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Jana teaches International Relations, Political Science, and International Political Economy courses , at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She taught at Sciences Po Paris, the University of Saint-Joseph  (Beirut), Sapienza University of Rome, Ca’Fosari University, the New York University of Abu Dhabi, and the Universite Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK) – Lebanon.
Jana teaches International Relations, Political Science, and International Political Economy courses , at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She taught at Sciences Po Paris, the University of Saint-Joseph  (Beirut), Sapienza University of Rome, Ca’Fosari University, the New York University of Abu Dhabi, and the Universite Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK) – Lebanon.

Courses taught

States, Societies, and the Arab Regional System
This course examines the interaction between economics and politics in the MENA region. It analyzes crony capitalism, rentierism, the relation between authoritarianism and socioeconomic development, and the effects of globalization on Arab states.
De-democratization: Rentierism, clientelism and corruption in the MENA region

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·     This  course examines the interaction between economics and politics in the MENA region. It analyzes crony capitalism, rentierism, the relation between authoritarianism and socioeconomic development, and the effects of globalization on Arab states.  

Politics and Society of a Regional Power : the case of Turkey in the 20th and 21st centuries
This course explores the underlying social, political and economic dynamics at work in contemporary Turkey, and offers to relocate current events in the country within a broader historical and geopolitical perspective.   
Coping with Multipolarity: the challenges of U.S. Foreign Policy

This course explores the political, economic and military challenges facing U.S. foreign policy-making. The course considers the characteristics of American foreign policy after the Cold War, the complexity of the decision-making processs, the rise of China and the shift toward a multipolar world, the challenges posed by the Arab revolutions and the enduring Arab-Israeli conflict, and the deteriorating transatlantic relations.  

World Politics: Dynamics, Actors, Systems

This course examines the consequences of globalization on the world order. It explores the growing interdependence between the different actors of the international system, namely states, markets, and civil society (NGOs), and analyzes the challenges posed by globalization. It looks at means to reform the global order and ensure a better global governance. 

International Political Economy

This course serves as an introduction to the discipline of IPE. It examines the various schools and theoretical approaches for analyzing the relationship between economics and politics, and enlists these different approaches to address a variety of topics and issues related to IPE - from the internationalization of production to the challenges of financial liberalization, international development, the effects of globalization and the transformation of the state. 

Elements of Globalization

This course is intended as an introduction to the causes, nature, dynamics, and effects of the process of globalization. The course begins with an analysis of the definitions of “globalization”, before proceeding to an in-depth examination of various topics and issues related to this phenomenon. Such topics include global production and the post-war trading regime, cultural globalization and the rise of fundamentalism and religious backlash, the role of non-state actors and transnational movements, migrations, the rise of inequalities and the theories of development. The course concludes with a discussion of the limits and future of globalization, and alternatives to it. 

The Middle East and the Politics of Regional Powers

This course looks at the MENA region as a playing field for regional power competition. It analyzes the political sociology and foreign policy of selected regional powers, namely Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iran. By applying to these countries the concept of “middle rising powers”, the course looks at the strategies and instruments they use in their quest for leadership of the MENA region. The course examines the implications of the Arab revolutions on the policies of the above-mentioned regional powers. It concludes with an assessment of the new power configurations emerging in the region and a look at current important issues that would shape its future, including the competition over the recently discovered energy resources in the EastMed, and the rise of powerful non-state actors (the Kurds, ISIS).