About Lamis Abdelaaty

Lamis Abdelaaty is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. Her interests include international relations, human rights and humanitarianism, and asylum and migration. Her book, Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021), asks why countries open their borders to some refugees while blocking others, and why a number of countries have given the United Nations control of asylum procedures and refugee camps on their territory. Abdelaaty holds a doctoral degree in politics from Princeton University.
Dr. Lamis Abdelaaty is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. Her book, Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. Email her at labdelaa@syr.edu
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NBN Episodes hosted by Lamis:

Tanisha M. Fazal, "Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 5, 2024

Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War

Tanisha M. Fazal
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Decisions to go to war are often framed in cost-benefit terms, and typically such assessments do not factor in longer term costs. However, recent dram…

Sumita Pahwa, "Politics as Worship: Righteous Activism and the Egyptian Muslim Brothers" (Syracuse UP, 2023)

April 9, 2024

Politics as Worship: Righteous Activism and the Egyptian Muslim Brothers

Sumita Pahwa
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Despite expectations that the deeply held political and religious organizing principles at the heart of the Muslim Brotherhood would prove incompatibl…

Ali Bhagat, "Governing the Displaced: Race and Ambivalence in Global Capitalism" (Cornell UP, 2024)

March 14, 2024

Governing the Displaced

Ali Bhagat
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Governing the Displaced: Race and Ambivalence in Global Capitalism (Cornell UP, 2024) answers a straightforward question: how are refugees governed un…

Sarah El-Kazaz, "Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul" (Duke UP, 2023)

February 15, 2024

Politics in the Crevices

Sarah El-Kazaz
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

In Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul (Duke UP, 2023), Sarah El-Kazaz takes readers into …

Wendy S. Hesford, "Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics" (Ohio State UP, 2021)

December 7, 2023

Violent Exceptions

Wendy S. Hesford
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics (Ohio State UP, 2021) turns to the humanitarian figure of the child-in-peril i…

Heather Smith-Cannoy et al., "Sex Trafficking and Human Rights: The Status of Women and State Responses" (Georgetown UP, 2022)

November 16, 2023

Sex Trafficking and Human Rights

Heather Smith-Cannoy, Patricia C. Rodda, and Charles Anthony Smith
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty
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Human trafficking for the sex trade is a form of modern-day slavery that ensnares thousands of victims each year, disproportionately affecting women a…

Wendy H. Wong, "We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age" (MIT Press, 2023)

November 2, 2023

We, the Data

Wendy H. Wong
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty
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Our data-intensive world is here to stay, but does that come at the cost of our humanity in terms of autonomy, community, dignity, and equality? In We…

Swati Srivastava, "Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

October 9, 2023

Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics

Swati Srivastava
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty
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The idea of “hybrid sovereignty” describes overlapping relations between public and private actors in important areas of global power, such as contrac…

Sarah Sunn Bush and Lauren Prather, "Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

September 28, 2023

Monitors and Meddlers

Sarah Sunn Bush and Lauren Prather
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty
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Foreign influences on elections are widespread. Although foreign interventions around elections differ markedly-in terms of when and why they occur, a…

Ian Patel, "We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire" (Verso, 2021)

September 18, 2023

We're Here Because You Were There

Ian Sanjay Patel
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty
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What are the origins of the hostile environment against immigrants in the UK? In We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire …

Nina Hall, "Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era: Think Global, Act Local" (Oxford UP, 2022)

May 8, 2023

Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era

Nina Hall
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era (Oxford UP, 2022) explores the role of digital advocacy organizations, a major new addition to the internati…

Yvan Yenda Ilunga, "Humanitarianism and Security: Trouble and Hope at the Heart of Africa" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020)

April 27, 2023

Humanitarianism and Security

Yvan Yenda Ilunga
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Humanitarianism and Security: Trouble and Hope at the Heart of Africa (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020) contends that the search for stability and peace rema…

Susan Allen and Amy Yuen, "Bargaining in the UN Security Council: Setting the Global Agenda" (Oxford UP, 2022)

April 10, 2023

Bargaining in the UN Security Council

Susan Allen and Amy Yuen
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Even after seventy-five years, the UN Security Council meets nearly every day. They respond to a range of threats to international peace and security,…

Ulrike Krause, "Difficult Life in a Refugee Camp: Gender, Violence, and Coping in Uganda" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

March 6, 2023

Difficult Life in a Refugee Camp

Ulrike Krause
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Although refugee camps are established to accommodate, protect, and assist those fleeing from violent conflict and persecution, life often remains dif…

Sabri Ciftci et al., "Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa" (Indiana UP, 2022)

February 27, 2023

Beyond Piety and Politics

Sabri Ciftci, F. Michael Wuthrich, and Ammar Shamaileh
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

How do ordinary men and women in Muslim-majority societies create religion-informed views of political topics such as democracy and economics? Beyond …

Rohan Mukherjee, "Ascending Order: Rising Powers and the Politics of Status in International Institutions" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

December 12, 2022

Ascending Order

Rohan Mukherjee
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Why do rising powers sometimes challenge an international order that enables their growth, and at other times support an order that constrains them? A…

Andrew S. Rosenberg, "Undesirable Immigrants: Why Racism Persists in International Migration" (Princeton UP, 2022)

November 7, 2022

Undesirable Immigrants

Andrew S. Rosenberg
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 officially ended the explicit prejudice in American immigration policy that began with the 1790 restrictio…

Nicholas Micinski, "Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union" (U Michigan Press, 2022)

October 31, 2022

Delegating Responsibility

Nicholas Micinski
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (U Michigan Press, 2022) explores the politics of migration in…

Sara Wallace Goodman, "Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

October 24, 2022

Citizenship in Hard Times

Sara Wallace Goodman
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

What do citizens do in response to threats to democracy? Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat (Cambridge UP, 20…

Peace A. Medie, "Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Africa" (Oxford UP, 2020)

October 17, 2022

Global Norms and Local Action

Peace A. Medie
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

In Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence against Women in Africa (Oxford UP, 2020), Peace A. Medie studies the domestic impleme…

Erin A. Snider, "Marketing Democracy: The Political Economy of Democracy Aid in the Middle East" (Cambridge UP. 2022)

October 3, 2022

Marketing Democracy

Erin A Snider
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

For nearly two decades, the United States devoted more than $2 billion towards democracy promotion in the Middle East with seemingly little impact. To…

Sibel Oktay, "Governing Abroad: Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy in Europe" (U Michigan Press, 2022)

September 26, 2022

Governing Abroad

Sibel Oktay
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

From Austria to New Zealand, coalition governments often pave the road to foreign policy. In Western Europe, nearly 90 percent of postwar governments …

Theodore McLauchlin, "Desertion: Trust and Mistrust in Civil Wars" (Cornell UP, 2020)

September 19, 2022

Desertion

Theodore McLauchlin
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

Desertion: Trust and Mistrust in Civil Wars (Cornell UP, 2020) examines the personal and political factors behind soldiers' choices to stay in their u…

Audrey L. Comstock, "Committed to Rights: UN Human Rights Treaties and Legal Paths for Commitment and Compliance" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

May 30, 2022

Committed to Rights

Audrey L. Comstock
Hosted by Lamis Abdelaaty

International treaties are the primary means for codifying global human rights standards. However, nation-states are able to make their own choices in…