Mark N. Katz

Professor of Government and Politics

Schar School of Policy and Government

George Mason University

Recent Articles

“Putin’s Syria Diplomacy Seeks to Minimize Risks for Russia.” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, November 28, 2017

“Moscow’s Balancing Act in Syria.”  LobeLog, November 21, 2017

“Russia Sees New Saudi ‘Realism’ on Display at Moscow Summit.” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, October 10, 2017

“Is Riyadh Finally Buying Russian Air Defense Missiles?” LobeLog, October 6, 2017

“Russian-Saudi Rapprochement? Iran and Economic Strain Will Make It Tough.” Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center “Russia Matters” blog, September 28, 2017

“Naval Nuances: China, Russia, and the Baltic Sea.” LobeLog, August 7, 2017

“Iran and Russia Cooperate Amid Suspicion.” The Arab Weekly, August 6, 2017

“The Game in Syria: Advantage Putin?” The Arab Weekly, July 9, 2017

“Assessing the Putin-Rouhani Summit.”  LobeLog, March 29, 2017

“Russian Policy toward Libya:The Egyptian Factor.”  Atlantic Council MENASource, March 22, 2017

“Targeting Iran’s Regime Will Strengthen, Not Break, the Moscow-Tehran Alliance,” LobeLog, February 16, 2017

“Putin Resists Pressure to Take Sides as U.S.-Iran Tensions Grow,” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, February 9, 2017

“Russia Maneuvers between Opposing Forces in Yemen,” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, January 25, 2017

“Russia’s Middle East Policy and the Trump Administration,” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, January 13, 2017

“Can Putin and Trump Succeed at Improving Russian-American Relations?” LobeLog, December 31, 2016

“Assassination in Ankara: Broader Implications,” LobeLog, December 20,2016

“The Authoritarian Status Quo in the Middle East,” The Arab Weekly, December 11, 2016

“Understanding Syria’s Many Conflicts,” e-International Relations, August 31, 2016

"Russia's Regional Ties Grow at Saudi Expense," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, August 19, 2016

"The Iran Factor in the Russian-Turkish Rapprochement," The Arab Weekly, August 14, 2016

"Is Saudi Arabia Really Inviting Russia to Play a Bigger Role in the Middle East?" LobeLog, August 2, 2016

"Russia and the Syrian Kurds: A Complex Interaction," The Arab Weekly, June 19, 2016 

"Putin's Foreign Policy and Russia's Long-Term Interests," Baltic Rim Economies Review (Pan-European Institute, Finland), May 2016

"Russia, Iran and Israel: A Troubled Triangle," E-International Relations, May 18, 2016

"The Russian Approach to Middle East Conflicts and the Arab World," IEMed. Mediterranean Yearbook 2016, European Institute of the Mediterranean, 2016.

"Russian Geopolitical Strategy in the Mediterranean," Afkar/Ideas, Winter 2015/2016

"Assessing Putin's 'Fight Them There Not Here' Strategy," SyriaSource (Atlantic Council), September 28, 2015

"Putin Ignoring China Threat," The Moscow Times, August 16, 2015

"Why Russia Shouldn't Fear NATO," The National Interest Online, July 2, 2015

"Inside the Confused Mind of Vladimir Putin" The Moscow Times, April 1, 2015

Books

Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012).

Revolution: International Dimensions,(CQ Press, 2001).

Reflections on Revolutions, (Palgrave, 1999).

Revolutions and Revolutionary Waves, (Palgrave, 1997)

The USSR and Marxist Revolutions in the Third World, (Wilson Center/Cambridge University Press, 1991).

Gorbachev's Military Policy in the Third World, (CSIS/Praeger, 1989).

Russia and Arabia: Soviet Foreign Policy toward the Arabian Peninsula, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986).

The Third World in Soviet Military Thought, (Johns Hopkins University Press/Croom Helm, 1982--reissued by Routledge, 2011).