Mahmood Sariolghalam

Dr. Mahmood Sariolghalam is the Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Political Science in Shahid Beheshti University (formerly Iran National University) since 1987. He was born in Tehran, Iran in 1959. He received his B.A. degree in Political Science/Management from California State University, Northridge in 1980 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in International Relations from the University of Southern California in 1982 and 87, respectively. In 1997 he was a visiting scholar of International Relations in the Ohio State University. He is the Editor of “Discourse” (in English) and “Middle East Quarterly” (in Persian). He does teaching and research on the “Third World Political Economy”, “International Relations Theory/Methodology” and “International Politics of the Middle East”. He has also authored more than 9 books in the above areas such as “The International Dimensions of the Western Saharan Conflict”, “Development, The Third World and the International System”, “The Evolution of Methods and Research in International Relations”, and “Rationality and Development”. Dr. Sariolghalam is also the author of more than 85 articles published or presented in international journals and conferences. He has been a regular participant of the World Economic Forum meetings. His surname literally means "a swift writer."

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