Gregory Mahler, Ph.D.

I have lectured widely on political issues, including such topics as federalism and constitutional government, as well as discussing specific political institutions and issues in Canada, Israel, and Palestine. In addition to numerous speaking engagements in the United States, I’ve lectured in such foreign settings as Albania, Belarus, China, Israel, Mauritania, Liberia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, the Netherlands, Palestine, the Soviet Union, and Trinidad, among other locations.

My scholarship has been published widely. Many of my papers and presentations have focused on American higher education and topics related to higher education curricula and administrative structures. I have authored over thirty books, dozens of scholarly articles and many professional papers presented at conferences. My current fields of scholarship include comparative politics and government, and Israeli and Palestinian politics. Three of my books are textbooks that are widely used in higher education today, including my textbook Comparative Politics: Exploring Concepts and Institutions Across Nations (Lynne Rienner Press) that has been published in seven editions since it first appeared in 1983, my textbook on Politics and Government in Israel (State University of New York Press) that is now in its 4th edition, and my book on The Arab-Israeli Conflict (Routledge Press) that was recently released in its 3rd edition. Two other recent books include Foreign Perceptions of the United States Under Donald Trump (2023, Lexington Books) and Frustrated Nationalism: Nationalism and National Identity in the 21st Century (2024, State University of New York Press). My newest book, Palestinian History and Politics: An Introduction and Documentary Reader will be published by Routledge Press in 2025.

• Ph.D., Duke University
• M.A., Duke University
• B.A., Oberlin College

• American Political Science Association
• Association for Israel Studies
• Palestine Academic Research Consortium

There is no shortage of secondary analysis of the Tibetan past, or the Tibetan present. But despite this body of literature, there does not appear to be consensus on how Tibetan nationalism in the expat population can ever be successful as long as Chinese foreign policy (i.e. Chinese occupation of Tibet) remains as it is. These issues are especially timely as concerns about the health of the 89 year old 14th Dalai Lama become more pronounced. What will happen upon the death of the Dalai Lama? Will the Tibetan expatriate community – centered in Dharamsala, India – be able to easily identify a successor? Will China announce its own Dalai Lama? Will India continue to provide a safe haven for the population of Tibetan refugees that live within its borders? These are all questions for which I am seeking answers.

Published Works

• Palestinian History and Politics:  An Introduction and Documentary Reader.  Routledge, 2025.

• Politics and Government in Israel:  The Maturation of a Modern State, 4^th ed., with Reuven Hazan.  State University of New York Press, 2024 (anticipated).
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict:  An Introduction and Documentary Reader.  3rd edition.  Routledge, 2024.
• Frustrated Nationalism:  Nationalism and National Identity in the 21^st Century (editor).  State University of New York Press, 2023.
• The Effect of Donald Trump on Foreign Perceptions of the U.S. (editor)  Lexington Press, 2022.
• Comparative Politics:  Exploring Concepts and Institutions Across Nations.  6^th ed.  Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019.
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict:  An Introduction and Documentary Reader.  2^nd edition.  Routledge, 2018.
• Politics and Government in Israel:  The Maturation of a Modern State, 3^rd ed.  Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.
• Israel and Jewish Studies, ed., Issue of the journal Shofar.  Purdue University Press, 2013.
• Principles of Comparative Politics.   Pearson, 2013.
• Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State, 2^nd ed.  Rowman and Littlefield, 2011.
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Introduction and Documentary Reader. (co-edited with Alden Mahler) Routledge, 2010.
• Comparative Politics:  An Institutional and Cross-National Approach, 5^th edition.  Prentice- Hall, 2007.
• Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State.  Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.
• Politics in North America: Canada, the United States, Mexico (co-author).  Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach, 4th edition.  Prentice- Hall, 2003.
• Canadian Politics 5^th ed.  (co-editor).  Dushkin Publishing, 2000.
• Israel. (editor) Ashgate Publishing Company, 2000.
• Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach, 3rd edition.  Prentice- Hall, 2000.
• Los Sistemas Políticos de América del Norte en los años noventa (co-editor).  CISAN, 1999.
• Canadian Politics 4^th ed. (co-editor).  Dushkin Publishing, 1998.
• Constitutionalism and Palestinian Constitutional Development.  Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, 1996.
• Israel in the Nineties (co-editor).  University Press of Florida, 1996.
• Kneset: Parliament w Systemie Politycznym Izraela (trans. Jerzy Kugler). Polish Parliament, 1996.
• Contemporary Canadian Politics: An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-1994.  Greenwood Press, 1995.
• Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach, 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, 1995.
• Israel at the Crossroads (co-editor).  I. B. Taurus Press, 1994.
• Canadian Politics 3^rd ed (co-editor).  Dushkin Publishing, 1993.
• Comparative Politics:  An Institutional and Cross-National Approach. Prentice-Hall, 1992.
• Canadian Politics 91/92 (co-editor).  Dushkin Publishing, 1991.
• Israel After Begin (editor). State University of New York Press, 1990.
• Canadian Politics 90/91 (co-editor).  Dushkin Publishing, 1989.
• The Israeli Political System:  Government and Politics in a Maturing State.  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989
• Contemporary Canadian Politics: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1987.  Greenwood Press, 1988.
• New Dimensions of Canadian Federalism.  Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1987.
• Bibliography of Israeli Politics.  Westview Press, 1985.
• Comparative Politics:  An Institutional and Cross-National Approach. Schenkman Publishing Co., 1983.
• Readings on the Israeli Political System.  University Press of America, 1982.
• The Knesset:  Parliament in the Israeli Political System.  Fairleigh-Dickinson University Press, 1981.