The George Washington University
Prof. Joseph Pelzman
CEESMENA Founder & Director
Prof. Pelzman is an internationally recognized authority and author on US and WTO international trade policy, the economics of international trade law, and contemporary international trade policies affecting the PRC and MENA, with a strong interest in transition economies in Europe, Asia, and MENA.
Prof. Pelzman is the current Managing Editor, of the Global Economy Journal and past President of the International Trade and Finance Association. He is also a frequent contributor to the international media and has been a consultant to various governments, research institutions, foundations, and private corporations.
Prof. Pelzman is a prolific author, having published in leading economic journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, European Economic Review, and Southern Economic Journal, and more recently published a number of books on MENA and the PRC.
Prior to joining the faculty at George Washington in 1980, he was a Brookings Institution Economic Policy Fellow. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the University of South Carolina (1976-79). He has held appointments at Renmin University, School of Economics, Beijing, (PRC) as a Fulbright Senior Scholar (2012-13); He was nominated by Renmin University to the 1000 Scholars Program in the People’s Republic of China (2013). He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (1995-96); Visiting Professor of Law and Economics at Catholic University Law School (2001-05); Visiting Professor of Law at the Radzyner School Of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel (2001); Research Associate, The Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1988-97); Visiting Scholar and Fellow, The Russian Research Center, Harvard University (1991-92); and Visiting Professor of Economics and Lady Davis Fellow, Department of Economics and Soviet and East European Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1984-85).
As part of Pelzman’s outreach program, he served as the founding Chair of the International Academic Board of the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Tbilisi Georgia, (2006-08); and as a Member of the International Advisory Board at the Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine, (2002-17). He currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Trade, Aid, and Security Coalition (TASC), Global Works Foundation, Washington DC. (2006-present).
Prior to joining the faculty at George Washington in 1980, he was a Brookings Institution Economic Policy Fellow. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the University of South Carolina (1976-79). He has held appointments at Renmin University, School of Economics, Beijing, (PRC) as a Fulbright Senior Scholar (2012-13); He was nominated by Renmin University to the 1000 Scholars Program in the People’s Republic of China (2013). He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (1995-96); Visiting Professor of Law and Economics at Catholic University Law School (2001-05); Visiting Professor of Law at the Radzyner School Of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel (2001); Research Associate, The Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1988-97); Visiting Scholar and Fellow, The Russian Research Center, Harvard University (1991-92); and Visiting Professor of Economics and Lady Davis Fellow, Department of Economics and Soviet and East European Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1984-85).
As part of Pelzman’s outreach program, he served as the founding Chair of the International Academic Board of the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Tbilisi Georgia, (2006-08); and as a Member of the International Advisory Board at the Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine, (2002-17). He currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Trade, Aid, and Security Coalition (TASC), Global Works Foundation, Washington DC. (2006-present).