the Overthrow of Mussadegh," in Kamrouz Pirouz, ed. Mussadegh, the Politics of Oil, and American Foreign Policy (Montclair, NJ: Montclair State College, School of Business Administration, 1992).

"Coup D'Etat of 1953," Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 354-356.

"Central Intelligence Agency in Iran," Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 253-258.

"Gholamreza Vatandoust, The CIA Documents on the 1953 Coup & the Overthrow of Dr. Musaddiq of Iran," Iranian Studies (forthcoming).

"Wilfried Buchta, Who Rules Iran? The Structure of Power in the Islamic Republic," Middle East Journal, Vol. 55, No. 1, Spring 2001, pp. 328-329.

"Robert Olson, The Kurdish Question and Turkish-Iranian Relations, From World War I to 1998," Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 1, April 1999, pp. 43-45.

"James F. Goode, The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq," International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3, August 1998, pp. 440-442.

"Geoffrey Kemp, Forever Enemies? American Policy & the Islamic Republic of Iran," Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 2, Winter 1996, p. 12.

"Mostafa Elm, Oil, Power, and Principle: Iran's Oil Nationalization and Its Aftermath," Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 2, December 1995, pp. 228-229.

"Kenneth Katzman, The Warriors of Islam: Iran's Revolutionary Guard," Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 1, July 1994, pp. 98-99.

"Houshang Sabahi, British Policy in Persia, 1918-1925," Iranian Studies, Vol. 26, Nos. 3-4, Summer/Fall 1993, pp. 440-441.

"Graham E. Fuller, The Center of the Universe: The Geopolitics of Iran, and Mehran Kamrava, The Political History of Modern Iran," The Annals of the American Association of Political and Social Science, Vol. 533, May 1994, pp. 194-195.

"Stephen C. Pelletiere, The Iran-Iraq War: Chaos in a Vacuum," Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 2, December 1992, pp. 223-224.

"Miron Rezun, Intrigue and War in Southwest Asia: The Struggle for Supremacy from Central Asia to Iraq," International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2, May 1993, pp. 367-368.

"Marvin Zonis, Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah," Iranian Studies, Vol. 25, Nos 3-4, Summer-Fall 1992, pp. 89-91.

"Robert O. Freedman, ed., The Middle East from the Iran-Contra Affair to the Intifada," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 107, No. 2, Summer 1992, pp. 342-43.

"William A. Dorman and Mansour Farhang, The U.S. Press and Iran," Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 4, Spring 1988.

"Mark H. Lytle, The Origins of the Iranian-American Alliance, 1941-1953," Iranian Studies, Vol 21, Nos. 3-4, Summer-Fall, 1988, pp. 139-140.

"Shireen Hunter, OPEC and the Third World, and Mohammed E. Ahrari, OPEC: The Failing Giant," American Political Science Review, Vol. 81, No. 1, March 1987, pp. 316-317.

Member, European Academy of Sciences (elected 2002).

Visiting Fellowship, Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, University of Oxford, 2001-2002.

United States Institute of Peace, Solicited Grant Program: The Middle East, 1999. Grant for summer travel and salary, 1999-2001.

National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Grant Program, 1999.

LSU Alpha Delta Lambda Freshman Honor Society, Certificate of Award (teaching), 1997.

LSU Center for Life Cycle and Population Studies, Summer Stipend, 1988.

LSU Faculty Summer Research Grant, 1985.

R. J. Reynolds Foundation, Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1983.

Smith Research Fund, Research Award, 1983.

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 1982.

Chair and Organizer, Conference on Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford, June 8-10, 2002.

Chair and Organizer, Conference on Iranian Foreign Policy, Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford, May 4, 2002.

Editorial Board Member, International Political Economy Yearbook, 2001-present.

Member, U.S.-Iran Advisory Board, National Security Archive, Washington, DC, 1999-present.

Editorial Board Member, Discourse (Tehran), 1999-present.

Editorial Board Member, Political Research Quarterly, 1996-present.

Chair, Nominating Committee, Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences, Middle East Studies Association, 2002.

Member, Nominating Committee, Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences, Middle East Studies Association, 2001.

Briefing on Iranian Politics, U.S. National Security Council Staff, July 17, 2001.

Member, Presidential Nominating Committee, International Studies Association, 2000-2001.

Book Review Editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1995-2000.

Book Review Editor and Editorial Board Member, Center for Iranian Research and Analysis Bulletin, 1996-1999.

Editorial Board Member, Iran Report (previously U.S.-Iran Review), 1994-1995.

Member, Iran Advisory Committee, National Security Archive, Washington, DC, 1989-1994.

Book Manuscript Reviews: Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Crown Publishers, Lynne Reinner Publishers, State University of New York Press, Syracuse University Press, University of Chicago Press, Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Grant Proposal Reviews: National Science Foundation (twice), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada).

Journal Article Reviews: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, International Interactions, International Journal of Middle East Studies, International Political Economy Yearbook, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Journal of Politics, Middle East Journal, Policy Studies Journal, Political Research Quarterly, Security Dialogue, Southeastern Political Review, Studies in Comparative International Development, Western Political Quarterly.

Contributor, Oxford Analytica, Daily Brief (2002).

Author, "U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Options for the New U.S. Administration," U.S. Department of State, fall 2000.

Expert Witness, U.S. Immigration Court, Oakdale, LA, August 25 and September 3, 1999, March 22 and November 1, 2000; U.S. Immigration Court, New Orleans, LA, May 5, 1999; U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, June 8, 1998.

Consultant, "Seeds of Hate: Iran, 1953," a documentary film by Robin Wales, Berkeley, CA, 1990.

Consultant, Democratic Pluralism Initiative, Bureau of Asia, Near East, and Europe, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1989-1990. (Research missions to Sri Lanka and Tunisia.)

Consultant, Iranian Revolution Project, National Security Archive, Washington, DC, 1989.

Freelance Computer Programmer and Statistical Consultant, Chicago, IL and Chapel Hill, NC, 1976-1984.

Invited Presentations:

San Francisco State University, February 24, 2003.

University of California, Berkeley, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, February 23, 2003.

National Defense University, Washington, November 25, 2002.

Louisiana State University, Department of Economics, November 13, 2002.

Shell International, London, June 13, 2002.

Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford University, June 9, 2002.

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, June 4, 2002.

Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, March 6, 2002.

Foreign Policy and International Relations Department, Center for Strategic Research, Tehran, March 4, 2002.

Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, February 5, 2002.

Burkle Center for International Relations, University of California Los Angeles, January 14, 2002.

Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford University, November 6, 2001.

Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford University, November 5, 2001.

Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, October 9, 2001.

U.S. Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA, June 25, 2001.

Centre dEtudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, June 21, 2001

U.S. Department of State, Washington, February 8, 2001.

U.S. Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA, September 25, 2000.

Center for Documents and Diplomatic History, Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, June 7-8, 2000.

Centre dEtudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, May 15, 2000.

U.S. Department of State, Washington, March 23, 2000.

The Brookings Institution, Washington, February 23, 2000.

National Defense University, Washington, January 21, 2000.

U.S. Department of State, Washington, October 21, 1999.

Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, September 26, 1999.

Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tarrytown, NY, July 18-20, 1999.

U.S. Congress, Washington, January 28, 1999.

Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University, November 21, 1998.

Middle East Institute, Washington, July 23, 1998.

Institute of Political and International Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, February 16, 1998.

Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran, February 1, 1998.

Centre for World Dialogue, Nicosia, October 30-31, 1997.

Center for Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate School, April 25-26, 1997.

Tehran University, Tehran, February 23-24, 1997.

Stanley Foundation Conference, Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA, October 24-26, 1996.

Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, August 2, 1996.

Stanley Foundation Conference, Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA, October 27-28, 1995.

Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies, Tokyo, October 25-26, 1995.

Forum on American-Iranian Relations, Washington, March 31, 1995.

Center for Strategic Studies, Tehran, June 28, 1994.

Trinity University, San Antonio, February 25, 1994.

Center for International Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies, Rutgers University, February 5, 1994.

Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, June 27, 1993.

Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ, October 30, 1992.

U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, November 29, 1989.

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford, CA, May 27-28, 1988.

Center for International and Strategic Affairs, University of California Los Angeles, April 22-23, 1988.

Center for Asian Studies, Arizona State University, February 12, 1987.

University of Texas, September 26-27, 1985.

Al-Ahram Center for Strategic and Political Studies, Cairo, September 23, 1983.

Middle East Studies Association, Washington, November 26, 2002.

Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 19, 2001.

Middle East Studies Association, Orlando, November 21, 2000.

Middle East Studies Association, Washington, November 22, 1999.

Middle East Studies Association, Chicago, December 4, 1998.

American Political Science Association, Boston, September 6, 1998.

Center for Iranian Research and Analysis Conference, Portland, OR, April 25, 1998.

American Political Science Association, Washington, August 30, 1997.

Center for Iranian Research and Analysis Conference, Atlanta, April 19, 1997.

American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30, 1996.

American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1, 1995.

American Political Science Association, New York, August 28, 1994.

International Studies Association, Atlanta, April 1, 1992.

Middle East Studies Association, Washington, November 24, 1991.

International Studies Association, Washington, March 25 ,1991.

Association for the Advancement of Policy, Research, and Development in the Third World, Nassau, Bahamas, November 18, 1991.

International Studies Association, London, March 31, 1989.

International Studies Association, St. Louis, April 1, 1988.

International Studies Association, Washington, April 15, 1987.

International Studies Association  South, Atlanta, November 6, 1986.

International Studies Association, Anaheim, CA, March 27, 1986.

American Political Science Association, New Orleans, September 1, 1985.

International Studies Association, Atlanta, March 31, 1984.

Peace Science Society  International, University of Maryland, November 9, 1982.

International Studies Association, Cincinnati, March 25, 1982.

Peace Science Society  Southern Section, University of South Carolina, April 28, 1979.