SCHOOL of INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
American University · Washington, D.C.
PHD STUDENT Ramzi N. Nemo
Ramzi N. Nemo
Ramzi N. Nemo
E-mail: ramzi.nemo [at] american.edu
Research and Background
Before starting doctoral training at SIS, Ramzi Nemo spent a year as a graduate fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He holds the Master of Public Policy from The College of William & Mary, and the Bachelor of Arts, concentrated in Government, from Dartmouth College. At SIS, Ramzi has taught the introductory course on "World Politics" to undergraduates, and lectured on IR topics for several Washington-area summer programs for high-school students. His other DC experience includes preparing political risk analyses for ITOCHU Corporation, and reporting on the security, defense, and aerospace industries for Phillips Business Information. In addition, Ramzi has done research and supported programs at the Center for Global Development, the US Institute of Peace, and Business Executives for National Security. He has also completed an internship at the Office of UN Political Affairs at the Department of State.
To qualify for PhD candidacy, Ramzi selected examination fields of specialty in International Political Economy and International Law and Organization.
His research agenda focuses on analyzing international political, security, and economic organizations from the vantage of sociological institutionalism, influenced by the scholarship of John Ruggie, Nicholas Onuf, Philip Allott, and the Copenhagen School, among others.
His dissertation examines diplomatic exchanges preceding the 1999 interventions in Kosovo and East Timor, considering how multilateral organizations might redefine and rearticulate the fundamental IR concepts of sovereignty and security. In the future, Ramzi expects to contribute to both scholarly and policy-driven discussions about the implications of a human-security perspective for the development of global-governance bodies from the UN, to NATO, to the institutions of international trade and finance.
Status: ABD