Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman

Full Time Faculty
Professor

Ph.D., University of Alberta, CA
M.A., International Relations, University of Dhaka, BD


Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6150
Email: mohammed.nuruzzaman01@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC 916

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman is Professor of Political Science at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. After completing graduation in International Relations from the University of Dhaka, he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Alberta, Canada in 2003 and has served as a faculty at different universities in Canada, Bangladesh and Kuwait. In his long-checkered teaching and research career spanning a period over 20 years, Dr. Nuruzzaman has taught at the University of Alberta, Okanagan University College, British Columbia, Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), and University of Dhaka before joining North South University in September 2021. He also served as the founding Director of the Center for Global Studies (later renamed Global Studies Center) at GUST from January 2012 to December 2013. 

Dr. Nuruzzaman specializes in international relations theory, global political economy, human rights and human security, great powers in the global order, political Islam, and politics and international relations of the Middle East and South Asia. His major publications have appeared in leading peer-reviewed international journals, including Global Studies Quarterly, The Washington Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Political Science, International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, International Studies Perspectives, Cooperation and Conflict, International Area Studies Review, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, among other scholarly publication outlets. He is the winner of some prestigious scholarships and fellowships, including Durham Senior International Research Fellowship 2016 –17 (Durham University, UK), KFAS (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences) research grants in 2013, the F.S. Chia Doctoral Scholarship (University of Alberta) in 1998 for a period of four years, and the GUST–UMSL (University of Missouri, Saint Louis) Summer Research Fellowship in 2011.

Currently, Prof. Nuruzzaman is serving as Managing Editor of two academic journals – Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, and North South Journal of Peace and Global Studies. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Research Center for Asian Studies (RCAS), Hainan, China. 

 Scholar Profile:

Google Scholar Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=w0H1lPQAAAAJ&hl=en

 Scopus Scholar Profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14040367500

ORCiD ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1815-4273

 Researchgate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Nuruzzaman-2/research

Research Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

(2023) "Bangladesh and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: The Need for a Long-term Strategy". The Washington Quarterly.

(2022) “’Responsibility to Protect’ and the BRICS: A Decade after the Intervention in Libya”, Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4.  

(2022) “Conflicts, Strategic Divergences and the Survival of Economic Groupings: Will China–India Conflicts Make the BRICS Obsolete?”, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, vol. 7, no. 4.   

(2021) “Does Realism Explain the Arab Spring? Neorealist Alliance Formation Theories and the Syrian Civil War”, International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, vol. 76, no. 2.

(2020) “President Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign and Iran’s Endgame”, Strategic Analysis, vol. 44, no. 6.

(2020) “Why BRICS Is No Threat to Post-War Liberal World Order” International Studies, vol. 57, no. 1.

(2019) “Chasing the Dreams: The Salman Doctrine and Saudi Arabia’s Bid for Regional Dominance”, Insight Turkey, vol. 21, no. 3.

(2018) “Western and Islamic International Theories: A Comparative Analysis”, International Studies, vol. 55, no. 2.

(2017) “Muslim Traditionalism and Violence in the Middle East”, Strategic Analysis, vol. 41, no. 6.     

(2017) ‘Conflicts in Sunni Political Islam and Their Implications’, Strategic Analysis, vol. 41, no. 3.

(2016) “Post-Nuclear Deal Iran: Back to the Fold of Imperialism?” Insight Turkey, Vol. 18, No. 2.

(2016) “China’s Rise, the USA and Global Order: Contested Perspectives and An Alternative Approach”, International Area Studies Review, Vol. 19, No. 2. 

(2015) “Rethinking Foreign Military Interventions to Promote Human Rights: Evidence from Libya, Bahrain and Syria”, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48, No. 3.

(2015) “Gulf Cooperation Council, Qatar and Dispute Settlement: A Critical Investigation”, Contemporary Arab Affairs, Vol. 8, No. 4.

(2015) “The Challenge of the Islamic State”, Global Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 3.

(2015) “Qatar and the Arab Spring: Down the Foreign Policy Slope”, Contemporary Arab Affairs, Vol. 8, No. 2.

(2015) “President Obama’s Middle East Policy, 2009 - 2013”, Insight Turkey, Vol. 17, No. 1.

(2013) “The Arab Spring – Inching Towards a Dead End?”, Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol. 25, No. 3.

(2013) “The ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine: Revived in Libya, Buried in Syria”, Insight Turkey, Vol. 15, No. 2.

(2013) “The New Egypt: Socio-political Dynamics and the Prospects of Transition to Democracy”, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 4 (with Dr. Mohammed Hasanen).

(2013) “Human Security and the Arab Spring”, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 1.

(2013) “Politics, Economics and Saudi Military Intervention in Bahrain”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 43, No.2.

(2012) “Conflicts between Iran and the Gulf Arab States: An Economic Evaluation”, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 36, No.4.

(2010) “Federalism and State Disintegration – United Pakistan, 1947-1971: Some Historical Lessons for Afghanistan and Iraq”, Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 45, no. 4.

(2009) “Revisiting the Category of Fragile and ‘Failed States’ in International Relations”, International Studies, Vol. 46, no. 3.

(2009) “Globalizations and Resistance Movements in the Periphery: An Alternative Theoretical Approach”, New Global Studies, Vol. 3, Issue 2.

(2009) “Iran on the Global Stage: Assessing Iranian Power and Its Limitations”, Pakistan Journal of International Relations, Vol. 1, No. 1.

(2009) “The Emerging New Security Order in the Middle East”, IPRI Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1.

(2008) “Liberal Institutionalism and International Cooperation after September 11, 2001”, International Studies, vol. 45, no. 2

(2007) “The World Bank, Health Policy Reforms and the Poor”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, vol. 37, no. 1.

(2006) “Beyond the Realist Theories: ‘Neo-conservatism Realism’ and the American Invasion of Iraq”, International Studies Perspectives, Vol. 7, No. 3.

(2006) “Paradigms in Conflict: The Contested Claims of Human Security, Critical Theory and Feminism”, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 41, No. 3.

(2006) “Labor Resistance to Pro-market Economic Reforms in Bangladesh”, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4.

(2005) “Economic Liberalization and Poverty in the Developing Countries”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 35, No. 1. 

(2004) “Neo-liberal Economic Reforms, the Rich and the Poor in Bangladesh”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 34, No. 1.

(1999) “SAARC and Sub-regional Cooperation: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policies in South Asia”, Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 8, No. 3.

(1998) “Nuclear Explosions, Security Stability and Influence in Global Politics: The India-Pakistan Nuclear Explosions in Perspectives”, Perspectives in social Sciences, No. 10.

(1997) “Redefining Bangladesh’s India Policy”, Journal of International Relations, Vol. 4, Nos. 1 & 2.

(1996) “UN Intervention on Humanitarian Grounds: New Humanism or a Chaotic Political Doctrine”, Journal of International Relations, Vol. 3, No. 2.

(1996) “Rethinking World Government as an Approach to World Peace”, Journal of Administration and Diplomacy, Vol. 4, No. 1.

(1994) “Post-Cold War UN Peacekeeping: Humanitarian Intervention and Other Issues”, Social Science Review, Vol. XI, No. 2.

(1994) “Confidence-building Measures in South Asia: A Bangladeshi Perspectives”, International Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3.

(1994) “South Asia without Nuclear Bombs?”, Journal of International Relations, Vol. 1, No. 2.

(1993) “Global Change and Regional Cooperation in South Asia”, Regional Studies, Vol. XI, No. 3.

(1992) “The Arms Race in South Asia: Some Approaches to Stability”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXVI, No. 4.

(1992) “India-Bangladesh Relations: Why Disputes and Differences Persist?” Asian Affairs, Vol. 14, No. 3.

(1991) “National Security of Bangladesh: Challenges and Options”, BIISS Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2.

(1991) “The Superpowers, Germany and European Security Cooperation”, BIISS Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1.  

Book Chapters:

(2022) “Fifty Years of Bangladesh Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change”, in Prof. Sharifuddin Ahmed (ed.), 50 Years of Bangladesh: A Tale of a Miracle. Dhaka: Prothoma Publication (Coauthored with Prof. Abdur Rob Khan).

(2017), “Saudi Arabia Country Report”, in Barbara Serfozo (ed.), Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2018, Gütersloh, Germany: Bertelsmann Stiftung.

(2014), “The Islamic State and its Viability” in Timothy Poirson and Robert Oprisko (eds.), Caliphates and Islamic Global Politics (Published by E-International Relations, Bristol, UK), pp. 82 – 92. Available online at: http://www.e-ir.info/2014/12/11/edited-collection-caliphates-and-islamic-global-politics/ [This article was originally published by E-International Relations, 19 October 2014].

(2014), “Liberal Institutionalism”, in Joel Krieger (ed.), Oxford Companion to International Relations. New York: Oxford University Press.

(2008) “Societal Responses to Economic Reforms in Bangladesh: The Workers and Peasants’ Movements in the 1980s and 1990s”, in Kukreja, Veena and M.P. Singh (eds.), Democracy, Development and Discontent in South Asia (New Delhi: Sage Publications).

 Book Reviews:

 (2014) Vali Nasr, The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat (New York: Anchor Books, 2014), Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol. 26, No. 3.

 (2014) David Shambaugh, China Goes Global: The Partial Power (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), Journal of Contemporary Asia, 44, No. 3.

 (2013) Thomas W. Lippman, Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally (Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2012), Strategic Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 4.

 (2013) Trita Parsi, A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012), Journal of Contemporary Asia, 43, No. 3.

 (1997), Banerji, Arun Kumar (ed.) Non-proliferation in a Changing World: India’s Policy and Options (Calcutta: Allied Publishers Ltd., pp. XV +163), BIISS Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2.

 Bibliographical Contributions:

 (2019) “Contemporary Shia–Sunni Sectarian Violence”, Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, ed. Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press.

 (2019) “Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia”, Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, ed. Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press.

 Research Report:

 (2015) ‘Gulf Cooperation Council and Dispute Settlement: Assessing the Current Practices and Developing Better Policy Responses’. Research funded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancements of Sciences (KFAS).

Non-referred Articles &Commentaries:

  • GUST (Gulf University for Science and Technology) Internal Research Seed Grant (KD 2,400; equivalent to US$ 8,000 approx.), Date of funding approval: January 8, 2020. Project title: “Rivals in the Middle East: A Constructivist Interpretation of Iran–Saudi Arabia Relations”.
  • Durham Senior International Research Fellowship, 2016 – 17. Project title: ‘Shi’a – Sunni Sectarian Violence and Middle East Regional Security’ (project collaborator: Professor Anoush Ehteshami, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK). Date of fellowship offer: April 8, 2016.
  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) research grant (US$ 35,000) for the project ‘Gulf Cooperation Council and Dispute Settlement: Assessing the Current Practices and Developing Better Policy Responses’. Grant No.: 2012-112-07; Date of grant approval: April 16, 2013.
  • GUST–UMSL (University of Missouri – St. Louis) Summer Research Fellowship (US$ 10,500), June – August 2011.Research project ‘Iran and the Gulf Arab States: Conflicts and Cooperation’. Date of research grant approval: April 10, 2011.
  • Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, Gulf University for Science and Technology, date: May 3, 2018 (amount: KD 500.000; equivalent to USD 1,750).
  • F.S. Chia Doctoral Scholarship, University of Alberta, for a four year period from September 1998 to August 2002 to pursue doctoral studies in Political Science.
  • Fund for the Support of International Development Activities (FSIDA) Field Research Grants, University of Alberta, January 2001.
  • Aalborg Visiting Doctoral Scholarship, awarded by Aalborg University, Denmark, September- November 2000.
  • The Kodikara Award, 1997 awarded by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Post-graduate Education:

  • Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Alberta (Canada) (2003).
  • M.S.S. in International Relations, University of Dhaka (1991) (1st Class 1st Position) 
  • B.S.S. (Hons.) in International Relations, University of Dhaka (1989) (2nd Class 1st Position)

History of Employment:

  • Professor of Political Science, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (September 2021 – present)
  •  Associate Professor of International Relations, Gulf University for Science and Technology (February 2012 – June 2021)
  • Director, Center for Global Studies, Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Kuwait (January 2012 – December 2013).
  •  Assistant Professor of International Relations, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait (September 2009 – January 2012).
  • College Professor of Political Science, Okanagan University College, British Columbia, Canada (August 2006 – July 2009).
  • Lecturer of Political Science, University of Alberta (September 2004 – July 2006).
  • Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Dhaka (December 1996 – August 1998) [Resigned this position to pursue doctoral studies from September 1998 to December 2003).
  • Lecturer of International Relations, University of Dhaka (July 1993 – November 1996)
  • Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of International and strategic Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh (February 1991 – June 1993).
  • Introduction to Politics
  • International Relations
  • Global Political Economy
  • International Organizations and Global Governance
  • Middle East Politics and International Relations
  • South Asian Politics and International Relations
  • Foreign Policies of the Great Powers (US & China)
  • International Relations Theory
  • Politics and International Relations of South Asia & the Middle East
  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • International Organizations and Global Governance
  • Globalization and Global Political Economy
  • International Security Studies (traditional and non-traditional)
  • Great Powers and the Global Order