Dr. Hanna Kassab
Office: Brewster A-136
Office Phone: (252) 737-5585
Fax: (252) 328-4134
Email Address: kassabh18@ecu.edu
Teaching Areas: Security, Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics
Research Interests: International Security, Terrorism, Weak States, Systemic War
Dr. Kassab’s publications include:
Recent books (since 2022):
2025. Post-Colonial Realism: Cultural Conflicts, Cuisine, and the Changing International System, Routledge, New York.
2025. Self-Esteem, Altruism, and Power in Multipolarity, Palgrave, New York.
2024. Post-Cold War Predictions: Politicism in Practice, Routledge, New York.
2023. Power Vacuums: Areas of State and Non-state Competition in Multipolarity, Routledge New York.
2022. The Illegal Drug Trade and Global Security, Palgrave MacMillan, New York (with Jonathan D. Rosen).
2022. Globalization, Multipolarity and Great Power Competition, Routledge, New York.
Recent articles (since 2022):
2025. “Mackinder’s Heartland Thesis and the Belt and Road Initiative: Russia’s Growing Dependence on China in the Aftermath of the Ukraine War” Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations, 13(26). https://doi.org/10.22456/2238-6912.143146
2025. “Aiding Recruitment: A Comparative Case Study of Non-State Actors in Lebanon and the United States After Disaster” Social Science Quarterly, with Jason Pudlo, 106: e13489.
2024. “Statues and Vandalism in Armenia and North Macedonia: Expressions of Official and Unofficial Nationalist Identity” WISDOM, vol. 29, no. 1, 41-53 https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v29i1.1105
2024. “Post-Colonialism and Sci-Fi as Pedagogy: Film as a Vehicle for Understanding” Contexto Internacional, vol. 46, no.3, 1-21 https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.20244603e20220020
2024. “Continuing Russian-Turkish Competition in the Caucasus: New Imperialism?” The RUSI Journal, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2024.2383303
2024. “Prestige, Humiliation And Saving Face: National Identity and Great Power Politics” Contemporary Military Challenges, vol. 26, no. 1, 81-102
2024. “The Future of BRICS: The Revisionist’s Century” Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, 132-139
2024. “The Twilight of US Dollar Hegemony and the Coming of the Multipolar World” AUSTRAL, with Armin Krishnan, vol. 12, no. 24, 36-52
2024: “Geographically small but not weak: comparing the national security policies of Israel and Singapore” Defense and Security Analysis, DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2024.2304424
2023: “Post-Cold War Historicism: Perceptions, Progress, and Praxis” The International History Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2023.2250802
2023. “Trading Human Rights for Cheap Products: The Rise of China and the End of the Liberal World Order in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine War” Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal (CCPS), vol. 8, no. 3, 437-478.
2023. “What Is the Indo-Pacific? Genealogy, Securitization, and the Multipolar System” Chinese Political Science Review: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41111-023-00233-z
2022. “Internal Security: The Encroachment of State Security on Global Liberty in a Multipolar World” Democracy and Security, vol. 18, no. 2, 123-146 (SRJ RANK: Q3.0145)
Grant:
Minerva Institute Grant, Department of Defense. Title: “Food Fight: War Narratives and Identity Reproduction in Evolving Conflicts.” Awarded October 2022 in the amount of $267,513. Project ended with the end of the DoD’s Minerva program in 2025.
Dr. Kassab’s Online Materials
Dr. Kassab’s CV
Syllabus: POLS 3155, “National Security Policy” (PDF)
Syllabus: POLS 4383, “War in the Modern Age” (PDF)
Syllabus: SECS 1000, “Introduction to Security Studies” (PDF)
Syllabus: SECS 6250, “Policy and Practice of Security” (PDF)
Sample Chapter from Book, Kassab, Prioritization Theory and Defensive Foreign Policy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) (PDF)