Ian S. Lustick is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds the Bess W. Heyman Chair. Professor Lustick received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, he has taught at Dartmouth College and the University of California at Santa Cruz, and he is past President of the Association for Israel Studies.
A contributor to numerous scholarly volumes, his books include Trapped in the War on Terror, Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza, For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, State Building Failure in British Ireland and French Algeria, Arabs in the Jewish State: Israel's Control of a National Minority, Israel and Jordan: The Implications of an Adversarial Partnership, Right-sizing the State: The Politics of Moving Borders, Exile and Return: Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews, Critical Essays in Israeli Politics, Society, and Culture, and Arab-Israeli Relations: A Collection of Contending Perspectives and Recent Research.
His articles have appeared in such journals as Homeland Security Affairs, Journal of International Affairs, Journal of Israeli History, American Political Science Review, Hagar, Studies in Comparative International Development, Journal of Palestine Studies, Polity, Political Geography, Middle East Journal, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Israel Studies, Politics and Society, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and World Politics.
