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January 14, 2004 -- The College of Social and Behavioral
Science at the University of Utah is pleased to announce the establishment
of the “Sam Rich Scholars in Global Affairs” program
and the selection of the first Sam Rich Scholar. The scholars
program will be used to expand and strengthen teaching and research
on global issues at the University of Utah. The Sam Rich Scholars
program will bring outstanding academicians to the University
of Utah campus and recognize University distinguished scholars
for their achievements. It will also provide additional resources
to support these scholarly activities.
University of Utah Political Science Professor Ibrahim Karawan
has been designated as the initial Sam Rich Scholar in Global
Affairs. Karawan has written and lectured extensively on the Middle
East, particularly about Islamist movements and key state strategies
in dealing with them. From 1995 to 1997, he was the senior fellow
for Middle East Studies and directing staff member at the International
Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He is a member of the
Advisory Board of the Centre for International Studies at Oxford
University and a member of the Brookings Institution’s Task
Force on “U. S. Policies towards the Muslim World.”
Karawan is a frequent contributing analyst to the BBC World Service,
CNN, Al-Jazeera satellite television, The Voice of America, and
Radio France International. He is a former senior research associate
at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in
Cairo, Egypt. His research has focused on Islamist movements,
the political role of Arab military institutions, inter-Arab relations,
nuclear issues in the Middle East, Persian Gulf regional security,
and major alterations of Egypt's foreign and defense policies.
Karawan is the author of the Islamist Impasse (Oxford
University Press, 1997). His articles appeared in prominent periodicals
such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies,
Middle East Journal, Annals of the American Academy of Political
and Social Science, Contention and Journal of Arab Affairs.
Over the last two years, he has presented papers at meetings of
the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,
the Geneva (Switzerland) Center for Security Policy, the Brookings
Institution, the World Federation of Scientists, the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, the Council on Foreign Relations,
Princeton University, the University of Maryland at College Park,
The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars and the conference
of the National Endowment for Democracy. A sampling of Karawan’s
most recent scholarly articles and book chapters include: “Security
Sector Reform in the Middle East” (2003), “Violence
as a Strategic Choice: The Case of Militant Islamist Groups”
(2003), “What Went Wrong, if Anything? Social and Economic
Development in the Islamic World” (2002), Islamist Militancy
Reassessed” (2002), “Time for an Audit” (2002),
“Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of Egypt” (2002)
and “The Erosion of Consensus: Perceptions of GCC States
of a Changing Region” (2002). He has organized three significant
lecture series at the University of Utah since September 2001:
“Confronting International Terrorism and Breaking the Middle
East Stalemate” (2001-02); “The Iraq Crisis/War”
(2003); and “Learning From Past Failures: Pathways to Peace
in the Middle East” (2004).
Professor Emeritus Sam Rich joined the University of Utah Political
Science Department faculty in 1949 where he served until retiring
in 1980. By the mid 1950s he had become internationally recognized
for his research and teaching in foreign policy and international
security. Rich published in a number of leading American and European
journals and was frequently invited to lecture at home and overseas.
During World War II, he served as the American vice consul in
Spain. He served on advisory boards for the United States Information
Agency and the Department of Defense. Locally, Rich served as
president of the Salt Lake City Committee on Foreign Relations,
president of the Inter-American Council of Utah and president
of the Utah Association for the United Nations. For decades, Rich
was the driving spirit behind and led the faculty in the University
of Utah’s International Relations programs. He currently
serves on the University of Utah’s College of Social &
Behavioral Science Advisory Board and the Health Sciences Council.
He is the leading sponsor of the Hinckley Institute of Politics’
Foreign Internship Program. Rich received his B.A. degree from
the University of Utah in 1941 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from Stanford University.
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