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Background
Bessma Momani is both a Senior Fellow at CIGI and Associate Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Momani's current research examines International Monetary Fund reform through changing internal organizational behaviour and the history of IMF Executive Board seat allocation. In addition to specializing on the International Monetary Fund and its policies, Dr. Momani examines economic liberalization in the Middle East and has written on the U.S. Middle East Free Trade Area, Euro-Mediterranean trade initiatives, economic integration of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the future of petrodollars, and liberalization in Egypt.
Select Publications
- "Arab scholar's take on Globalization" with W. Hassan in Thinking International Relations Differently. Arlene Tickner and Ole Weaver (Eds.), Routledge IR Series (2012).
- "Qatar and expanded contours of Small State Diplomacy" with A. Cooper, in International Spectator (2011).
- Shifting GeoEconomic Power in the Gulf. Co-edited with Matteo Legrenzi. London: Ashgate Press (2011).
- "Canada's IMF Executive Director: Autonomy and Agenda-Setting in Washington" Canadian Public Administration (March 2010).
- "Challenge of Re-branding Progressive Countries in the Gulf and Middle East" w/ A. F. Cooper. in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy (May, 2009).
- "Pursuing Geopolitical Stability through Interregional Trade: The EU's Motives for Negotiating with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with A. Antkiewicz. Journal of European Integration (March 2009).
- "Proposing IMF Reforms for Low Income Countries" in Finance, Development, and the IMF. J. Boughton and D. Lombardi (Eds) OUP (2009)
- "Oil Producing Gulf States, IMF, and the International Financial Crisis" World Economics (Mar, 2009)
Academic/Professional Awards
- 2007-2010 SSHRC Strategic Grant ($84,500)
- 2006-2007 SSHRC Seed Institutional Grant ($5,500)
- Sept. 2005 SSHRC Travel Grant ($1200)
- 2004-2005 SSHRC Seed Institutional Grant ($5,500)
