Publications

Google Scholar Citation Information

Major International Studies

• Hassan, Oz (2023) 'Afghanistan: Lessons learnt from 20 years of supporting democracy, development and security'Link opens in a new window, Requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Policy Department for External Relations, Directorate General for External Policies of the Union, PE 702.579 - January 2023 PDFLink opens in a new window EP PresentationLink opens in a new window

[The analysis presented in this study is the sole responsibility of the author, and any opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament].

Notable Impact Citations and Outcomes:

European Parliament - Chairperson Željana Zovko MEP on the importance of the study for providing "further guidance on how to best continue   delivering support and assistance to Afghanistan" (See minutes 12:23-12:24).Subsequent Parliamentary Resolutions RC-B9-0205/2023 RC-B9-0395/2023 RC-B9-0175/2024 and RSP 2024/2803.

European Parliament Documents: 
                          - Women's Rights in Afghanistan: An Ongoing BattleLink opens in a new window
                          - Normandy Index 2025: Mapping Threats to Peace and Security WorldwideLink opens in a new window
                          - Normandy Index 2024: Mapping Threats to Peace and Security Worldwide
                          - Normandy Index 2023: Mapping Threats to Peace and Security WorldwideLink opens in a new window
                          - Future Shocks: Monitoring risks and addressing capabilities for Europe in a contested world.Link opens in a new window
                          - Peace and Security in 2023: Overview of EU Action and Outlook for the FutureLink opens in a new window

John F. Sopko - Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction letter to The Honorable Charles E. Grassley United States Senator
SIGAR Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Quarterly Report to the United States Congress JULY 30 2023

Deutscher Bundestag - Interim Report by the Inquiry Commission on "Lessons Learned from Afghanistan for Germany's FutureLink opens in a new window

German Federal Foreign Office - Joint departmental strategic evaluation of the federal government's civil commitment in AfghanistanLink opens in a new window

Danish Parliament DIIS Report Hvorfor genvandt Taleban magten i Afghanistan? [Why did the Taliban regain power in Afghanistan?]Link opens in a new window

Swedish Parliament Report - Sverige i Afghanistan 2001–2021: Erfarenheter och lärdomar [Sweden in Afghanistan 2001-2021: Experiences and Lessons Learned]Link opens in a new window

Single Authored Monographs

• Hassan, Oz (2024) Why the European Union Failed in AfghanistanLink opens in a new window: Transatlantic Relations and the Return of the TalibanLink opens in a new window (Bristol University Press).

Book Reviews, Endorsements and Awards:

“A theoretically nuanced narrative that is as compelling as it is enlightening. The book navigates beyond traditional international relations boundaries, offering a theoretically sophisticated problem-oriented approach that exposes persistent challenges and intricate realities.” Luk Van Langenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

“It is not just NATO and the United States that crashed and burned so disastrously in Afghanistan. So too did the European Union, as Oz Hassan demonstrates in his searching and unsettling discussion of possibly its most significant – but least discussed – foreign policy failure of the last 20 years. A must-read for all those who believe that in our increasingly dangerous world, the EU still has a critical part to play.” Michael Cox, Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Founding Director of LSE IDEAS

“This authoritative analysis provides a much-needed examination of the EU’s involvement in Afghanistan. Its enlightening insights are indispensable for the students, researchers and practitioners of Western interventions in Afghanistan.” Barış Çelik, University of Sheffield

University Press Week 2024: Selected as 1 of 123 publications and projects by AUPresses members that give context to current issues, offer   solutions to global challenges, and present diverse voices in a broad range of disciplines.

Nominated for the Sharjah Award for the Best International Book prize

Shepherd Book List: Why the West Keeps Getting the World WrongLink opens in a new window

IR THINKER Talk Show with Martin Zubko YouTube LinkLink opens in a new window  Apple PodcastsLink opens in a new window

• Hassan, Oz (2013) Constructing America's Freedom Agenda for the Middle East: Democracy or Domination (Routledge US Foreign Policy Series).

Book Reviews:
 "Skillfully navigating ideologically-infested waters, Hassan arrives at valuable insights and persuasive, dispassionate conclusions about U.S. policy under both Bush and Obama relating to Arab political change. A fine example of rigorous, reflective scholarship applied to current policy issues of considerable importance and controversy." Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.Link opens in a new window

Edited Special Issues

• Hassan, Oz and Jason Ralph (2011) The International Journal of Human Rights 15:4 including an extensive introduction to ‘Democracy Promotion and Human Rights in US Foreign Policy’.

Journal Articles

• Hassan, O. (2022) 'Eine kritische Bewertung der europäischen Strategie in Afghanistan ist überfällig', SIRIUS: Zeitschrift fur Strategische AnalysenLink opens in a new window, (6:1, 54-59).
• Hassan, O and Featherstone, C. (2021) 'Trump's low conceptual complexity leadership and the vanishing 'Unpredictability Doctrine'', Cambridge Review of International Affairs (TBC) https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2020.1853054
• Hassan, O. (2020) 'Artificial Intelligence, Neom, and Saudi Arabia’s Economic Diversification from Oil and Gas', The Political Quarterly, 91:1 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12794
  
• Hassan, O. (2020) 'Crisis, Narratives, and the Construction of US-Middle East Relations: Continuity and Change in World History and Trump's America First', Global Affairs, 6:1, pp.121-141 https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2020.1745084
• Hassan, O. (2019) 'The Evolution of the European Union’s Failed Approach to Afghanistan', European Security, (29:1, pp.74-95) https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2019.1679773
• Hassan, O. (2017) 'Trump, Islamophobia, and US–Middle East relations', Critical Studies on Security, DOI:10.1080/21624887.2017.1355158Link opens in a new window
• Hassan, O. (2017) 'The $74 Billion Problem: U.S. Egyptian Relations after the "Arab Awakening"', International Politics, DOI:10.1057/s41311-017-0032-1Link opens in a new window
• Hassan, O. (2016) 'La estrategia divergente de la UE para un Iraq en proceso de cambioLink opens in a new window', AWRAQ, 13, pp.99-107
• Hassan, O. (2015) Undermining the Transatlantic Democracy Agenda? The Arab Spring and Saudi Arabia's Counteracting Democracy Agenda; <em>Democratization, 22:3 pp.479-495</em>Link opens in a new window
• Hassan, O. (2015) ‘Political Security: From the 1990s to the Arab Spring’ Contemporary Politics, 21:1, pp.86-99. (Permalink)
• Hassan, O. (2015) 'Constructivist-Institutionalism and the Invasion of Iraq: Crisis, Learning and the National Interest', Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences (آفاق في العلوم الإنسانية والعلوم الاجتماعية) (Journal published in English and Arabic) 1:1, pp.66-87
• Hassan, Oz (2013) "Securitising Proliferation, failing Security Governance: The European Union's role in the India-Pakistan Nuclear Rivalry", The Asia Europe Journal 11:2 pp.93-112
• Hanau Santini, Ruth & Hassan, Oz (2012) 'Transatlantic Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring' The International Spectator, 17:3 pp.65-82
• Hassan, Oz (2011) ‘The Rise and Fall of American’s Freedom Agenda in Afghanistan: Counter-terrorism, Nation-Building and Democracy’ The International Journal of Human Rights 15:4 pp.532-551
• Hassan, Oz (2010) 'Constructing Crises, (In)securitising Terror: The Punctuated Evolution of EU Counter-Terror Strategy' in European Security, 19:3 pp.445-66; Republished in Christou, G., and Croft, S. 'European Security Governance'
• Hassan, Oz (2008) ‘Bush’s Freedom Agenda: Ideology and the Democratization of the Middle East’, Democracy and Security; 4:3 pp.268-289

Think Tank

• Hassan, Oz (2025) 'The European Union’s Strategy in Afghanistan: A History of Addressing Humanitarian Challenges and Navigating Taliban Engagement', Issue Brief, Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
• Hassan, Oz (2021) 'Reassessing the European Strategy in AfghanistanLink opens in a new window', Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.

Published Evidence

• House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, The FCO's human rights work in 2013 Link opens in a new window(Published November 2014), Written evidence from Dr Oz Hassan (HRS0006), Department of Politics and International Studies, the University of Warwick
• House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, The UK's response to extremism and instability in North and West Africa Link opens in a new window(Published March 2014) Written evidence from Dr Oz Hassan & Dr Elizabeth Iskander Monier, Department of Politics and International Studies, the University of Warwick

Book Chapters

• Niazi, M., Hassan O. and Smart, S. (2026) "Global AI Governance Framework: From Conceptualization to ImplementationLink opens in a new window" in Fitz-Gerald A.M. eds. (Springer Nature).
• Hassan, O. (2025) "Afghan Civil Society Reconsidered: Tribal Structures, International Interventions, and the Resilience of Norm CirclesLink opens in a new window" in Sater, J. eds., Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa
• Hassan O. (2025) "Beyond the Arab Spring: Lessons for Global Stability and Inclusive Governance" in Cooper C. & Michie J. eds, Why the Social Sciences Matter 2nd eds, (Academy of Social Sciences & Palgrave Macmillan).
• Hassan, O. (2025) "Cyberdiplomacy in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates", in Christou, Koops, Vosse eds, Handbook on CyberdiplomacyLink opens in a new window, Palgrave.
• Hassan, O. (2022) "The European Union's relationship with Afghanistan: An Historical Overview", Bouris, Huber and Pace, Handbook on EU-Middle East Relations, RoutledgeLink opens in a new window.
• Hassan, O. and Featherstone (2022) 'Trump's low conceptual complexity leadership and the vanishing ‘unpredictability doctrine’' in Bentley and Lerner eds, A Trump Doctrine? Unpredictability and Foreign PolicyLink opens in a new window, Routledge.
• Hassan, O. (2022) 'Crisis, Narratives, and the Construction of US-Middle East Relations: Continuity and Change in World History and Trump's America First', in M.A. Hill and S. Hurst, The Trump Presidency: Continuity and Change in US Foreign Policy (Routledge: London).
• Hassan, O. (2018) "The Terminal Decline of American Democracy Promotion in the Middle East" in M. Clementi et al. (eds.), US Foreign Policy in a Challenging WorldLink opens in a new window, Chapter 12 (Springer).
• Hassan, O. (2015) "The EU’s Diverging Strategy for a Changing Iraq", in Hauser, K. eds, Iraq at a Crossroads (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Casa Arabe)
• Croft, Stuart & Hassan, O. (2015) "Understanding the Arab Spring" in Cooper C. & Michie J. eds, Why the Social Sciences Matter, pp.161-175 (Academy of Social Sciences & Palgrave Macmillan).
• Hassan, Oz (2012) 'Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)' in L. Shepherd Critical Approaches to Security: An Introduction to Theories and Methods, Chapter 14.
• Hassan, Oz (2012) 'American Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Lessons for Europe?' in J. Peters The European Union and the Arab Spring: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East (Lexington Books: New York).
• Hassan, Oz (2010) 'Constructing Crises, (In)securitising Terror: The Punctuated Evolution of EU Counter-Terror Strategy' in Christou, G., and Croft, S., European Security Governance, pp.109-130 (Routledge)
• Hassan, Oz (2010) 'America’s Freedom Dilemma for the Middle East: Interests or Democracy?' in M. Pace Europe, The USA and Political Islam: Strategies for Engagement (Palgrave Macmillan).
• Dunn, D. H. and Hassan, Oz (2010) 'Strategic Confusion: America’s Conflicting Strategies and the War on Terrorism'in A. Siniver Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in the Post 9/11 Era: Western and Non-Western Approaches (Routledge)

Encyclopaedia Entries

• Hassan, Oz (2014) "U.S. Foreign Policy" in The Oxford Companion to International Relations (Oxford University Press: New York).

Official Reports and Working Papers

• Hassan, Oz (2012) The Arab Spring: US Policy and Lessons for Europe, Report for EU FP7 GR:EEN.
• Croft, Stuart, Christou, George and Hassan, Oz (2012) The EU and WMD, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.
• Croft, Stuart, Christou, George and Hassan, Oz (2012) The EU and Terrorism, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.
• Croft, Stuart and Hassan, Oz (2011) The Death of Bin Laden: Implications for Europe, Report for EU FP7 GR:EEN.
• Hassan, Oz (2011) American Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring, Report for EU FP7 GR:EEN.
• Hassan, Oz (2011) The EU’s Counter-proliferation strategy in India and Pakistan, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.
• Hassan, Oz (2011) The EU’s counter-terrorism strategy in Afghanistan, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.
• Hassan, Oz (2010) EU Bilateral cooperation in transversal issues, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.
• Hassan, Oz (2010) Using NVivo in advanced Security Studies Research Methods: DVD and Workbook.
• Hassan, Oz (2010) Mapping EU Bilateralism, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.
• Hassan, Oz (2010) EU-GRASP Handbook: From Methodology to Research Methods, Report for EU FP7 EU-GRASP.

Reviews and Commentaries

• Hassan, Oz (2025) H-Diplo/RJISSF Book Review of Fawaz A. Gerges. What Really Went Wrong: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East, Yale University Press, 2024.Link opens in a new window
• Hassan, Oz (2017) "Making the unipolar moment: U.S. foreign policy and the rise of the post-Cold War order" International Affairs, 93 (1): 242-243
• Hassan, Oz (2014) "Looking for a Strategy", Society Now: ESRC Research Making an Impact, Autumn: 20, p.14
• Hassan, Oz (2013) "American Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring", International Studies Today, April/May pp.12-14
• Hassan, Oz (2009) ‘After Bush - The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy‏’Roundtable with authors; Argentia: Newsletter of the BISA US foreign policy working group, 1 (3): 3-8
• Hassan, Oz (2008) ‘Stuck in Customs’, Argentia: Newsletter of the BISA US foreign policy working group, 1 (2): 1-2

Filmography

• The SquareLink opens in a new window (2013) Documentary - 'Thanks' Link opens in a new windowreceived.

Databases

• Hassan, O. (2016). Obama administration foreign and security speeches: 2009 to 2013. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive. 10.5255/UKDA-SN-852391