Steven Ekovich
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Department: History and Politics
Professor聽Ekovich is currently a professor in the International and Comparative Politics Department.听He specializes and publishes on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Previously, he was associate professor at the 脡cole Polytechnique (1984-2000). Ekovich also lectured and consulted abroad during this time, visiting almost 30 countries in Europe, Africa and Central Asia. In 1999-2000 Ekovich was the first American to participate in the 52nd National Session of the Institut des Hautes 脡tudes de D茅fense Nationale (the French War College). He was also a consultant for both the Secr茅tariat G茅n茅ral de la D茅fense Nationale (the approximate equivalent of the U.S. National Security Council) and the French Ministry of Defense between 1992 and 1997.
While Ekovich has wide consulting experience, he has also had an extensive career in academics. He has been an associate professor at the Institut d'脡tudes Politiques de Paris, lecturer at the Institut Sup茅rieur d鈥橝rmement et D茅fense at the University of Paris II, tutor at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995-2001), guest lecturer at the University of Paris I-Sorbonne (2000), lecturer at the Institut d鈥櫭塼udes Economiques et Sociales de l鈥橧nstitut Catholique (1997-1999), the 脡cole Normale Sup茅rieure de Cachan (1996-1998), the 脡cole Militaire Saint-Cyr, and 聽Hautes 脡tudes Commerciales (HEC) in 1985-1992.听 In 1990 he was a Senior Fulbright Professor at the Tunisian Foreign Ministry.听
Education/Degrees
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BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Irvine.
Publications
- 鈥淲ashington 鈥� Parigi: Alleate Riluttanti鈥� in the prestigious geopolitics journal of Italy Limes: Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica (No. 3, 2012).
- 芦听尝别听New START Treaty聽: un trait茅 n茅cessaire ou d茅pass茅 ?聽禄 in Revue D茅fense Nationale (juin 2012, no. 751).
- 鈥淟e Printemps Arabe, la Tunisie et les Etats-Unis鈥� in Proceedings of a conference in Tunis on La r茅volution tunisienne聽: d茅but d鈥檜ne nouvelle 猫re dans les pays arabes sponsored by the Fondation Temimi and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung en Tunisie (2012).
- 鈥淟es Etats-Unis et le Grand Maghreb鈥� in Proceedings of a conference in Zaghouan, Tunisia on Le Co没迟 du Non-Maghreb, sponsored by the Fondation Temimi and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung en Tunisie (2012).
- 鈥淟a D茅claration d鈥橧nd茅pendence Am茅ricaine de 1776,鈥� in Rahim Kherad, ed. Les declarations unilat茅rales d鈥檌nd茅pendences, (Editions A. Pedone, Paris, 2012).
- 鈥淭he Cold War and the Media: Lessons of America in Vietnam,鈥� published in The Ashgate Research Companion to War: Origins and Prevention, Hall Gardner and Oleg Kobzeff, eds. (Ashgate, 2012).
- 聽鈥淯.S. 鈥� Israel relations,鈥� text of a presentation made at the French Senate on the topic of Israeli diplomacy: 鈥淚srael 脿 l鈥檋eure des revolutions arabes.鈥� (May 2012).
- 聽鈥淯S Foreign Policy under President Obama and the Challenge of Pakistan鈥� in The Journal of Independent Studies and Research (Volume 9, Number 1, January, 2011).
- 聽鈥淟鈥檈sprit r茅volutionnaire et ses fondements philosophiques: l鈥檈xemple am茅ricain de 1776鈥� in L鈥橢NA Hors les Murs (Septembre 2011, No. 414)
- Published 芦聽New START Treaty聽: Trait茅 n茅cessaire ou ringard聽?聽禄 in Russie, o霉 vas-tu聽? 聽(Actes du Colloque 脿 l鈥橝ssembl茅e Nationale, 5 f茅vrier 2011).
- February 10, a published version of the presentation made at the annual IFRI conference on the Untied States was made available at聽
- 鈥淩eporting the War in Vietnam: Challenging the Myth,鈥� in Security and the Military between Reality and Perception, Marjan Malesic and Gerhard K眉mmel, eds. (Nomos, 2011)
- 鈥淟a Longue Dur茅e et La Politique 脡trang猫re des 脡tats-Unis鈥� in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (4e Trimestre 2010, No. 29).听
- 鈥淟e Pakistan de Barack Obama鈥� in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (3e Trimestre, No. 28, 2010).听
- 鈥淒茅mocratie, globalisation et production post-moderne, 鈥� in D茅mocratisation et d茅veloppement durable au Maghreb et en Europe, sous la direction du Abdeljelil Temimi (Fondation Temimi pour la Recherche Scientifique et l鈥橧nformation & la D茅l茅gation Wallonie-Bruxelles: Tunis, Juin 2010).
- 鈥淟a Destruction Atomique d鈥橦iroshima et de Nagasaki: Incertitudes Historiques et Dilemmes 脡thiques鈥� in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (1er Trimestre 2010, No. 26).
- 鈥淭he Contradictions and Dilemmas of Self Amnesty鈥� in the Acts of the 11th Yearly Session of the International Summit on Transnational Crime organized by the Crans Montana Forum at the National Assembly of France, November 12 & 13, 2009.听
- 鈥淪tosunki Kataru ze Stanami Zjednoczonymui鈥� a Polish translation of a chapter on U.S. foreign policy and Qatar in a collective work Pa艅stwo Katar (Ibidem Lodz, 2009), edited by Robert A. Czulda.
- 鈥淭he Culture of Democratic Public Administration and Military Culture鈥� in Western Balkans Security Observer (Year 4, No. 14 July-September 2009). Also published in Serbo-Croatian as 鈥淜ultura demokratske javne uprave i vojna cultura.鈥澛�
- 鈥淓uropean Integration and the United States: Shared Prosperity and Shared Crises鈥� in Political, Economic and Social Challenges of the Balkan Countries in the Process of European Integration (Epoka University Publication, 2009).听
- 鈥淎merican Views of European Integration: A History鈥� in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Economic Integrations, Competition and Cooperation held in Opatija, Croatia, May 2009
- 鈥淟a Puissance Am茅ricaine: D茅clin ou Ajustement?鈥� in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (mai 2009, N掳 23)聽
- 鈥淟es Questions Soulev茅es par la Plan Obama鈥� in Constructif (Mars 2009, N掳 22). Also available in English.
- 鈥淓njeux et Perspectives Politiques de l鈥橭SCE鈥� in L鈥橭SCE Trente Ans Apr猫s l鈥橝cte de Helsinki, sous la direction de Emmanuel Decaux et Serge Sur (Editions A. Pedone, 2008).
- 鈥淒茅fense et s茅curit茅 des d茅mocraties occidentales: une vision am茅ricaine鈥澛爄n Europe de la d茅fense et opinion publique (CIDAN, 2008)
- 鈥淧rol茅gom猫nes 脿 toutes consid茅rations sur la s茅curit茅 en Mediterran茅e鈥� in EurOrient: La Mediterran茅e 脿 l鈥櫭﹑reuve de la mondialisations (N掳 27, 2008)
- 芦聽Options et Contraintes des 脡tats-Unis face 脿 l鈥橧ran聽禄 in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (janvier 2008 鈥� N掳 18聽
- 芦聽Les ONG et la Politique 脡trang猫re des 脡tats-Unis聽禄 in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (avril 2007 - N掳 16聽
- Avec Djamshid Assadi et Hall Gardner, 芦Table ronde: Vers une nouvelle politique am茅ricaine au Moyen Orient? 禄 in EurOrient聽: Le Levant Face 脿 son Destin (N掳 24, 2007)
- 芦聽Les 脡tats-Unis, l鈥橢urope et les crises au Moyen-Orient聽禄 聽聽骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉 (f茅vrier 2007 - N掳 15).听
- 芦聽Les 脡tats-Unis et la r茅forme de l鈥橭NU: Id茅alisme et R茅alisme聽禄 in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉聽 (novembre 2006 - N掳 14).听
- 芦聽La Vision Am茅ricaine聽禄聽 in O霉 va l鈥橧ran (ISN Publishing House: Fondation pour La Recherche Strat茅gique, 2006).
- 芦聽La g茅osociologie de la diaspora arm茅nienne聽禄 in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉聽 (avril 2006 - N掳 12聽
- 芦聽Nucl茅aire iranien: le dernier recours?聽禄 in Journal d鈥橧ran, No. 8 (July-August 2006).
- 鈥溍塼ats-Unis 鈥� Iran: La longue qu锚te de valeurs et d鈥檌nt茅r锚ts communs聽禄 in 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉聽 (D茅cembre 2005 - N掳 10 Edition sp茅cial)聽
- 芦聽Les impacts des relations diplomatiques franco-am茅ricaines sur le d茅veloppement de la d茅mocratie en Moyen-Orient聽: le cas du Liban聽禄 in Terre d鈥檌slam en devenir聽: Moncratie ou d茅mocratie聽? (Eurorient 2005, No. 19)
- 芦聽Une vision de la relation entre la France et les 脡tats-Unis聽禄 in La Lettre Diplomatique (2005 No. 69)
- 芦聽La formation de la nation am茅ricaine, son identit茅聽禄 in聽 Actes du Colloque 芦聽France et Etats-Unis: Un avenir commun聽!聽禄 (ICES, 2005).听
- 芦聽Liberalisme et militarisme aux 脡tats-Unis des origines 脿 l鈥櫭e post-industriel聽禄 in Politique Am茅ricaine (no. 2, Et茅-Automne 2005)
- 芦聽Campagnes 脿 l'Am茅ricaine聽禄 in Texte et Documents Pour la Classe (No. 889, February 2005).听
- Qui est John Kerry聽? (Editions Pepper, 2004)
- 鈥淚ran and New Threats in the Persian Gulf and Middle East鈥� in Orbis (the Foreign Policy Research Institute's quarterly journal of world affairs) Winter 2004, Volume 48, Number 1.
- Avec A.S. Fatemi et J. Assadi 鈥淕CC, an emerging power in the Persian Gulf?鈥� in Les p茅tro-dynasties du Golfe: Vrais ou faux dragons? (Eurorient 2004, No. 17).
- 鈥淟a ville de New York: d鈥檜ne gestion corporatiste ferm茅e 脿 la d茅mocratie elective et au service public,鈥� in Regards Crois茅s sur New York (Editions du Temps, 2004)
- 鈥淚ran and the New Threats in the Persian Gulf and Middle East since 9/11鈥� in NATO and the European Union, ed. Hall Gardner (Ashgate 2004)
- "L'脡tat et le march茅 doivent travailler ensemble", in 听顿茅蹿别苍蝉别 (septembre-octobre 2004, No. 112)
- "Welfare and Personal Responsibility: The View from America," in Strategic Prospective (No. 19-20, September-December 2004), a publication of the Centre d'Etude et de Prospective Strat茅gique.
- 芦聽George W. Bush: Vers une nouvelle politique 茅trang猫re聽禄, 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉聽 (janvier 2001 - N掳 1,聽
- 鈥淕eorge W. Bush聽: A New Foreign Policy for a New President?鈥�, Geostrategics (February 2001 鈥� N掳 1)
- 芦聽L'脡tats-Unis et L'Allemagne: Une Longue Relation Profonde et Parfois Turbulente聽禄, 骋茅辞蝉迟谤补迟茅驳颈辩耻别蝉聽 ( f茅vrier 2001 - N掳 2),聽
- 鈥淩elations Between the United States and Germany: Deep and Troubled Waters鈥�, Geostrategics (March 2001 鈥� N掳 2)
- 芦聽Les 脡tats-Unis: de la d茅fense du lib茅ralisme au n茅cessaire lib茅ralisme de la d茅fense聽禄, Geostrategiques聽 (avril 2001 - N掳 4 ),聽
- Plus newspaper and news magazine articles.听 Also frequently cited by French and American journalists.听 Frequent political commentator on French radio and television. Frequent videoconferences with African political, government and opinion leaders. Papers delivered at numerous professional conferences.听
Conferences & Lectures
Professional presentations and conferences
- May 15, Made a presentation in Kiev on 鈥淎merican Views of European Integration: An Overview鈥� for the Institute of Global Transformations, held at the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Attending was the diplomatic corps stationed in Kiev as well as Ukrainian diplomats and researchers.
- June 28 鈥� 30 Participated in a conference (鈥淎ddressing a Changing World!鈥�) in Baku, Azerbaijan organized by CransMontana Forum under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- July 11: Gave a presentation on 鈥淭he Role of the Military in the Tunisian Revolution鈥� at a conference under the auspices of the International Sociological Association (Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution). The presentation was part of a panel entitled 鈥淔ragile and Conflict-affected Countries: New Approaches in Countering Vicious Cycles of Conflict.鈥� Held in Maribor, Slovenia.
- September 12 gave a talk on 鈥淣ational Politics, Economic Policy and Successful Entrepreneurship鈥� at a conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The conference was under the high patronage of the President of Uzbekistan.
- September 27 鈥� 29 Participated in a conference in Zaghouan, Tunisia, on 鈥淟e co没迟 du non-Magreb.鈥� Gave a paper on the United States and the Grand Maghreb (published in the Proceedings).听
- October 22 participated in a closed conference on Mali and the Sahel organized by the French Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Embassy in Paris. In attendance were U.S., French and African ambassadors and diplomats from the region as well as African defense attach茅s and U.S. generals from Africa Command in Stuttgart.
- November 30 presented a paper on the role of the military in the Tunisian revolution at a conference in Copenhagen. A conference on 鈥淭he Development of the State: Civil-Military Institutions鈥� hosted by the Centre for Military Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.
- February 12-16 participated in the Forum de Bamako on 鈥淐risis of the State, Conflicts and National Reconciliation.鈥� The only American invited to participate. Other participants included the current Malian Prime Minister, previous prime ministers and foreign ministers, as well as those from other ministries, and ministers from neighboring countries. Local elected officials were also there, for example the deputy mayors of Timbuktu, Gao and Bourem. Also present were high-ranking military officers, political party leaders, current and former diplomats (including the French and American ambassadors), as well as leaders of civil society. The first two days of the forum were dedicated to the role of women, attended mostly by Malian women, but also by their West African colleagues in government and civil society positions of leadership. Anthropologists and researchers in political and social sciences were also invited.
- April 5-7 made a presentation 鈥淭he Role of the Media in the Tunisian Revolution鈥� at a conference on 鈥淟iberty and Human Rights鈥� at Cairo University
- April 12 Presented my work on the Role of the Military in the Tunisian Revolution at a conference in Tunis on 鈥淟a transition d茅mocratique au Maghreb: 脡tat et perspectives鈥澛� Collected additional research on the topic.
Public presentations and lectures
- August 28 鈥� September 1 鈥� Gave a series of lectures in Niamey, Niger on the U.S. presidential election. Met with political party leaders and civil society leaders in order to compare and contrast Nigerien elections with American elections. Appeared on Nigerien radio and television. Met with university colleagues, researchers and students.
- September 2 鈥� 6 Gave a series of lectures in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on the U.S. presidential election. Met with political party leaders and civil society leaders in order to compare and contrast Burkinab茅 elections with American elections. Met with diplomats. Appeared on radio and television. Met with university colleagues, researchers and students.
- September 20 gave a videoconference from the U.S. Embassy in Paris on the U.S. elections with journalists, students, political leaders, civil society leaders in Bamako, Mali.
- October 4 gave a talk to the Rotary Club of Fontainebleau on the U.S. elections.
Affiliations
Faculty sponsor of Student Veterans Association
Research Areas
Engaged in research on the revolution in Tunisia
