Dan Stoenescu is a Romanian political scientist, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the Political Science Department at the University of Bucharest

University of Bucharest

The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...

, he is the author of several books and articles dealing with the Arab World

Arab world

The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...

 and the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

. He has a BA in International Studies from Austin College

Austin College

Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated by covenant relationship with the Presbyterian Church and located in Sherman, Texas, about 60 miles North of Dallas....

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 (2003) and an MA in Globalization and Development from Warwick University, UK (2005). Dan Stoenescu received a graduate diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo

The American University in Cairo is an independent, non-profit, apolitical, secular institution of higher learning located in Cairo, Egypt...

 (2006) and a PhD in political science at the University of Bucharest

University of Bucharest

The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...

 (2008) on Modern Arab Nationalism and Islamic Identity after 1987. He previously lived in Egypt when he worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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 (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration

International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....

 (IOM) offices in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

. Stoenescu also worked as a journalist for prestigious newspapers and magazines in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 and the Republic of Moldova. He was involved in Egypt with non-governmental organizations such as African Hope, in the United States

United States

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 he volunteered for the Center for the Survivors of Torture as well as in Central America

Central America

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 for El Salvador

El Salvador

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’s Siglo XXIII. Among many honors and distinctions he was awarded the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation

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 scholarship, First Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK , is the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs, particularly community colleges and junior colleges. It also includes Associate's degree-granting programs offered by four-year colleges...

 All-California Academic Team, Presbyterian Church USA Samuel Roberson award, and distinctions from California

California

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 governor Gray Davis

Gray Davis

Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003...

, assembly member Wilma Chan

Wilma Chan

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, and senator Don Perata

Don Perata

Don Richard Perata is a California Democratic politician, who was President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008. He came in second place in the November 2010 ballot for Mayor of Oakland...

.

Stoenescu's main research interests include Arab nationalism

Arab nationalism

Arab nationalism is a nationalist ideology celebrating the glories of Arab civilization, the language and literature of the Arabs, calling for rejuvenation and political union in the Arab world...

, Islamic identity, Hamas

Hamas

Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...

, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood

Muslim Brotherhood

The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...

. Dan Stoenescu speaks fluently Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

, English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

, and basic Arabic.

Published works

2009

Dan Stoenescu, Islamic and Arab Perspectives on Machiavelli’s Virtù, Studia Politica, vol IX, nr.1, 2009.

2008

Dan Stoenescu, The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the Road Towards the Ummah“, Studia Politica, vol VIII, nr.3, 2008.

2007

Dan Stoenescu, “Palestinian Nationalism: From Secularism to Islam“, Studia Politica, vol VII, nr.2, 2007, pp. 313–330.

2005

Dan Stoenescu and Dana Pleşa, International Relations and Globalisation in the Middle East, Semne Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005. (ISBN 973-624-310-9)

Dan Stoenescu, “The Concept of Civil Society and the Viability of a Global Civil Society“, Sfera Politicii, nr.116-117/2005, pp. 75–79.

External links

1. Dan Stoenescu, “The impact of globalisation on contemporary sub-state terrorism with particular reference to the Muslim World” in International Relations and Globalisation in the Middle East, Dan Stoenescu and Dana Pleşa, Semne Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005, pp. 32–62, on the American Center for International Policy Studies website.

2. Dan Stoenescu, “Ethnic cleansing in the Middle East before the Second World War“ in International Relations and Globalisation in the Middle East, Dan Stoenescu and Dana Pleşa, Semne Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005, pp. 85–98, on the American Center for International Policy Studies website.

3. Dan Stoenescu, “Modern Arab Nationalism“ in International Relations and Globalisation in the Middle East, Dan Stoenescu and Dana Pleşa, Semne Publishing House,Bucharest, 2005, pp. 110–122, on the American Center for International Policy Studies website.

4. Dan Stoenescu, “Globalising prostitution in the Middle East“ in International Relations and Globalisation in the Middle East, Dan Stoenescu and Dana Pleşa, Semne Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005, pp. 266–283, on the American Center for International Policy Studies website.