Professor Andrew C. Hess  will give a lecture about Oil Politics and Implications of Globalization for Regional Process. Professor Andre C. Hess is the Director of the Program for Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization, Contemporary Turkish Studies Program, and the Kuwaiti, Qatari, and Armenian Foreign Service Training Programs, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Andrew C. Hess  - Professor of Diplomacy
Education:
BS, University of Michigan;
MBA, Kent State University;
MA, University of Pittsburgh;
AM and PhD in history and Middle Eastern studies, Harvard University.

Recent Publications:
The Forgotten Frontier: A History of Sixteenth Century Ibero-African Relations (1978). Articles include: "Peace and Political Reform in the Gulf: The Private Sector," Journal of International Affairs (summer 1995); "Review Essay: Riding  Out the Storm?" The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs (summer/fall  1994); "Cultural and Political Limits on Forward Presence in Southwest Asia,"  Naval Forward Presence and the National Military Strategy (1993); "The Arabs and Technology," The World and I (February 1990).

Professional Activities:
Director, The Program for Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization, the Contemporary Turkish Studies Program, and the Kuwaiti, Qatari, and Armenian Foreign Service Training Programs, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; taught at The American University in Cairo and Temple University; held executive positions, Arabian American Oil Company (Saudi Arabia).

Research Interests:
The impact of modern technology on Middle Eastern societies; the role of international business in the development of Southwest Asia and Central Asia.