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Imad Salamey
Imad Salamey is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut - Lebanon.

He is the current Director of Middle East Partnership Initiative’s (MEPI) sponsored Young Women Leaders Program at LAU and the President of the Center for Arab Research and Development (CARD).

Dr. Salamey received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Wayne State University in 2003. His research interests focus on topics of ethnic relations, democracy and governance. He has various publications related to the advancement of ethno-sectarian relations, democracy and electoral reforms in Lebanon and the Middle East.

Dr. Salamey taught in both Lebanon and the U.S. courses in democracy and development, Middle Eastern politics, globalization and political change, and women in politics. Dr. Salamey has been active in establishing a wide network of civil society organizations committed to democratic change throughout Lebanon and the Middle East. He consulted on various USAID and European Union Democracy and Governance projects in Lebanon and the Middle East in areas such as rule of law, human rights and parliaments. He has organized several conferences and workshops intended to strengthen civil society in the Arab region.

Selected publications
Baroudi, Sami and Salamey, Imad "US-French collaboration on Lebanon: How Syria's role in Lebanon and the Middle East contributed to a US-French Convergence" The Middle East Journal, 65(3) 398 – 425 (Aug. 2011).

Salamey, Imad and Othman, Zanoubia "Shi'a Revival and Welayat El-Faqih in the Making of Iranian Foreign Policy", Politics, Religion & Ideology, 12(2) 197 – 212 (Jul. 2011).

Salamey, Imad and Copeland, Gary "How Exceptional Are Islamists? Comparing Supports for Hezbollah and the Lebanese Forces", Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 13(2) 157 – 175 (June 2011).

Salamey, Imad "Failing Consociationalism in Lebanon & Integrative Options", International Journal of Peace Studies 14(2) 83 – 105 (2009).

Royce Hutson, Athena Kolbe, Ted Haines, Bernadette Stringer, Harry Shannon, and Imad Salamey Testing Received Wisdom: Perceptions of Security in Southern Lebanon. In "Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War", Small Arms Survey (eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2009).

Salamey, Imad and Payne, Rhys "Parliamentary Consociationalism in Lebanon: Equal Citizenry vs. Quotated Confessionalism", Journal of Legislative Studies 14(4): 451–473 (Dec. 2008).

Salamey, Imad and Tabar, Paul "Consociational Democracy and Urban Sustainability: Bridging the Confessional Divides in Beirut", Journal of Ethnopolitics 7(2): 239–263 (Sep. 2008).

Salamey, Imad and Pearson, Frederic, "Hezbollah: A Proletarian Party with an Islamic Manifesto – A Sociopolitical Analysis of Islamist Populism in Lebanon and the Middle East", Journal of Small Wars & Insurgencies 18(3): 416–438 (2007).

Salamey, Imad and Pearson, Fredric "The Crisis of Federalism and Electoral Strategies in Iraq", International Studies Perspectives 6(2): 155–305 (2005).