Joseph Sassoon
Former Fellow
Term
September 2, 2014 — June 19, 2015
Professional affiliation
Professor, Georgetown University
Wilson Center Projects
"Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics"
Full Biography
Joseph Sassoon teaches at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, part of the School for Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His expertise includes, history, politics and political economy of the Arab world. He has published three books, the last one won the British-Kuwait Prize for the best book on the Middle East in 2013, and was titled: Saddam Hussein's Ba`th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime, published by Cambridge University Press.
Major Publications
Economic Policy in Iraq 1932-1950
The Iraqi Refugees: The New Crisis in the Arab World
Saddam Hussein's Ba`th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime