Professor

Ph. D., Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003
M.A., Philosophy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2000B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, State University of New York-Geneseo, 1997

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Contact Information:

Office:    Farrell Hall, 437
Phone:    509-963-2369
E-mail:    flanagan@cwu.edu

Courses Typically Taught at CWU:

• Introduction to International Relations
• Middle East Politics
• Religion and Politics
• Political Theory

Research Interests:

• International Human Rights 
• Middle East Politics

Selected Publications:

Books:

• Promoting Religious Freedom in an Age of Intolerance, Cheltenham: (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022)
• The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor, (New York: Routledge, 2nd edition, 2016, 2007). Coauthored.
• Evolving Iran: The Theocracy Grapples with the 21^st Century, (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013)

Journal Articles:

• "Promoting the Right of Freedom of Religion: Diverse Pathways to Religious Tolerance and Freedom of Religion and the Implications for American Foreign policy." Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 41, Number 1, (2019):17-38.
• "Statism, Tolerance and Religious Freedom in Egypt" Muslim Journal of Human Rights Vol. 13 No.1 (2016)
• "Promoting the Fundamental Human Right of Religious Liberty in American Foreign Policy," Journal of Law and Social Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 1(2014), 45-51.
• "Democratic Dreams Neglected in the Land of the Pharaohs: US Democracy Assistance in Egypt," Human Rights Review, Vol. 15, Issue 4 (2014) 433-454.
• "Humanitarian Affairs: David Forsythe's Contribution to the Study of the ICRC and Humanitarian Politics," The Journal of Human Rights, Volume 11, (September 2012)  344--349.
• “Islamic Realpolitik: Two-Level Iranian Foreign Policy,” International Journal of World Peace, Vol. 26, No. 4 (December 2009), 7-35.
• “Is Neutral Humanitarianism Dead? Red Cross Neutrality: Walking the Tightrope of Neutral Humanitarianism.” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 4, (November 2009), 888-915
• “Improving Democracy in Religious Nation-States: Norms of Moderation and Cooperation in Ireland and Iran,” Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 4, No. 2, (2007), 1-36.
• “US Democracy Promotion: A Comparison of the Clinton and Bush Administrations,” Global Society, Vol. 19, No. 4, (October 2005), 385-408. Coauthored.
• “Religion and Nationalism: Understanding the Consequences of a Complex  Relationship,” Ethnicities, Vol. 3, Number 2 (June 2003), 215-242.
• “US Foreign Policy and Enlarging the Democratic Community” Human Rights  Quarterly, Volume 22, Number 4, (November 2000), 988-1010. Coauthored.

Book Chapters:

• "Obama's Legacy: The View from Persia," in Matthias Maass (eds) The World Views of the Obama Era: From Hope to Disillusionment, (New York: Palgrave, 2018)
• "Rhetoric versus Reality: American Foreign Policy and Religious Freedom in the Middle East" in Anthony Tirado Chase (eds) Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa. (New York: Routledge Publishers, 2017)
• “The Janus Nature of Human Rights in Iran: Understanding the Progress and Setbacks on Human Rights Protections since the Revolution,” in Mahmood Monshipouri (eds) Human Rights in the Middle East (New York: Palgrave, 2011)
• “Encouraging Democracy or Terrorism: The Relationship between American Democracy Promotion and Terrorism,” in Steve Hook (eds) Understanding the Democratic Peace Theory (OH: Kent State University Press, 2010)
• “Religion, Ethics and Reality: A Study of Secretary General Perez de Cuellar” in Kent Kille (eds) The UN Secretary General as a Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in International Leadership, (Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2007) Coauthored.
• “US Foreign Policy and Democratic Transitions,” in Albrecht Schnabel and Shale Horowitz (eds) Human Rights in Societies of Transition, (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2004), 164-188. Coauthored.
• Book Reviews:
• “Empire of Difference,” Comparative Political Studies Journal, Vol. 42, No. 5, (May 2009), 698-701.
• “Religion, Politics, and Human Rights: Understanding the Role of Christianity in the Promotion of Human Rights,” Human Rights and Human Welfare, (March 2006).

Conference Papers and Presentations

• "Religious Liberty and American Foreign Policy," Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA. April 2013. 
• “Encouraging the Pharaoh to Promote Human Rights: American Democracy Promotion in Egypt under the Obama Administration,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. September 2010.
• “The Janus Nature of Human Rights in Iran: Understanding the Progress and Setbacks on Human Rights Protections since the Revolution,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 2009.
• “Islamic Realpolitik: Understanding Iranian Foreign Policy as a Two Level Game,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2009.
• “Is Neutral Humanitarianism Dead? Red Cross Neutrality: Walking the Tightrope of Neutral Humanitarianism,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 2008.
• “Encouraging Democracy or Terrorism: The Relationship between US Democracy Promotion and Terrorism,” Presented at the Kent State University Conference on the Democratic Peace Theory, Kent, OH, May 2-3, 2007.
• “Improving Democracy in Religious Nation-States: Norms of Moderation and Cooperation in Ireland and Iran,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February 27- March 3, 2007
• “U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar: The Office and the Man,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1-5, 2005
• “US Democracy Promotion: Comparing Bush and Clinton,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 17-21, 2004.
• “Religious Nationalism and the Prospects for Democracy.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Midwest, August 28-31, 2003.
• “Nationalism and Religion: A Complex Relationship.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St Louis, Missouri, November 1-3, 2001.