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A
conversation
with
Abraham
Diskin,
Ph.D.,
Associate
Professor of
Political
Science at
Hebrew
University
and Rex
Brynen,
Ph.D.,
Professor of
Political
Science at
McGill
University
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
7:30―9:00 p.m.
Ford Auditorium, Allen Medical Library
Corner of Adelbert Road and Euclid Ave.
Case Western Reserve University
The event is co-sponsored by the
Center
for Policy Studies and the
Rosenthal Center
for Judaic Studies.
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More About Our Guests
 Abraham Diskin's research focuses on various aspects of
comparative politics, electoral systems,
electoral behavior, Israel studies, and game
theory. He has authored more than twenty books,
including Elections and Voters in Israel
(1991), On the Sinking Ship (Hebrew,
1998), The Last Days in Israel: Understanding
the New Israeli Democracy (2003), The
Lagado Travel (Hebrew, 2003) and more
than one hundred academic articles published in
journals such as Electoral Studies, European
Journal of Political Research, Journal of
Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics,
Political Research Quarterly,
Political Studies, and Public Choice.
Professor Diskin often serves as consultant of
leading decision-makers in Israel and other
countries as well as institutions such as
governmental ministries, the Knesset, and the
Central Elections Committee. He constantly
serves as an analyst for both domestic and
international media. Dr. Diskin is a former
Chair of the Department of Political Science at
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former
Chair of the Israeli Political Science
Association.
 Rex Brynen is a professor in the
Department of Political Science at McGill
University and is the
author of A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West
Bank and Gaza and Sanctuary and
Survival: The PLO in Lebanon.
He is also
editor or co-editor of Echoes of the
Intifada, The Many Faces of National
Security in the Arab World, and of two
volumes on Political Liberalization and
Democratization in the Arab World (1995,
1998).
Prof. Brynen has served as a member of
the Political and Security Policy Staff of
Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade, and as a consultant to
aid agencies, the United Nations, and the
World Bank.
At McGill, Prof. Brynen teaches courses
in the politics of developing areas, Middle
East politics, and peace building. He also
moderates the Brynania civil war simulation.
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