Mark N. Katz

Professor of Government and Politics

Schar School of Policy and Government

George Mason University

Recent Articles

"The 2020 Saudi-Russian Oil Price War," Public Jurist, August 2020

"Why Is Moscow Paying the Taliban to Kill Americans?" Responsible Statecraft, June 30, 2020

“Putin and the ‘Real Lessons’ of World War II,” Atlantic Council New Atlanticist blog, June 23, 2020

"Moscow Is Not Buying Pompeo's Iran Snapback Sanctions Logic," Atlantic Council, June 9, 2020

“What’s the Meaning of Moscow’s Murky Moves in Libya?” Responsible Statecraft, May 30, 2020

Has Moscow Really Turned against Assad?” Atlantic Council, May 12,2020

“Is Putin Really Not Worried about a Rising China?” Responsible Statecraft, May 6, 2020

“What the World Will Look Like in Trump’s Second Term, Responsible Statecraft, April 17, 2020

"Putin’s Courtship of Both Assad and Erdogan Is Spinning Out of Control in Syria," Responsible Statecraft, March 2, 2020

"How Long Can Russia and Turkey Cooperate amid a Myriad of Conflictual Hazards?" Responsible Statecraft, February 17, 2020

"Whatever His Title, He Plans to Remain in Charge: Is It a Solo 'Tandemocracy' Now?" Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, February 6, 2020

"Putin May Turn Against Trump in 2020," Responsible Statecraft, January 9, 2020

"Russia Reacts to the Killing of Soleimani," Atlantic Council, January 4, 2020

“Trump’s Kurdish Fumble: What’s in it for Putin?” LobeLog, October 11, 2019

“He’s Serious: Putin Offers to Sell Air Defense Missiles to Saudi Arabia,” Atlantic Council New Atlanticist blog, September 17, 2019

“Is Putin Really Gaining a Stranglehold over the Gulf?” LobeLog, August 16, 2019

“Trilateral Tribulations: US/Russian/Israeli National Security Advisers Meet,” Atlantic Council, June 24, 2019

“When the Friend of My Friends Is Not My Friend: The United States, US Allies, and Russia in the Middle East,” Atlantic Council Issue Brief, May 2019

“Putin and Netanyahu: Friends Again?” The Arab Weekly, March 3, 2019

"What Will Be the Impact of Trump's Withdrawal from Syria?" LobeLog, December 20, 2018

“Support Opposing Sides Simultaneously: Russia’s Approach to the Gulf and the Middle East,” Al Jazeera Center for Studies, August 23, 2018

"Better Than Before: Comparing Moscow's Cold War and Putin Era Policies toward Arabia and the Gulf," Durham Middle East Paper No. 96/Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper No. 19, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham University, August 2018

“New Caspian Accord Resolves Some Issues, Not All,” LobeLog, August 15, 2018

“Putin Benefits from Trump’s Anti-Iran Sanctions,” LobeLog, June 28, 2018

“Balancing Act: Russia between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” London School of Economics Middle East Centre blog, June 26, 2018

“Riyadh and Abu Dhabi Draw Closer to Moscow,” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, June 20, 2018

“Can Moscow Mediate Between Israel and Iran in Syria?” Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center “Russia Matters” blog, May 18, 2018

“Putin and Netanyahu: Converging Interests?”  LobeLog, May 11, 2018

“Russia and Iran:  Common Interests, Ongoing Differences and Growing Risks,” London School of Economics Middle East Centre blog, May 7, 2018

“What Do They See in Him? How the Middle East Views Putin and Russia” Russian Analytical Digest, No. 219, May 3, 2018

“Divergences over Turkish Incursion Reflected at Conference in Moscow,” The Arab Weekly, March 4, 2018

“Can Russia Succeed Where America Failed in the Middle East?” LobeLog, February 23, 2018

“America, Russia, and Syria’s Many Conflicts,” LobeLog, January 29, 2018

“Can Putin Mediate an Israeli-Palestinian Settlement?” The Arab Weekly, January 7, 2018

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)

Soviet-American Conflict Resolution in the Third World. (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1991).

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).