Syed Maswood

Biography

Syed Javed Maswood is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. Syed completed his undergraduate degree in Japan (Sophia University, Tokyo), and graduate studies in Australia (Australian National University, Canberra), US (Rice University, Houston) and Canada (Carleton University, Ottawa). Before joining the AUC in 2008, Dr. Maswood was Associate Professor in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He has also taught at several other universities in Singapore, Japan, US, and Canada. In 2007, he was the inaugural Australia Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, DC. At AUC, Dr. Maswood teaches courses in a number of areas, including undergraduate and graduate courses on Political Economy, Politics of Globalization, and Environmental Politics.

Research Interest

International Political Economy, Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Economic Security and Globalization