Hussein Solomon
Research Associate
Dr Hussein Solomon holds a D.Litt et Phil (Political Science) from the University of South Africa. Currently he is Professor in the Department of Political Sciences, Director of the Centre for International Political Studies, and Head of the Unit for African Studies, Centre for International Political Studies, University of Pretoria. His previous appointments include being Research Manager at the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (1998-2000), Senior Researcher: Institute for Security Studies (1996-1998) and Research Fellow: Centre for Southern African Studies, University of the Western Cape (1993-1995). In 2007 he was Visiting Professor at the Global Collaboration Centre at Osaka University in Japan and in 2008 he was Nelson Mandela Chair of African Studies at Jawahrlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Currently he is Visiting Fellow at the MacKinder Centre for the Study of Long-Wave Events at the London School of Economics and Politics Science in the United Kingdom.
In addition, he is a Member of the Board of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconcilitation; Deputy Chair of the Pugwash Conferences on Science in World Affairs (South African Chapter); Member of the Security Council of the Gerhson Lehrman Group of Companies; Member of the International Steering Committee of Global Action to Prevent War, Research Associate of the Centre for Defence Studies, University of Zimbabwe; and a Research Associate of the South African Institute for International Affairs. He is also a Member of the International Advisory Council of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research in Hawaii. He is also Vice-President of the African Studies Association. Moreover, Member of the Editorial Board of Politeia; Special Advisor to the Editor of the journal Globalizations; Contributing Editor to the Journal for Contemporary History; and a member of the Editorial Boards of Africa Insight, Alternatives and Scientific Journals International as well as Editor of Africa Insight (India). He also sits on the Board of Trustees of All Africa Women for Peace. Hussein Solomon also holds the rank of a Captain in the Reserve Force of the South African Air Force.
His research interests include conflict and conflict resolution in Africa; South African Foreign Policy; international relations theory; religious fundamentalism and population movements within the developing world. His publications have appeared in South Africa; Nigeria; the United States; the United Kingdom; Switzerland; The Russian Federation; The Netherlands; Norway; Denmark; Egypt; Ethiopia; Israel, Lebanon; India; Bangladesh; Spain and Japan.
His most recent publication is an edited book, Challenges to Global Security: Geopolitics in an Age of Transition (2008) that has been published by IB Tauris Publishers in London.
