Dr. M. Raymond Izarali

Dr. Izarali’s research interests are in the areas of globalization, the Caribbean, Africa, South Asia, human rights theory, and global terrorism and security.

• 2013, Merit Award, Wilfrid Laurier University

Dr. Izarali has provided research assistantship to students over the last few years, through the university’s work-study program and the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

• Ahlawat, D. and Izarali, M.R. (2022). “Security Implications for India and Pakistan from the Taliban Regime Since the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan.” Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(5): 20-33.
• Ahlawat, D. and Izarali, M.R. (2020). "India's Revocation of Article 370: Security Dilemma and Options for Pakistan." The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 109(6): 663-683.
• Izarali, M.R. (2015). "Human Rights and State-Corporate Crimes in the Practice of Gas Flaring in the Niger Delta, Nigeria." Critical Criminology, Vol. 24(3): 391-412.
• Izarali, M.R. (2013). "Globalization and the Bhopal Disaster: A Criminogenic Inquiry." International Journal of Social Inquiry, Vol. 6 (1): 91-112.
• Izarali, M.R. (2011). "Mitigating Globalization with Basic Human Rights to Protect Basic Human Needs." Global Studies Journal, Vol. 3 (4): 103-116.
• Diallo, L. and Izarali, M.R. (2010). "Why Canada Needs a Focused Foreign Policy Towards Africa in the 21st Century." Africa Review, Vol. 2(2): 201-219.

Books (Peer Reviewed)

• Dookeran, Winston and Izarali, M. Raymond. (Eds.). (2023). Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. 388 pages.
• Izarali, M.R. and Ahlawat, D. (Eds.). (2021). Terrorism, Security, and Development in South Asia: National, Regional, and Global Implications. Routledge. 316 pages.
• Izarali, M.R., Masakure, O., and Ibhawoh, Bonny (Eds.). (2019). Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa.  Routledge. 298 pages.
• Izarali, M.R. (Ed.).  (2018). Crime, Violence, and Security in the Caribbean.  Routledge. 279 pages.
• Izarali, M.R., Masakure, O. and Shizha, E. (Eds.). (2017). Security, Education, and Development in Contemporary Africa.  Routledge. 251 pages.
• Singh, Priti and Izarali, M.R., (Eds.). (2013). The Contemporary Caribbean: Issues and Challenges.  Shipra Publications. 439 pages.   

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters & Foreword

• Izarali, M. Raymond (2023). "Setting Caribbean Development Rethink in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic." In Winston Dookeran and M. Raymond Izarali (Eds.), Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic (pp.2-19). Kingson, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
• Izarali, M.R. and Ahlawat, D. (2021). “Conceptualizing Terrorism, Security, and Development in South Asia.”  In M.R. Izarali and D. Ahlawat  (Eds.), Terrorism, Security, and Development in South Asia: National, Regional, and Global Implications (pp.3-19). Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R. (2021). “Some Rumination on the Impacts of Terrorism, Insurgencies, and In/Security in South Asia in the Age of Globalization.”  In M.R. Izarali and D. Ahlawat  (Eds.), Terrorism, Security, and Development in South Asia: National, Regional, and Global Implications (pp. 287-316). Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R., Masakure, O., and Ibhawoh, B. (2019).  “Conceptualizing Human Rights Issues in Africa.” In M.R. Izarali, O. Masakure, and B. Ibhawoh (Eds.), Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa (pp.1-17).  Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R. (2019). “Towards an Inclusive Approach to Human Rights in Africa in an Age of Globalization.”  In M.R. Izarali, O. Masakure, and B. Ibhawoh (Eds.), Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa (pp. 268-284).  Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R. (2018).  “Issues of Crime, Violence and in/Security in the Contemporary Caribbean: An Introduction.” In M.R. Izarali (Ed.), Crime, Violence, and Security in the Caribbean (pp. 1-15). Routledge.   
• Izarali, M.R. (2018).  “The Caribbean in Current Global Security Affairs: The Case of Terrorism.”  In M.R. Izarali (Ed.), Crime, Violence, and Security in the Caribbean (pp. 240-267). Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R., Masakure, O.,  & Shizha, E. (2017).  “Conceptualizing Africa’s Realities in the 21st Century: The Security-Education-Development Nexus.”  In M.R. Izarali, O. Masakure, and E. Shizha (Eds.), Security, Education, and Development in Contemporary Africa (pp. 1-10). Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R. (2017).  “Looking Ahead: The Convergence of the Realities of  Security, Education, and Development in Africa.” M.R. In Izarali. O. Masakure, and E. Shizha (Eds.), Security, Education, and Development in Contemporary Africa (pp. 233-244). Routledge.
• Izarali, M.R. (2015).  “Mitigating Globalization with Basic Human Rights.” In S. Litz (Ed.), Globalization and Responsibility: Challenges and Opportunity (pp.137-153).  Common Ground Publishing. (Reprint of paper previously published in Global Studies Journal.)
• Izarali, M.R. (2013).  “Crime, Violence, and the Global Proliferation of Terrorism: A Descriptive Overview of the Caribbean.”  In P. Singh and M.R. Izarali (Eds.), The Contemporary Caribbean: Issues and Challenges (pp.340-375).  Shipra Publications. 

Other Publications

• Izarali, M.R. (2021). “Introduction.” In Ramesh Deosaran (author), Education, Race, Class and Politics in Post-Colonial Trinidad and Tobago (xiii-xvi).  Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers.
• Izarali, M.R.  (2017).  “Globalization, The Caribbean and Transnational Organized Crime.”  In United Against Crime. Volume 14, pp.17-21.  Barbados: Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police annual publication.  Available at: https://issuu.com/accpolice/docs/accpmagazine2017
• Izarali, M.R.  (2016).  “Some Ruminations on Crime and Security in Caribbean.” In United Against Crime.  Volume 13, pp. 22-24. Barbados:  Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police annual publication. Available at: https://issuu.com/accpolice/docs/accp_2016_magazine_-_web_e35bb5794dbf22 

Graduate Courses

CC613 - Global Proliferation of Terrorism
CC609 - Crimes of Globalization

Undergraduate Courses

CC415 - Analyzing Issues in Policing
CC404 - Penology
CC499 - Contested Issues in the Justice System
CC308 - Corporate Deviance & Crime
CC312 - Madness, Pollution, and Crime
CC306 - Global Justice
CT324 - Other World Views
CC290 - Theories of Crime I
CC390 - Theories of Crime II
CC209 - Global Terrorism and Security
CC201 - Criminology and Contemporary Issues
CC291 - Introduction to Policing
PP213 - Legal Philosophy
PP201 - Reasoning and Argumentation
PP247 - Business Ethics
PP111 - Knowledge and Reality
CC100 - Introduction to Criminology

*Note: "CC" above denotes criminology courses, "PP" denotes philosophy courses, and "CT" denotes contemporary studies courses.