Contact Information
718-405-3306
joe.skelly@mountsaintvincent.edu
Administrative Duties
Director, Minor in Political Science
Department Liaison, Phi Alpha Theta
Research Interests
International Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Military Affairs
The Middle East
Modern Ireland / Northern Ireland
Contemporary Europe
Education
B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.A., University College Dublin
Ph.D., University College Dublin
Courses Taught
HIST 214: The Shaping of the Modern World
HIST 317: Modern Latin America
HIST 363: Contemporary Middle East
HIST 367: The U.S. Role in Vietnam, 1940-1975
HIST 400: Europe, 1550 – 1750: Early Modern Europe
HIST 420: Europe, 1750 – 1830: Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions
HIST 437: Europe, 1914 – 45: World Wars and the Holocaust
HIST 438: Europe: Twentieth-Century Dictators
HIST 447: Irish Politics: North and South
HIST 466: International Terrorism
HIST 475: Internship
HIST 496: History Colloquium
INTG 321: Heroes and Heroines: A Legacy of Leadership
INTG 328: Global Challenges
INTG 391: The Elections of 2008
Publications
Books
Irish Diplomacy at the United Nations, 1945-65: National Interests and the International Order (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1997)
Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O’Brien (Dublin: Poolbeg Press, 1998; Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000).
Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-66: From Independence to Internationalism (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000).
Selected Scholarly Articles
“Ireland, the Department of External Affairs, and the United Nations, 1945-55: a New Look,” Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 7 (1996), pp. 63-80.
“Appeasement in Our Time: Conor Cruise O’Brien’s Analysis of the Irish Peace Process,” Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 10 (1999), pp. 221-36. “National Interests and International Mediation: Ireland’s South Tyrol Initiative in the United Nations, 1960-61,” in Michael Kennedy and Joseph Morrison Skelly (eds.), Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-66: From Independence to Internationalism (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000), pp. 286-307.
"Kennedy, John F., Visit," "Neutrality,” “United Nations,” in James S. Donnelly (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (New York: Thomson-Gale, 2 Volumes, 2004), Vol. I, p. 341, Vol. I, pp. 462-64, Vol. II, pp. 733-35.
Selected Book Reviews
Bill McSweeney, Security, Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International Relations (Cambridge, 1999), in Irish Political Studies, Vol. 15 (2000), pp. 226-9.
Sean Farrell, Rituals And Riots: Sectarian Violence and Political Culture in Ulster, 1784-1886 (Louisville, 2000), in Irish Literary Supplement, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall, 2001), p. 31.
Michael Farry, The Aftermath of Revolution: Sligo, 1921-23 (Dublin, 2000), in Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall, 2001), pp. 134-5.
Gary Murphy, Economic Realignment and the Politics of EEC Entry: Ireland, 1948-1972 (Dublin, 2003), in Irish Political Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Winter, 2003), pp. 112-13.
Efraim Halevy, Man in the Shadows: Inside the Middle East Crisis with a Man Who Led the Mossad (New York, 2006), in International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Vol. 20, No. 8 (Winter, 2007), pp. 742-50.
Melanie Phillips, Londonistan (New York, 2006), Website of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: Book Review Section, http://www.asmeascholars.org/, January, 2008.
Philip Carl Salzman, Culture and Conflict in the Middle East (Amherst, NY, 2008), Website of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: Book Review Section, http://www.asmeascholars.org/, March, 2008.
Rory Miller (ed.), Ireland and the Middle East: Trade, Society and Peace (Dublin, 2007), in Middle East Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter, 2008), p.88.
Walid Phares, The Confrontation: Winning the War Against Future Jihad (New York, 2008), Website of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: Book Review Section, http://www.asmeascholars.org/, March, 2008.
Andrew McCarthy, Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad (New York, 2008), Website of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: Book Review Section, http://www.asmeascholars.org/, April, 2008.
Michael Smith, Killer Elite (New York, 2007), in International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer, 2008), pp. 418-27.
Selected General Essays
“The Dark Side of Peace,” Washington Times, July 27, 2000
Historically Speaking: The Newsletter of the Historical Society
• “Challenging the Irish American Consensus,” Vol. II, No. 2 (January, 2001), pp. 9-11.
• “Here We Stand, In Baquba,” Vol. IV, No. 1 (September/October, 2004), p. 6.
United Press International
• “An Intellectual Famine in Irish America,” April, 2001.
• “The IRA: Next on the List,” August, 2002.
• “Is the ‘Road Map’ a U.S. Setback?” July, 2003 (co-author).
“What Now for Ulster, Mr. Blair?” Belfast Telegraph, September 20, 2001.
“Avoiding ‘Colossal Failure’ in the Middle East,” Riverdale Press, August 21, 2003 (co-author).
“Civil Affairs Soldiers: Force Multipliers in Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Victor Davis Hanson: Private Papers, http://www.victorhanson.com/, December 17, 2005.
“Echoes of Ireland’s Struggle in Iraq,” Irish Independent, February 13, 2005.
National Review Online, http://www.nationalreview.com/
• “The Reckoning of the Dead,” November 6, 2006
• “Bastogne!” December 21, 2006
• “The Iraqi Surge: A Symposium,” January 11, 2007
• “National Interests and National Honor in Iraq,” April 26, 2007
• “President Bush’s Veto: A Symposium,” May 2, 2007
• “The Democratic Fallen,” May 18, 2007
• “Why We Fight,” July 4, 2007
• “Turning Point? A Symposium,” July 31, 2007
• “Number 12, Arran Quay: Edmund Burke and Ireland,” March 14, 2008
• “To Live with Honor,” May 23, 2008
Selected Scholarly Presentations
“Understanding the Terrorist Mind, Defeating Terrorist Methods,” Department of Criminal Justice, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT, December, 2002.
“State-Sponsorship of Terrorism: The Geopolitical Context of Flatow v. Iran,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, February, 2003.
“The Peace Process in Northern Ireland: The End of the Road?” Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA., March, 2004.
“Education in Iraq: Lessons Learned in Defense, Diplomacy and Development,” United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Conference, “Education in Conflict Environments,” Washington, DC, August, 2005.
“Clear, Hold, Build: Counterterrorist Strategies and Civil Affairs Tactics in Operation Iraqi Freedom – An Eyewitness Analysis,” New York Military Affairs Symposium, New York, NY, February, 2006.
“Defining – and Achieving – Victory in Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Yale University, April, 2006.
“University Renaissance and Battlefield Victory: Higher Education and Military Operations in Diyala, Iraq, 2004-05,” Chapman University School of Law Conference, “Are We At War? Global Conflict and Insecurity, Post-9/11,” Orange County, California, April, 2006.
“Can Democracy Succeed in Iraq?” Washington Semester Program, American University, Washington, DC, April, 2006.
“Ireland and the War on Islamic Terrorism: From Shannon to Guantanamo Bay,” St. John’s University School of Law, New York, NY, March, 2007.
“Operation Iraqi Freedom: A National Strategic Imperative, An Operational Plan for Success,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, May, 2007.
“Globalization, Ethnic Conflict, and Counterinsurgency in Iraq,” Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, March, 2008.
Editorial Positions
History Editor, The Recorder: The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society
Consulting Editor, Academica Press, Bethesda, MD and Oxford, UK
Consulting Editor, Enigma Books, New York, NY
Professional Activities
National Treasurer/Secretary, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
Board of Governors, The Historical Society
Board of Directors, New York Association of Scholars
Academic Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Visiting Professor, Graduate Program in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin
United States Army Reserve, 405 CSH USARC
