Dr Benjamin MacQueen - Researcher Profile

Biography

Benjamin MacQueen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry. He is also the Deputy Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre (GTReC) and Deputy Head of School (Resources) in the School of Political and Social Inquiry. His research and teaching centres on the politics of the Middle East, with a focus on conflict, its resolution, and issues surrounding post-conflict reconstruction in the region.

Keywords

Conflict/Dispute Resolution, Democratisation, Electoral Systems, Middle East, Middle East politics, US foreign and defence policy

Qualifications

Unknown

Institution: LaTrobe University

Year awarded: 2010

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 2006

Publications

Books

Akbarzadeh, S., MacQueen, B.J., Piscatori, J., Saikal, A. (eds), 2012, American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East: From Bush to Obama, Routledge, London.

MacQueen, B.J., 2009, Political Culture and Conflict Resolution in the Arab World: Lebanon and Algeria, Melbourne University Publishing, Carlton South Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

MacQueen, B.J., 2012, A tortured relationship: Islamists and US foreign policy, in Routledge Handbook of Political Islam, eds Shahram Akbarzadeh, Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 250-260.

Akbarzadeh, S., MacQueen, B.J., 2012, Democracy promotion: An unfortunate legacy, in American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East: From Bush to Obama, eds Shahram Akbarzadeh, Benjamin MacQueen, James Piscatori, Amin Saikal, Routledge, London, pp. 1-8.

MacQueen, B.J., 2012, Political reconstruction, democracy and power-sharing in Afghanistan and Iraq, in American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East: From Bush to Obama, eds Shahram Akbarzadeh, Benjamin MacQueen, James Piscatori, Amin Saikal, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 45-57.

MacQueen, B., 2010, Electoral law reform and the potential for post-confessional politics in Lebanon, in Terrorism and Social Exclusion: Misplaced Risk - Common Security, eds David Wright-Neville and Anna Halafoff, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 102-115.

MacQueen, B.J., 2008, Abdullahi Ahmed an-Na'im and the Hermenutics of Reform in Islam, in Islam and the Question of Reform: Critical Voices from Muslim Communities, eds Benjamin MacQueen, Kylie Baxter and Rebecca Barlow, Melbourne University Publishing, Australia, pp. 7-20.

Akbarzadeh, S., MacQueen, B.J., 2008, Framing the debate on Islam and human rights, in Islam and Human Rights in Practice: Perspectives across the Ummah, eds Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen, Routledge, UK, pp. 1-11.

MacQueen, B.J., Akbarzadeh, S., 2008, Islamic reformism and human rights in Iraq: gender equality and religious freedom, in Islam and Human Rights in Practice: Perspectives across the Ummah, eds Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen, Routledge, UK, pp. 52-74.

MacQueen, B.J., 2008, The reluctant partnership between the Muslim Brotherhood and human rights NGOs in Egypt, in Islam and Human Rights in Practice: Perspectives across the Ummah, eds Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen, Routledge, UK, pp. 75-88.

MacQueen, B.J., 2006, Australia and North Africa: the missing link?, in Australia and the Middle East: A Front-line Relationship, eds Fethi Mansouri, Tauris Academic Studies, London UK, pp. 153-168.

MacQueen, B.J., 2006, Islamism in Algeria and America's global campaign, in Political Islam and Human Security, eds Fethi Mansouri and Shahram Akbarzadeh, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle UK, pp. 181-200.

Journal Articles

MacQueen, B.J., 2012, The political economy of transition in Egypt, Middle Eastern Studies: Journal of Politics and International Relations [P], vol 4, issue 1, ORSAM, Ankara Turkey, pp. 9-25.

MacQueen, B., 2011, The winter of Arab discontent, Global Change, Peace & Security [P], vol 23, issue 2, Routledge, Essex, UK, pp. 257-261.

MacQueen, B., 2010, Muslim states and reform of the United Nations Security Council, Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Asia [P], vol 4, issue 3, International Publishing House for China's Culture, United States, pp. 47-64.

MacQueen, B., 2010, Muslim states and reform of the United Nations security council, , issue 3, International Publishing House for China's Culture, Washington, UK, pp. 47-64.

MacQueen, B.J., 2009, Democracy promotion and Arab autocracies, Global Change, Peace & Security [E], vol 21, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 165-178.

MacQueen, B.J., Simpson-Gray, K., 2007, Iraq and the limitations of American foreign policy in the Middle East, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol 61, issue 2, Routledge, Abingdon England, pp. 156-167.

Conference Proceedings

MacQueen, B.J., 2004, Civil war, Islamic politics, and conflict resolution in the Arab-Islamic world, Asia Examined: Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 29 June 2004 to 02 July 2004, Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-15.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

'Deradicalisation': areas for 'success', setbacks and what we can learn thus far.

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Main), Lentini, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Supervisors:

Lentini, P (Main), Macqueen, B (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Al Qaeda Down, Riyadh Up: The Delegitimization of Jihadist Militancy and the Evolution of the Saudi.

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Main), Lentini, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Breaking the shackles of 1982 - The contemporary Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Main), Khatab, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Entrenched institutions and transition - the Egyptian military as an obstacle to democracy.

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Main), Muldoon, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

From terrorist to citizen: How people move on from violent extremism..

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Joint), Walter, J (Joint-co), Barton, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The evolution of strategic culture in counterterrorism studies.

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Main), Butfoy, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The mythology of counter-insurgency.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main), Macqueen, B (Associate).