Yossi Shain

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Yossi Shain (b. September 21, 1956 in Israel) is an academic specializing in international relations, comparative politics and diaspora politics. Yossi received his PhD from Yale in 1988. He formerly headed of the political science department at Tel Aviv University (located in Israel). From 1999-2003, he was the "Goldman visiting Professor of Government" at Georgetown University (located in Washington DC, United States). At present he holds a dual-appointment at both Georgetown University and Tel Aviv University.

Books:

"Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the UN and Their Homelands" (1999)
"The Frontier of Loyalty: Political Exile in the Age of the Nation State" (1989)

Prominent papers:

Shain, Yossi. (2002) "The Role of Diasporas in Conflict Perpetuation or Resolution." SAIS Review. 22(2):115-144.
Shain, Yossi & Tanja Flanagan. (2005) "The New Jewish and German Questions and the Transatlantic Alliance." Israel Studies. 10(1):188-209.
Shain, Yossi. (1996) "Arab-Americans in the 1990s: What Next for the Diaspora?" The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research (Tel-Aviv).