Linda Matar is an Associate Porfessor at the School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from University of London, United Kingdom. Before coming to China, she was Senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include the political economy and economic history of the Arab region, China’s economic model, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the Indian Ocean. Her recent publications include: Syria: From National Independence to Proxy War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and The Political Economy Investment in Syria (Palgrave Macmillan: 2016) and China Against US imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman (Middle East Critique, 2023).
Education
Ph.D.
Department of Economics
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
M.A.
American University of Beirut
B.A.
American University of Beirut
Academic Experience
2021-Present Associate Professor
School of International Studies
Sun Yat-sen University
2012-2020 Senior Research Fellow
National University of Singapore
Teaching Experience
Historical Discourse: A Crtical Approach( From Reformation to 20th Century)
Globalization and International Relations
International Systems and Organizations
International Studies
Managerial Economics
Political Economy
Development Economics
Comparative Development
Regionalism
Gender, Economics and Politics
Welfare State
Editorial Board of International Journals
2019 -Present Middle East Critique
Latest Publications
Books:
Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (eds) (2019). Syria: From National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L. (2016). The Political Economy of Investment in Syria. Palgrave Macmillan (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy)
Articles and Book Chapters:
Matar, L. (2023). 中国经济故事的特别之处, 中国社会科学报, Chinese Social Sciences Today (中国社会科学杂志社 Social Sciences in China Press), 28 August 2023,
https://www.cssn.cn/skgz/bwyc/202308/t20230828_5681533.shtml
الصين في بحر العرب: نظرة شاملة على عُمان، النداء،13 حزيران 2023
http://www.al-nidaa.com/more/issue-theme/item/32158-2023-06-12-14-06-50
االصين في بحر العرب: الجغرافيا السياسية لميناء الدُقم، حبر، 23 أيار 2023
https://www.7iber.com/politics-economics/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%82%d9%85/
Matar, L. (2023) ‘Chinese Investment in the Arab Region: building bilateral cooperation and common development’, in: China’s 70-Year Development and the Construction of the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind (Volume 2), Social Sciences Academic Press
الإصلاحات النيوليبرالية دمّرت قدرة الصمود | عودة سوريا إلى مفتاح النموّ السريع: الزراعة، الأخبار،7 آذار 2022
دور الصين في أمن سوريا القوميّ ، الأخبار، 22 حزيران 2020
Matar, L. (2019) ‘Syria's Political Economy and Imperialism’, 2nd edition, in: Ness, I. and Cope, Zak (ed.s) (2019) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., and Kadri, A. (2019). ‘Syria in the Imperialist Cyclone’ in Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (eds). Syria: from National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., (2019). ‘Macroeconomic Framework in Pre-Conflict Syria’ in Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (eds). Syria: from National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., and Kadri, A. (2019). ‘China’s Role in Syria’s National Security’ in Matar, L. and Kadri A. (eds). Syria: from National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., (2018). ‘Degraded Capital Formation: The Achilles Heel of Syria’s Agriculture’, in Zurayk, R. and Woertz, E. Crisis and Conflict in the Agrarian World: An Evolving Dialectic, CABI
Matar, L., (2017). ‘Syria’s Economic History: Bumpy Road from Economic Nationalism to Neoliberalism’ in Ghazal, A., and Hanssen, J. (eds). The Oxford Handbook Of Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African History , Oxford University Press
Matar, L., (2013). ‘Twilight of ‘State Capitalism’ in Formerly ‘Socialist’ Arab States’. The Journal of North African Studies (JNAS), 18 (3), pp. 416-430, EI.
