Conferences and Workshops

17. The Causes of Instability and the Prospects of Peace in North Africa.  Paper
         presented
 at the America, Islam and the Middle East Conference. At the
         
Missouri  State University.  April 2-3, 2007

            
16. The Political Forces behind the 1951 Libyan Constitution:  Personalities,
         Ideas, 
and Circumstances.  
Paper presented at the American Libyan
         
Freedom  Alliance (ALA) Conference on the 1951 Constitution of
       
 Libya entitled: “Working toward the return of the constitutional
         legitimacy to Libya.
June 23-24, 2006. Washington, D.C.
         http://www.tamiu.edu/~mbenruwin/paper_con_libya1.pdf      
                     
15. The Islamization of Democracy: The Political Requisite of Democracy
         in the Islamic World."
Paper will be presented at the Center for the
         
Study of Islam and Democracy 7th Annual Conference entitled: “The Challenge
         of Democracy in the Muslim World.” May 5-7, 2006.  Washington, D.C.
         http://www.csidonline.org/images/stories/pdfiles/mohamed_berween%5B1%5D.pdf

                     
14. Crisis of Political Leadership: The Role of Political Leadership in
         Societies and the Cost of its Failure, A Case Study of the Arab Countries.
 
         Paper presented at  the Midwest Conference of Social Sciences. Chicago,
       
 Ill.,  April 7-10, 2005.
                       
13. The Texas Council of Faculty Senate Conference, Austin, Texas, October
         
22-23, 2004. I represented TAMIU Faculty Senate and presented a
         
round-up report  about the activities of our Faculty Senate.
          
http://www.tamiu.edu/~mbenruwin/TCFS_directory05.htm
                           
12. The Texas Council of Faculty Senate Conference, Austin, Texas, February
        
20-21,  2004. I represented TAMIU Faculty Senate and presented a
         
round-up report about the activities of our Faculty Senate.
                           
11. Toward an Islamic Agreement: Prospects for Economic Integration between
         the Muslim Countries.
Paper presented at the International Conference on
         Social Science Research.New Orleans, Louisiana. November 11-13, 2004
         http://www.centrepp.org/ICSSRPrelimProgram.pdf
                           
10. The Libyan – European Union Relations:Constructive Engagement with
         Democracy and Respect for Human Rights:
 
Paper presented to members
         
of European Union Parliament at  Brussels, Belgium. January 19 - 22, 2004
          
http://www.euromedrights.net/PRVCGI/engelsk-show.asp?id=1775
                           
9.   The Advanced Placement Program Conference: In topics related to teaching
        a course 
in US government."
University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX .
        November 16-17, 2001.
                                             
8.  The Political Operational Code of Mu'ammar al-Qaddaffi: Power Politics and
        Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas
       
Association of Middle East Scholars. February 23-24, 2001, Austin, Texas
         
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/tames/program.html
                                               
7.  Democratization of the United Nations: Isn't it time for structural
      Reform to the U.N..
 Paper presented at the Comparative
      Interdisciplinary Studies Section of the ISA 2th. International
      Millennium Conference, Washington D.C. August 28,
      September 3, 2000.

                                   
6. Colonias Sprawl in South Texas: What is the Solution? Relocation or
       Dependency.  
paper presented at the XI annual Rio Bravo Conference
       at Texas A&M 
Kingsville. March 30, April 1 2000.
                             
5.
  "Why the U.N. Sanctions against Iraq Failed."
Paper presented at the
        Annual 
Meeting of Texas Association of Middle East Scholars,
        Austin, Texas,  
February 20-21, 1998.
                                       
4.  "Human Rights in the Arab Countries: Rhetoric and Reality" Paper
        presented  at the Annual Meeting of Texas Association of Middle
        East Scholars, Austin, Texas,  
February 23-24, 1996    
         
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/tames/conferences/1996.html
                                         
3.   "The Arab Political Regimes and the Islamists: The Zero-Sum Game."
        Paper 
presented at the Annual Meeting of Texas Association of
         Middle East Scholars,  
Ft. Worth, Texas, February 24-25, 1995.
                                         
2.  "The New Structure of World Politics and the Maghreb States: Continuity
         or 
Change?" Paper presented at the Conference on Maghreb States
         Facing 
the Twentieth First century by the Center of Studies of the
         Maghreb 
Development, Montreal, Canada, March 26-27, 1994.
                                             
1. "Libyan Foreign Policy since Independence from Dependency to Opportunism:
       What Is the Alternative?" Paper presented at the Conference on Libya
        sponsored 
by the Center for Strategic and International Study,
        Washington, D.C.,  
29-30 November 1993.