From		To		Degree		Institution
		2005		Bachelors of Arts with Honours		University of British Columbia
		2006		Masters of Arts		University of British Columbia

Period		Description		Organization
September 2007 - December 2007		Teacher's Assistant for Introduction to International Relations Course		Northwestern University
September 2005 - May 2006		Teacher's Assistant for Introduction to International Relations Course		University of British Columbia

- International Norms, National Identity, International Security, Contested Territoriality, Parainstitutional Security Arrangements, State Paramilitary and Militia Employment

International Security Studies Section of ISA
International Studies Association (ISA)

MA Thesis: Encouraging State Irresponsibility: Int (2006). This paper examines the lackluster international response to the conflict in Darfur with respect to the newly emergent Responsibility to Protect doctrine. It argues that the international community's inconsistent demand for the Sudanese government to protect its population coupled with empty threats of multilateral sanction has both further empowered the regime and weakened the normative salience of R2P.

BA Honours Thesis: The Janjaweed in the Sudan: A C (2005). This paper explores the implications of the National Congress regime's employment of civil militia groups to combat domestic insurgencies. It argues that the Sudanese government's dependence on these actors has greatly eroded its ability to independently exercise sovereign authority particularly as demonstrated in the present conflict in Darfur. Moreover, it strongly suggests that this strategy is likely to lead to state collapse in the relatively near future.

Zellman, Ariel (2006). Nuclear Cooperation with India and its Consequences for the NPT Regime in Huntley, Wade L.; Sasikumar, Karthika, Nuclear Cooperation with India: New Challenges, New Opportunities: 84-89. Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research.

Ariel Zellman (October, 2007). Failed States, Civil Militia, and Deconstructive Violence. ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada.

Ariel Zellman (October, 2006). Encouraging State Irresponsibility: International Responses to the Conflict in Darfur, Sudan and Unintended Consequences. ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ.

Ariel Zellman (March, 2006). The Janjaweed in the Sudan: A Case of Chronic Paramilitarism. International Studies Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.

Ariel Zellman (March, 2003). Can the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process be Revived?. Student Conference on International Security - University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.

2007 - Graduate School Conference Travel Grant


2007 - CICS Summer Research Grant


2007 - Marianne K. and Stuart K. Taussig Israel Scholarship


2006-2007 - Full University Fellow, Northwestern University


2006 - CICS Conference Travel Grant


2005-2006 - Master’s Fellowship, University of British Columbia


2005 - Security and Defence Studies Program Conference Grant, Centre of International Relations, DND


2003-2004 - Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, University of British Columbia

ArielZellman.com

2008 - This is my second year in the Ph.D. program in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. My primary areas of interest are International Relations and Comparative Politics with a regional focus particularly on North Africa and the Middle East.

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