INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS William Beeman is the chair of the Department of Anthropology. He regularly consults for the State and Defense Departments and is a nationally recognized media contributor.
Expertise:
Middle East
U.S. relations with Iran, Iraq, Pakistan
Role of culture in foreign relations
Linguistics
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Michael Barnett is the Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of “Confronting the Costs of War: Military Power, State and Society in Egypt and Israel” and "Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda."
Expertise:
U.S. foreign policy
Middle East relations
United Nations & international organizations
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Abdi Samatar is a professor of global studies and geography. He was a a finalist for the Herskovits Award for scholarship on Africa.
Expertise:
Islam
The islamic world
Africa
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS David Samuels is a professor of political science and the author of Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil.
Expertise:
Latin America
Castro
Cuba
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Sri Zaheer is a professorin the Carlson School of Management and specializes in international business.
Expertise:
Foreign mergers
International business
India
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Mahmood Zaidi is a professor of Human Resources and Industrial Relations and Law and the Director of International Program Development at the Carlson School of Management.
Expertise:
China
Trade & jobs
Globalization
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Oren Gross is the Irving Younger Professor of Law and the Director of the Minnesota Center for Legal Studies at the Law School.
Expertise:
Middle East
Iran nuclear program
Palestine/Israel conflict
National security law
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Thomas Wolfe is a professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts.
