Morten Valbjørn: Publications
Forthcoming
- Valbjørn, Morten (forthcoming). "The 2013 Parliamentary Elections in Jordan: Three stories and some general lessons". Mediterranean Politics, vol 18, no. 2.
- Valbjørn, Morten (forthcoming). "De arabiske revolter - kontinuitet og forandring i samfund og videnskab". Politologisk Årbog. <The Arab Revolts - continuity and change in society and the social sciences>
- Valbjørn, Morten & Knud Erik Jørgensen (forthcoming). "On Cleavages, Port and Dialogues: A rejoinder to Rosamond and Warleigh-Lack". Cooperation & Conflict.
2013
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Valbjørn, Morten (2013). "Book Review: Everyday Arab Identity - The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World by Christopher Phillips". Middle East Journal, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 329-330.
Conference-presentations
- Valbjørn, Morten. (2013). International organizations and global and regional primary institutions in (new) English School Theory – the case of Arab nationalism and the Arab League. Paper presented at Annual ISA Convention, San Francisco, California, USA. April 3-6 2013
2012
Articles
- Valbjørn, Morten (2012). "The ‘New Middle East’ and the encounter with the Global Condition: Exploring the global/regional interplay from the perspective of the New English School", pp. 171-190 in Stephan Stetter (ed.) The Middle East and Globalization: Encounters and Horizons. NY: Palgrave.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2012). "Upgrading Post-democratization Studies: Examining a Re-politicized Arab World in a Transition to Somewhere". Middle East Critique, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 25-35
- Knud Erik Jørgensen & Valbjørn, Morten (2012). "Four Dialogues and the Funeral of a Beautiful Relationship: European Studies and New Regionalism". Cooperation & Conflict, vol 47, no 1, pp. 3-27.
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2012). "The New Arab Cold War: rediscovering the Arab dimension of Middle East regional politics". Review of International Studies, Vol 38, Iss 1, pp. 3-24.
- Valbjørn, Morten & Rasmus Alenius Boserup (2012). "Genpolitisering og post-demokratisering: Studiet af mellemøstlig politik i lyset af de arabiske revolter". POLITIK, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 43-51.
<Repoliticization and post-democratization: the study of Middle East politics in the context of the Arab Revolts> - Valbjørn, Morten & Maja Greenwood (2012). "Tema-introduktion: De arabiske revolter - oprør i samfund og i videnskab". POLITIK, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 3-5
<Introduction to Special Issue: The Arab Revolts - uprisings in society and the social sciences> - Valbjørn, Morten (2012). "Jordan er Palæstina - en debat i tre versioner". Sfinx, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 102-106. (available online at 'forskerzonen videnskab.dk'
<'Jordan is Palestine' - three versions of a debate>
Edited volumes
- Valbjørn, Morten & Maja Touzari Janesdatter Greenwood (eds.)(2012).'De arabiske revolter – oprør i samfund og videnskab', Tidsskriftet POLITIK, 15, 1. <Journal special issue: The Arab Revolts - uprisings in society and the social sciences>
Conference-presentations
- Valbjørn, Morten. (2012). Is this 1989 and if so which '1989'? – Jordan and the resilience of an (upgraded) post-democratization approach at the time of the Arab Uprisings. Paper presented at The BRISMES Annual Conference 2012, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). 26-28 March 2012
- Valbjørn, Morten (2012) How and why the IR/Areas Studies nexus is quite different in different cultural-institutional contexts, Presentation at BISA-ISA conference, Edinburgh, June 21 2012.
2011
Articles
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Valbjørn, Morten (2011). "Vil det nye Mellemøsten blive (post)-islamistisk?", Militært Tidsskrift, vol 140 no 3, pp. 211-222.
<Will the new Middle East become (post)islamist?> -
Valbjørn, Morten (2011). "Mellemøsten: Regionale konfliktmønstre", pp. 171-188 in Morten Winter Bülow & Tonny Brems Knudsen (eds.) International Politik NU. Aarhus: Systime.
<the Middle East: patterns of regional conflicts>Valbjørn, Morten (2011). "Culture in the Middle East: the ‘Western Question’ and the Sovereignty of post-imperial states in the Middle East", pp. 222-241 in Sally Cummings & Raymond Hinnebusch (eds.) Sovereingty After Empire: Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia. Edinburgh/New York: Edinburgh/Columbia University Press.
Valbjørn, Morten (2011). "Vil Kong Abdallah reformere Jordan?", pp. 110-115 in Lars Erslev Andersen, Helen Hajjaj & Clement Behrendt Kjersgaard (eds.) Arabisk forår: baggrund og konsekvenser. Copenhagen: Ræson.
<Is King Abdallah going to reform Jordan?>Valbjørn, Morten (2011). Review Essay “Konkurrerende (amerikanske) visioner om Mellemøsten - Lockman, Zachary (2010). Contending Visions of the Middle East - the History and Politics of Orientalism, (2nd ed,), TEMP - Tidsskrift for Historie, vol 1, no 2, 181-187
<"Contending (American) Visions of the Middle East - Review Essay of Lockman...>
Conference-presentations
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Valbjørn, Morten. (2011). Vil det nye Mellemøsten blive (post)-islamistisk? – om gamle, nye og forandrede fisk i Mellemøstens politiske andedam. Paper presented at the ‘Demokratisering og Mellemøsten’ at the annual meeting in the Danish Political Science Association, Vejle Fjord, Denmark. November 3-4 2011
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Valbjørn, Morten. (2011). Said’ism and Middle East Studies: Conceptions of Edward Said and the Exaggerated Impact of Orientalism. Paper presented at the ‘Interdisciplinary Panel’ at the annual meeting in the Danish Political Science Association, Vejle Fjord, Denmark. November 3-4 2011
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Valbjørn, Morten. (2011). Danish Middle East Research - Three and a half models, Paper presented in the panel "The Nordic Journey – Research and Teaching on the Middle East in Scandinavia", at the 18th DAVO Congress, Berlin, October 6.
- Valbjørn, Morten. (2011). 'From transition to nowhere' to 'transition to somewhere' - post-democratic (self)-reflections after the Middle Eastern 'Tunis-ami', 'Democracy in the Arab World' IDEAS workshop at London School of Economics & Politics, London, UK. May 19 2011. Also presented at the workshop 'Vernacular democracy workshop' at the Matchpoints Conference, Aarhus University, May 14 2011.
- Valbjørn, Morten. (2011). Demokrati og post-demokratisering, Workshop 'Mellemøstforskningen efter Tunis-amien - årsager og virkninger' at TORS, Copenhagen University, May 23 2011.
- Valbjørn, Morten. (2011). New Patterns of Non-traditional Security Threats in the Arab Region, The ACPSS/CAST workshop 'The Age of Non-Traditional Security in the Arab Region' at al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Cairo, Egypt, June 16,
Reports
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Valbjørn, Morten (2011). Mellem kontinuitet og forandring: Jordan i det arabiske forår (Jordan Landeanalyse – 2011), Copenhagen: Danish Foreigh Ministry. <Country Analysis: Between Continuity and Change - Jordan in the Arab Spring>.
Miscellaneous
- 'Limbo - Vil islamisterne overtage Mellemøsten?' Politiken, April 9, <News analysis on Islamists in elections>.
- 'Tunesisk dominoeffekt er højst usikker', Politiken, January 21, <News analysis on regional implications of developments in Tunisia>.
2010
Articles
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2010). "Examining the 'post' in Post-democratization - The future of Middle Eastern Political Rule through Lenses of the Past", Middle East Critique, 19, 3, pp. 183-200.
- André Bank & Valbjørn, Morten (2010). "Bringing the (Arab) regional level back in... - Jordan in the New Arab Cold War", Middle East Critique, 19, 3, pp. 303-319.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2010). "Den lille og den store debat om religion og politik i det muslimske Mellemøsten", KRITIK, 197, pp. 29-37
<The small and the large debate on religion and politics i the Muslim Middle East> - Valbjørn, Morten (2010). "Post-democratization lessons from the Jordanian 'success story'", Foreign Policy - The Middle East Channel, June 16. (Has also appeared in POMEPS. (2012). "Jordan, Forever on the Brink". POMEPS Briefings. No.: 11 (May 9 2012).
Edited volumes
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank, eds (2010) Middle East Critique, 19, 3 (special issue 'The future of Middle Eastern Political Rule through Lenses of the Past - Revisiting the (First) Era of Post Democratization')
Conference-presentations
- Valbjørn, Morten (2010). A(nother) New Middle East - an examination of five ‘post'-claims about the New Middle East Paper presented at CAST/al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies workshop ‘Securitizing Arab Development: Social Violence, Organized Crimes, and Transformed Groups' , Dec 4, Cairo, Egypt.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2010). Said'ism and Middle East Studies: Conceptions of Edward Said and the (Less) Profound Impact of Orientalism Paper presented at the conference "Saidism in the 21st Century" at the Institute of the Middle and Far East, the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Nove 7-9 2010.
- Valbjørn, Morten & Knud Erik Jørgensen (2010). Four Dialogues and the Funeral of a Beautiful Relationship: European Studies and Inter-regionalism Paper presented at the '2010 Millennium Conference on International Relations in Dialogue', London School of Economics & Political Science , London, October 16-17 2010. (revised version of Bruges paper, also presented at annual meeting at Danish Political Science Association, Vejle Fjord, Nov 4-5)
- Valbjørn, Morten (2010). "Examining the Jordanian Islamic Triangle from the Salafist Corner" Paper prepared for presentation in the panel ‘Salafism(s) across time and space’ at the Eighth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies in Bergen, 24-26 September 2010 .
- Valbjørn, Morten (2010). The Western Question and the Sovereignty of Post-imperial States in the Middle East, paper presented at workshop 'Sovereignty after Empire: Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia', St. Andrews, United Kingdom, March 19-20.
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2010). "Examining the 'post' in Post-democratization - The future of Middle Eastern political rule through lenses of the past" Paper prepared for presentation at the panel "Middle East Politics thru 'Post-Democratization Lenses I" at World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Barcelona, July 19 2010
2009
Articles
- Valbjørn, Morten (2009). "Arab Nationalism(s) in Transformation - From Arab Interstate Societies to an Arab-Islamic World Society" pp. 140-169 in Barry Buzan & Ana Gonzalez-Pelaez (eds), International Society and the Middle East - English School Theory at the Regional Level, N.Y. Palgrave.
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2009). "Ein Jahr nach dem Gazakrieg: ist der Nahe Osten noch arabisch?", GIGA Focus Nahost, no 12.
<One year after the Gaza-War: Is the Middle East still Arab?> - Valbjørn, Morten (2009). "Forestillinger om Edward W. Said og Orientalismes (ikke helt så) store indflydelse på studiet af Mellemøsten", Dansk Sociologi, 20, 3, pp. 11-32.
<Conceptions of the (less) profound impact on the study of the Middle East from Edward W. Said and Orientalism> - Valbjørn, Morten (2009). "'There is one Islam, indeed, one for each of us': Religion og politik i det muslimske Mellemøsten", pp. 187-210 in Tonny Brems Knudsen, Jørgen Dige Petersen & Georg Sørensen (eds), Danmark og de fremmede - om mødet med den arabisk-muslimske verden, Aarhus: Academica.
<'There is one Islam, indeed, one for each of us': Religion and Politics in the Muslim Middle East> - Valbjørn, Morten (2009). ""Majestæt, vi bliver simpelthen nødt til at klone Dem..." - læren fra Jordans 'succesfulde' demokratiseringsproces", pp. 286-292 in Jens Blom Hansen & Jørgen Elklit (eds), Perspektiver på Politik - bidrag til samfundsdebatten, Copenhagen: Academica.
<'Your Majesty, we simply need to clone you - lessons from Jordans 'successfull' democratization-process> - Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2009). "Regierung, Opposition in Jordanien und der Gaza-Krieg", INAM (Informationsprojekt Naher und Mittlerer Osten), 59 (Jordanian Hochglanzreformen).
<The Jordanian Regime, the Islamist Opposition and the Gaza-War> - Valbjørn, Morten, Jakob Feldt & Manni Crone (2009). "30 år med Orientalism", Dansk Sociologi, 20, 3, pp. 5-10.
<30 Years with Orientalism>.
Edited volumes
- Valbjørn, Morten & Jakob Feldt (2009). eds. Dansk Sociologi, (Edward Said og Orientalism 30 år efter).20, 3
<Special Issue on Edward W. Said and Orientalism 30 years after>
Reports
- Valbjørn, Morten (2009). Landeanalyse: Den seneste politiske udvikling i Jordan Maj 2009 , Copenhagen: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
<Country Analysis - The Recent Political Development in Jordan May 2009>.
Conference-presentations
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2009). "Examining the 'post' in Post-democratization - The future of Middle Eastern political rule through lenses of the past" Paper prepared for presentation at the panel "Beyond Democracy Promotion: International and Regional Dimensions of Authoritarianism" at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Boston, USA, November 21-24 2009 .
- Valbjørn, Morten (2009). "The Encounter of a New Middle East with the Global Condition - Exploring the global/regional interplay from the perspective of the New English School". Paper presented at Workshop 'Globalisation and the Middle East - Encounters with the Global Condition', Universitet der Bundeswehr München, Kochel am See, Germany, October 16-18 2009
- Valbjørn, Morten & Knud Erik Jørgensen (2009). European Studies and Inter-regionalism: Four Dialogues and the Funeral of a Beautiful Relationship. Paper presented at Workshop “Intersecting Inter-Regionalism - Globalization, New Regionalism, Multilateralism and the EU”, United Nations University Cris, Bruges, Belgium, October 2-3 2009 .
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2009). Bringing the (Arab) regional level back in... - Comparing Jordan in the Old and New Arab Cold Wars Paper presented at workshop on 'Post-democratization and Arab Political Rule', May 1-2 2009 , University of Southern Denmark, Odense. (Revised version presented at the conference 'Re-inventing the Mediterranean?', University of Southern Denmark, Odense, December 2-3 2009)
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2009). Examining the 'post' in Post-democratization Paper presented at workshop on Post-democratization and Arab Political Rule, May 1-2 2009. University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2009). Exploring the IR/Area Studies Nexus - tracking pathways 'downwards' in different culturel-institutional contexts Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 15-18 2009, New York City .
- Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2009). Disentangling the New Arab Cold War: The Past as Future Regional Order - Lessons from the Summer War 2006 and the Gaza War 2008/09 on a(nother) ‘new Middle East’ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 15-18 2009, New York City .
Miscellaneous
- Valbjørn, Morten & Jakob Feldt (2009). "Den uafsluttede 30-årskrig - Edward Said og Orientalisme-debatten", Information, December 4.
2008
Monograph
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). A 'Baedeker' to IR's Cultural Journey before, during and after the Cultural Turn - explorations into the (ir)relevance of cultural diversity, the IR/Area Studies Nexus and politics in an (un)exceptional Middle East, Aarhus: Politica.
Articles
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). "Film (s)om internationale relationer" pp.180-225 in Marie Østergaard & Sarah Normann Thordsen (eds), Æstetik og politisk magt - 8 analyser af aktuelle forhold mellem politik og æstetik, Aarhus NSU Press/Aarhus University Press;
<Film on/as international relations> - Valbjørn, Morten (2008). "Before, During and After the Cultural Turn. A 'Baedeker' to IR’s Cultural Journey", International Review of Sociology. 18,1 55-82;
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). "Islamismens - mange - udviklingsveje", Den Ny Verden - Tidsskrift for internationale studier, 41, 1 (tema: religion og/eller politik), pp. 83-95;
<The - many - trends within Islamism(s)> - Valbjørn, Morten (2008). "Kontinuiteten i forandringerne og forandringerne i kontinuiteten - et postdemokratisk perspektiv på Jordan" pp. 86-121 in Peter Seeberg & Morten Valbjørn (eds), Et andet nyt Mellemøsten, Odense University Press of Southern Denmark
<The Continuity in the changes and the changes in the continuities - a post-democratic perspectiv on Jordan> - Seeberg, Peter & Morten Valbjørn (eds) (2008). "Introduktion: Et andet nyt Mellemøsten", in Seeberg, Peter & Morten Valbjørn (eds), Et andet nyt Mellemøsten, Odense University Press of Southern Denmark;
<A different 'new Middle East'>.
Reports
- Valbjørn, Morten et al. (2008). Jordan Mission Januar 2008 - Muligheder og udfordringer for partnerskab og dialog i et liberaliserende autokrati, Copenhagen: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
<Jordan Mission January 2008 - Possibilities and Challenges for partnership and dialogue in a liberalizing autocracy>
Edited volumes
- Seeberg, Peter & Morten Valbjørn (eds), Et andet nyt Mellemøsten, Odense University Press of Southern Denmark.
<A different 'new Middle East'>.
Working-Papers
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). 'There are clearly cultural issues at play': A Note on Grasping Conceptual Slipperiness - the Idea(s) of Culture and its Turn(s), Working Paper . Aarhus Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
Conference-presentations
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). The continuity in the changes and the changes in the continuities – a post-democratization perspective on Jordan, Paper prepared for presentation in the double panel: ‘Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Revise or Reject?’ at Centre for Con-temporary Middle East Studies’ 25th Anniversary Conference, September 27 2008. Odense.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). Edward W. Said and the influence of Orientalism on the Middle East Studies (Debates) Paper presented in the panel "Edward Said: Critical Readings" at Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies’ 25th Anniversary Conference, September 27 2008. Odense.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). Jordan as a non-exceptional liberalizing autocracy - neither democratization nor a standstill Paper prepared for presentation in the panel: ‘Globalizing Jordan – the Glolocal Aspect of Social and Economic Developments in Jordan’ at the 15th International Congress of Contemporary Research on the Middle East organized by the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO), Erfurt, Germany, October 2-4, 2008.
Miscellaneous
- Valbjørn, Morten (2008). "Bør man klone Jordan kong Abdallah?", Politiken, December 27
<Should the Jordanian King Abdallah be cloned?> - Valbjørn, Morten (2008). "Udfordringsstafetten - det nye Mellemøsten", Kandestøberen, 18, 3, pp. 8-10. (http://www.ps.au.dk/kanden/Enkeltnumre/Kanden_November_2008.pdf).
2007
Articles
- Valbjørn, Morten (2007). "Jordansk lokalvalg med nationale implikationer", Udenrigs, 62, 3, pp. 76-89
[Jordanian Local Election with National Implications] - Valbjørn, Morten (2007). "Studiet af demokratiets (ir)relevans i et (u)almindeligt Mellemøsten - om ørkenvandringer, fatamorganaer, ørkenblomster og om at vandre i cirkler", Politica, 39, 2, pp. 111-137;
[The Study of the (Ir)relevance of Democracy in an (un)execeptional Middle East] - Valbjørn, Morten (2007). "Libanonkrigen i skyggen af den Nye Arabiske Kolde Krig" in Lars Erslev Andersen, Søren Hove & Morten Valbjørn (eds), Nye Kolde Krige i Mellemøsten - USA's mellemøststrategi, situationen i Golfen og forandringer i den arabiske offentlighed, Odense Syddansk Universitetsforlag
[The Lebanon-war in the shadow of the New Arab Cold War] - Valbjørn, Morten & André Bank (2007). "Signs of a New Arab Cold War: The 2006 Lebanon War and the Sunni-Shi‘i Divide", Middle East Report, 242.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2007). "Store fremskridt, små skridt på stedet eller ligefrem tilbageskridt? - det jordanske parlamentsvalg 2007", Mellemøstinformation, 24, 11.
Edited volumes
- Lars Erslev Andersen, Søren Hove & Morten Valbjørn (eds) (2007), Nye Kolde Krige i Mellemøsten - USA's mellemøststrategi, situationen i Golfen og forandringer i den arabiske offentlighed, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag.
- Valbjørn, Morten & Søren Flinch Midtgaard, eds. Politica, 39, 2 (temanummer om demokratiets (ir)relevans i et (u)almindeligt Mellemøsten) [special issue on the (ir)relevance of democracy in an (un)exceptional Middle East], 2007.
Conference papers
- Valbjørn, Morten (2007). From Arab Interstate Societies to an Arab-Islamic World Society - Old and New Arab Nationalism(s), paper prepared for presentation at 'The Middle East through English School Theory' workshop organized by Barry Buzan & Ana Gonzales-Pelaez, July 12-13, Swiss Cottage, London.
- Bank, André & Morten Valbjørn (2007). The New Arab Cold War and the Islamic triangle in a (de)liberalizing Jordan, paper prepared for presentation at workshop on "Europe’s legacy? From colonialism to democracy promotion. The case of the Mediterranean" at the Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, April 21-22, 2007. Revised version presented at Nordic International Studies Association-Conference, University of Southern Denmark, May 24-5 2007.
Miscellaneous
- Valbjørn, Morten (2007). "Autokrati. Lang udsigt til demokrati i Jordan", Politiken, November 19.
2006
- Valbjørn, Morten (2006). "Blank, Blind or Blinded? - Cultural investigations in International Relations" pp. 199-224 in Knud Erik Jørgensen & Tonny Brems Knudsen (eds), International Relations in Europe: Traditions, Perspectives and Destinations, London: Routledge.
Reports
- Valbjørn, Morten (2006). "Landeanalyse Jordan " in Analyse af Det Arabiske Initiativ og Anbefalinger til Næste Fase', Copenhagen Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 19 pp.
Conference papers
- Valbjørn, Morten (2006). Before, During and After the Cultural Turn - A ‘Baedeker’ to IR’s Cultural Journey, Paper prepared for presentation at the JAIR 50th Anniversary International Conference, Kisarazu, Japan .
- Valbjørn, Morten (2006). Den ’nye arabiske kolde krig’ med særligt udblik til Jordan, Del af udredning for Udenrigsministeriet om "Udviklinger af forholdet mellem stat og samfund i Mellemøstens sikkerheds-politiske situation regionalt og internationalt USA, Jordan og Den Arabiske Golf." Prepared for presentation to a seminar at Danish Institute for Internationale Studies, Copenhagen. 18 pp.
2005
- Valbjørn, Morten (2005). "Hvor og hvad er Jordan? Jordansk stats-og nationsbygning", Den Jyske Historiker, 110-111 (special issue on Nation, State and Religion in the modern Middle East), pp. 74-102.
- Valbjørn, Morten & Lars Erslev Andersen (2005). "Mellemøsten: En (u)almindelig region - studiet af Mellemøsten i teorihistorisk perspektiv" pp. 115-130 in Lars Erslev Andersen, Søren Hove & Maj Vingum Jensen (eds), Mellemøsthåndbogen - Fakta om landene i Mellemøsten og Nordafrika, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2005). "Jordan - landeprofil og historie" pp. 243-266 in Lars Erslev Andersen, Søren Hove & Maj Vingum Jensen (eds), Mellemøsthåndbogen - Fakta om landene i Mellemøsten og Nordafrika, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2005). "Boganmeldelse: Robins, Philip . A History of Jordan.", Nyt fra Historien, LIV, Spring, pp. 15-16
Conference Papers:
- Valbjørn, Morten (2005). After the Cultural Turn: A Travelogue beyond the Blind/Blinded Stalemate , Paper prepared for presentation at the panel "IR/Area Studies Nexus 2: Theory / Meta-theory, Cross-disciplinary fertilisation", The First Global International Studies Conference, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 24 - 27 August 2005 . Revised version of paper also presented at the conference "CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY III" Center for North American Studies/Institute for Cultural Diplomacy; Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 19 - 21 December 2005 .
- Valbjørn, Morten (2005). After the Cultural Turn: International Relations Theory meets Area Studies, Paper prepared for NSU Winter Symposium Study Circle 2, Ry Højskole, March 11-13. (revised and expanded version of paper presented at Ebeltoft-conference).
2004
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). Toward a 'Mesopotamian Turn': Disciplinarity and the Study of the international relations of the Middle East, Journal of Mediterranean Studies, vol 14,1-2. pp. 47-75.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). "Culture Blind and Culture Blinded: Images of Middle Eastern Conflicts in International Relations", pp. 39-78 in Dietrich Jung (ed.), The Middle East and Palestine: Global Politics and Regional Conflicts, N.Y.: Palgrave.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). "Book Review of Birthe Hansen. Unipolarity and the Middle East, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001", Arab Studies Journal, XI-XII, 2/1, pp. 122-125.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). Book Review: Raymond Hinnebusch. The International Politics of the Middle East, Middle East Journal, 58, 2 (Spring), pp. 320-322
Conference Papers:
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). International Relations Theory meets Area Studies after the Cultural Turn, Paper prepared for the conference "The Area Studies Controversy and the Challenge to Key Political Science Concepts” 2-3 December 2004, Ebeltoft, Denmark .
- Kjær, Anne Mette & Morten Valbjørn (2004). The Area Studies Controversy and the challenge to key Political Science concepts, Paper prepared for the conference "The Area Studies Controversy and the Challenge to Key Political Science Concepts” 2-3 December 2004, Ebeltoft, Denmar
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). Culture and IR Culture in IR: Ignoring, Introducing, Up-dating or Forgetting the Concept of Culture in International Relations (revised version of ISA-paper). Paper presented at ECPR Standing Group on International Relations 5th Pan-European International Relations Conference Constructing World Orders Session on 'International Relations meet Area Studies', The Hague, September 9-11, 2004.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). The ‘Mesopotamian Turn’ and its Various ‘Irrigation Strategies’ - Bringing IR and Middle East Studies Together, Paper presented at ECPR Standing Group on International Relations 5th Pan-European International Relations Conference Constructing World Orders Session on 'International Relations meet Area Studies', The Hague, September 9-11, 2004. Also presented in the workshop "The Area Study Controversy and the Middle East" at The Sixth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Copenhagen, October 8-10, 2004.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2004). Ignoring, introducing, up-dating or forgetting the concept of culture in International Relations, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association , Montreal, March 17-20 2004 .
2003
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003). ”Fra ’Jordan er Palæstina’ til ”Jordan Først’ – og tilbage igen?” in Erslev Andersen, Lars & Peter Seeberg. Det nye Mellemøsten, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003). "Identitet og modernisering på Jordans dagsorden", Udenrigs, 58, 2, pp. 56-66.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003). "The Meeting of the Twain - Bridging the Gap between Middle East Studies and International Relations", Cooperation & Conflict, 38, 2, pp. 162-173.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003). ”Før og efter krigen: Olien under Saddam”, pp. 41-53 in Clement Behrendt Kjersgaard (ed.), USA Europa - fjender i fællesskab?, Copenhagen: Ræson & Forlaget Halfdan.
- Valbjørn, Morten & Lars Erslev Andersen (2003): Under angreb - mellemøststudier efter 11. september, Kritik, Nr. 162/3
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003): ”Jordan: Geo-og identitetspolitikkens genkomst”, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 4, vol. 20 2003
Conference Papers:
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003). ”Narrowing the gap - the particularization of International Relations and the universalization of Middle East Studies”, Paper presented at the Panel “After certainty: Exploring the post-positivist nexus between (international) political theory, identity, and Middle East Area Studies” at the Annual BRISMES Conference, University of Exeter, 12-15 July 2003
- Valbjørn, Morten (2003). Den anden kulturelle drejning - film (s)om international politik, paper presented as part of Kritisk Profil seminar-series on 'Political Forms in the Aesthetics', June 4.
2002
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). "Før og efter krigen: Olien under Saddam", Ræson, Fjerde Kvartal (13. december).
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Jordans demokratisering: forsinkelse eller afvikling?”, Udenrigs nr. 3, 57. årg. 2002
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Oliemarkedet efter Saddam”, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 12, vol. 19
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Handler Irak-konflikten om olie...?”, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 11 vol. 19
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Bahrain: Valgoptakt med mislyde”, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 10 vol. 19
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Tegn på demokratisk forår i Golfens små oliestater”, Udenrigs nr. 2 57. årg.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). “Hvad gik galt og hva’ nu? – den mellemøstlige debat”, Rubicon, nr 2 vol. 10 maj.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Jordan: demokratisering sat på standby”, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 8/9 vol. 19
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Politisk forår i Golfen?”, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 5 vol. 19
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). Islam og den muslimske demokratikløft, Mellemøstinformation, nr. 4 vol. 19
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”What went wrong? – den mellemøstlige debat”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 19 no 3
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). ”Palæstina efter Mr. Palestine”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 19 no 1
Conference Papers:
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). Culture and IR – Culture in IR: Culture Blank, Culture Blind and Culture Blinded Perceptions of International Relations within IR; Paper presented at ‘Cultural Returns: Assessing the Place of Culture in Social Thought’, An international conference organised by the Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research, 18-20 September 2002, St. Hugh's College, Oxford
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). Culture Blind and Culture Blinded: Images of Middle Eastern Conflicts in International Relations, Paper presented as part of the panel ‘Political Theory in Middle East Area Studies’ at the First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Mainz, Germany, September 8 - 13, 2002
- Valbjørn, Morten (2002). Culture Blind and Culture Blinded Images of Middle Eastern Conflicts within the Discipline of International Relations, Paper presented at the Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, March 20–24, 2002, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute.
2001
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001). ”Den israelske fredsproces”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no 12
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001).”Islam: Krigens eller fredens civilisation?”, Udenrigs nr. 1 56. årg.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001).”Palæstina-konfliktens mange målestokke”, FFH – Historielærerforeningens blad, August
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001).”Sanktionerer eller forbyder islam terror?”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no 11
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001). ”Jordan er Palæstina” revisited, Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no 10
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001). ”Al-Aqsa Intifadaens hjemmefronter” Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no 7.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001).”Nyt kapitel i den iransk-russiske fortælling”, Udenrigs nr. 2 56. årg.
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001). ”Frit valg under kontrol – det iranske præsidentvalg 2001”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no 6
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001). "Sharons Israel", Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no. 3
- Valbjørn, Morten (2001)."Kompromisets diskurs – om israelske og palæstinensiske indrømmelser”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 18 no 1
1999
- Valbjørn, Morten & Birthe Petersen (1999).”Brand i Hebron”, Mellemøstinformation, vol 16 no 12
1998
- Valbjørn, Morten (1998). "Frizone folder sig ud”, Export no 10





