Research Faculty:

• Dr. Alexandre J. Vautravers (Department Head)
  Dr. Vautravers earned a PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Lyon 2 and a PhD in Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Geneva. His research interests in international relations include international economic relations, geopolitics, strategic studies and conflict resolution, as well as humanitarian action. Dr. Vautravers is, a member of the Swiss Academy of Science & Technology (SGTI), Association suisse d’Histoire et de sciences militaires (ASHSM), Centre d’Histoire et de perspectives militaires (CHPM), among others. He is the chief editor of the Revue militaire suisse (RMS). He is a regular contributor of several Swiss and international media.
• Dr. Oreste Foppiani
  Dr. Foppiani earned a PhD in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI) in 2008.  He has conducted research on historical topics such as the Spanish-American War, Anglo-American relations during World War II, the Italian Social Republic and Republican Fascism (1943-1945), the US and Italian Navies, British and US intelligence during World War II, the history of European integration, EU security policies, EU-US relations and US power politics. He is currently working on a project on EU migration policies.
• Dr. Jubin M. Goodarzi
  Dr. Goodarzi earned a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics. He has carried out research primarily on subjects related to the history and international relations of the Middle East, including the foreign policies of the great powers in the region, the foreign policy of Iran, arms proliferation, wars in the Persian Gulf, the Arab-Israeli conflict and resource problems in the region. His most recent work was on the alliance between Syria and Iran.

Selected Publications:

Dr. Alexandre J. Vautravers

• Alexandre Vautravers (éd.) Globalization of Security: Trends and Perspectives, Proceeding of the Security Forum 2007, Webster University, Geneva, 2008.
• "Why Child Soldiers are such a Complex Issue," in Alexandre Vautravers (ed.), Children at Risk, Refugee Survey Quarterly No.4, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009.
• Alexandre Vautravers (éd.) Identity and Conflict, Proceeding of the Security Forum 2008, Webster University, Geneva, 2010.
• "Les armées et les révolutions technologiques," in Pierre Pascallon, Armées et technologies, L’Harmattan, Paris, 2010.
• "Military Operations in Urbain Terrain (MOUT)", Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge (RICR), No. 878, June 2010.
• "Nuages sombres au-dessus de la marée noire : Le programme KC-X américain", RMS 5 et 6, 2010.
• Alexandre Vautravers, Nicholas Burtscher (éd.) Political and Military Incidents, Proceeding of the Security Forum 2009, Webster University, Geneva, 2010.
• Alexandre Vautravers, Lori Werner (ed.) Humanitarian Stress, Proceeding of the 14th International Humanitarian Conference, Webster University, Geneva, 2011.
• Alexandre Vautravers, Yvita Fox (ed.) Access to Resources, Proceeding of the 15th International Humanitarian Conference, Webster University, Geneva, 2011.
• Alexandre Vautravers, Erika Josephson (ed.) Disarmament and Arms Limitation, Proceeding of the Security Forum 2010, Webster University, Geneva, 2011.

Dr. Oreste Foppiani

• “Armaments Limitation Through International Conferences, 1899-1961,” in A. Vautravers and E. Josephson (eds.), Disarmament and Arms Limitation (Geneva: Webster University Press, 2011), pp. 128-59.
• “Access to Fishing Resources and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICMZ): A Case Study in the Caribbean,” with Alejandro Gomez, in A. Vautravers and Y. Fox (eds.), Access to Resources and the International Community (Geneva: Webster University Press, 2011), pp. 202-20.
• The Allies and the Italian Social Republic (1943-1945). Anglo-American relations with, perceptions of, and judgments on the RSI during the Italian Civil War, Bern: Peter Lang, 2011, 390 pages.
• “La ‘Croix-Rouge de Mussolini’ et les internés militaires italiens, 1943-1945,” Relations Internationales, Anno XXXVII, April-June 2010, No. 142, pp. 23-36.
• “The Cermis: A Military Incident, a Political Innuendo,” in A. Vautravers and N. Burtscher (eds.), Political and Military Incidents (Geneva: Webster University Press, 2010), pp. 251-63.
• "La crociera intorno al mondo della US Navy,” Rivista Marittima, Anno CXXXIX, August-September 2006, pp. 75-89.
• “The World Cruise of the US Navy in 1907-1909: Roosevelt’s Political Marketing and Personal Diplomacy,” Il Politico, Anno LXXI, January-April 2006, No. 1, Issue 211, pp. 110-40.
• “I segreti della politica estera: l’Italia e gli altri. Intervista al senatore Giulio Andreotti,” Il Politico, Anno LXVI, January-April 2001, No. 1, Issue 196, pp. 79-84.
• La nascita dell’imperialismo americano (1890-1898). L’impianto della politica di potenza degli Stati Uniti d’America, Rome: ESS, 1998, 177 pages.

Dr. Jubin M. Goodarzi

• ”Securitization, Militarization and Arms Proliferation in the Middle East: Causes and Consequences,” Disarmament and Arms Limitation, Webster University Geneva Security Forum 2010, edited by Alexandre Vautravers and Erika Josephson, 2011, p. 228-238.
• “Conflict and Access to Water Resources in the Middle East: The Israeli-Palestinian Case,” Access to Resources and the International Community, Webster University Geneva 15th Humanitarian Conference, edited by Alexandre Vautravers and Yvita Fox, 2011, p. 92-97.
• “Iran and the Region: Iran and Syria,” The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and US Policy, edited by Robin Wright, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 175-177.
• “Radicalism or Realpolitik?: The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Babylon: The Nordic Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 8, Number 2, 2010, p. 80-91.
• “The USS Liberty Incident and the Six-Day War,” Military and Political Incidents, Webster University Geneva Security Forum 2009, edited by Alexandre Vautravers and Nicholas Burtscher, 2010, pp. 145-163.
• “The USS Stark Incident,” by Alexandre Vautravers and Jubin M. Goodarzi, Military and Political Incidents, Webster University Geneva Security Forum 2009, edited by Alexandre Vautravers and Nicholas Burtscher, 2010, p. 223-236.
• “Atomic Ayatollahs? Iran’s Nuclear Program 1979-2008,” Identity and Conflict, Webster University Geneva Security Forum 2008, edited by Alexandre Vautravers and Eugene James, 2010, p. 222-232.
• Syria and Iran: Diplomatic Alliance & Power Politics in the Middle East, London, I.B. Tauris, 2009, 376 pages (Paperback Edition with a new and updated preface).

Selected Working Papers:

Dr. Alexandre J. Vautravers

• Alexandre Vautravers, Yvita Fox (ed.) Humanitarian Space, Proceeding of the 16th International Humanitarian Conference, Webster University, Geneva, 2011.
• Alexandre Vautravers, Matthew Goulding (ed.) Counter Insurgency (COIN), Proceeding of the Security Forum 2011, Webster University, Geneva, 2011.
• "Soviet Experiences in Afghanistan", Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge (RICR).
•  "Western Security : Small States’ Perspectives," in Otto Hieronymi (ed.), Renewing the Western Community: The Challenge for the US, Europe and Japan, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
• L’armement en Suisse, Presses universitaires et polytechniques, Lausanne.

Dr. Oreste Foppiani

• “The Italian Civil War,” in M. Perry, M. Berg, J. Krukones (eds.), Sources of European History (Boston, MA: Wadsworth/Cengage, forthcoming in the 2012 edition).
• “Transatlantic Relations and the JSF Programme: The Joint Strike Fighter between High-Tech Challenges, Industrial-Political Competition, and Reality,” with Alexandre J. Vautravers (accepted and awaiting publication in Crossroads, ISSN: 1825-7208).
• “Transatlantic Relations: Establishing a Means to Develop a EU-US Strategic Partnership on WMDs Issues,” with Ilaria M. Ercolano and Alexandre J. Vautravers (forthcoming).
• “Les Marines européennes et la Mer Méditerranéenne : un nouveau projet pour un embryon des futures Forces armées de l’UE ou une utopie ?” (forthcoming).

Dr. Jubin M. Goodarzi

• ”Iran and Syria: An Enduring Alliance,” Iran: Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century, London: Routledge, 2011/2012
• “Iran and Syria: Alliance Cooperation in a Changing Regional Environment,” Iran’s Search for Security at Home and Abroad, Washington: National Defense University, 2011/2012
• “The Ravaging of Iraq and the Question of Humanitarian Space in the Post-War Period (1990-2003),” Humanitarian Space, Geneva: Webster University, 2012.
• “Insurgencies and Guerrilla Warfare on Iran’s Periphery,” Counterinsurgency (COIN), Geneva: Webster University, 2012

Selected Conferences:

Dr. Alexandre J. Vautravers

• Dr. Vautravers organizes the yearly Webster Humanitarian Conference, and has developed a Security Forum, each spring, since 2007.
• May 2011 – Université de Fribourg – L’état des conflits dans le monde
• May 2011 – Shanghai Institute for International Studies – European Security Perspectives
• June 2011 – Geneva Centre for Security Policy – MOUT and IHL
• July 2011 – Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA) – New START and Joint Strike Fighter (with Oreste Foppiani)
• October 2011 – Associations Suisse d’Histoire et de sciences militaires – The Swiss Arms Industry
• November 2011 – International Media Governance Group (IMGG) – Afghanistan

Dr. Oreste Foppiani

• October 2011 –  “Cyber Power: The Quest for a Common Ground, ” organized by the US Air Force Research Institute at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL.
• October 2011 – “Les Marines européennes et la Mer Méditerranéenne : un nouveau projet pour un embryon des futures Forces armées de l’UE ou une utopie ?,” organized by the Association Suisse d’Histoire et de Sciences militaires (ASHSM) at the Swiss National Library, Bern, Switzerland.
• October 2011 – “Seminario sulla Storia della Medicina e della Croce Rossa Italiana,” organized by the Italian Red Cross, Viterbo, Italy.
• September 2011 – 34th Round Table on “International Humanitarian Law and New Weapon Technologies,” organized by the Institute of International Humanitarian Law, Sanremo (IM), Italy, and the ICRC.
• September 2011 – “Terrorism and Human Rights,”  Research seminar at ISPI, Milan.
• July 2011 – “Transatlantic Relations and the JSF Programme: The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) between High-Tech Challenges, Industrial-Political Competition, and Reality,” with Alexandre J. Vautravers, 10th Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association, University of Dundee, Scotland.
• July 2011 – “Transatlantic Relations: Establishing a Means to Develop a EU-US Strategic Partnership on WMDs Issues,” with Ilaria M. Ercolano and Alexandre J. Vautravers, 10th Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association, University of Dundee, Scotland.
• April 2011 – Webster University Security Forum – “Counterinsurgency (COIN).”

Dr. Jubin M. Goodarzi

• July 2011 – National Defense University Conference – Iran, Syria and Lebanon
• May 2011 – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars – Syria and Iran: An Alliance Tested? University, 2011/2012
• April 2011 – Webster University Security Forum – Insurgences and Guerrilla Warfare on Iran’s Periphery
• February 2011 – Columbia University – Syria and Iran: Alliance Politics and the Struggle for the Middle East
• January 2011 – Webster University Humanitarian Conference – The Question of Humanitarian Space in Post-2003 War Iraq