Ahmed Mohamed Abdrabou
- Teaching Associate Professor
- INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES
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Institutional Affiliation
Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs-University of Denver
Associate Director, Center for Middle East Studies
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Hokkaido University, Japan. 2011.
Dissertation: Policy Networks and Policy-Making Process: A Comparative Study of Education and ODA Reforms in Japan 1984–2008.
M.A., Political Science, Meiji University, Japan, 2003.
Thesis: Policy Networks and Policy Making Process: A Case of Education Reforms in Japan during 1980s.
B.A., Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt, 2001
Regional and Thematic Interests
Middle East, East Asia, Democratization, Civil-Military Relations
Profile
Dr. Ahmed Abdrabou, a Teaching Associate Professor of International and Area Studies at Korbel, is deeply engaged in research that is highly relevant to our current global context. He obtained his degrees in Political Science from academic institutions in Egypt and Japan. His research and teaching focus on democratization, security, and development in the Middle East and East Asia. He is also the Arabic translator of Fareed Zakaria's best-selling book, "Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present."
In addition to many articles and papers published in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Abdrabou has published three books in English and Arabic on the topics of Civil-Military and Civil-Security Relations in the Middle East and the History of Modern Egypt. He also has a weekly column in the Egyptian Daily "Al-Shourouk."
A former tenured faculty member at Cairo University and a part-time faculty member at the American University in Cairo, Dr. Abdrabou Joined Korbel School in January 2015, and since then, he has served in different positions; as of 2024, He has been the Director of the U.S-Japan Diplomacy Program and the Associate Director of the Center for Middle East Studies. He also represents Korbel at the DU Faculty Senate and the Internationalization Council, in addition to his membership in the Korbel Faculty Council.
Selected Books
Abd Rabou, A. (2023). The History of Modern Egypt: From Ali Pasha to Cairo Fire. Al-Shououk Publications. In Arabic.
Abd Rabou, A. (2020). Good Governance and Civil-Security Relations: A comparative study of Egypt and Turkey. Oxford: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. In English.
Selected Papers and Book Chapters
Hassan, M., Abd Rabou, A., & Abdelgawad, H. (2021). ""Walking a Thin Line of Representation: Analyzing the Behaviour of Egyptian MPs. Middle East Law and Governance. (13) 3. 335-362.
Abd Rabou, A. (2021). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336369691_Arab_Spring_and_the_Issue_of_Democracy_Where_Does_Middle_Eastern_Studies_Stand. In E. Mohamed & D. Fahmy (Eds), Arab Spring: Modernity, identity, and change. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Abd Rabou, A. (2017). ""EU Policies towards Egypt: The Civil-Security Paradox."" In H.K. Anheier and R. Falkner (Eds.), EU and the world: Global insecurity and power shifts. Global Policy Dahrendorf Special Issue, 8(4), 94-99.
Abd Rabou, A. (2016), 'Democracy as Student Mobilization: How Student Unions Struggle for Change in Egypt.' In E. Mohamed & H.R. Gerber (Eds), Education and the Arab Spring: Resistance, Reform, and Democracy. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.