About

Dr. Ziblim Iddi is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana.  He obtained his B. A. in Political Science at the University of Ghana and his PhD in Political Science at Clark Atlanta University, USA, where he also received his Masters in International Affairs and Development (MIAD).  Iddi teaches international relations; international organizations; and foreign policy. Dr. Iddi has also taught at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD); the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC); New York University (NYU), Accra campus; and the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP).   He was a visiting scholar at Indiana University from 2013 to 2014.  From 2017 to 2021, Iddi served in the Ghanaian legislature as the Member of Parliament for Gushegu constituency.  He also served as Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Tourism Arts and Culture from 2017 to 2021.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (International Relations and Comparative Politics) - Clark Atlanta University, USA
• Masters in International Affairs and Development (MIAD) - Clark Atlanta University, USA
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - University of Ghana, Ghana

Research Interest

• The exercise of ‘Soft Power’ by Ghana in her international diplomacy. 
• Ghana’s foreign policy in the 21st century.

Selected Publications

• “The Selection of Presidential Running Mates in Ghana’s 2008 Elections: Analyzing the Choice of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)” in Selected Issues in Ghana’s Democracy, vol. 1, Asare, E. Bossman and Frempong, D. K. Alex; Digibooks Ghana Ltd., 2017.
• “The Regional Balance of Presidential Tickets in Ghanaian Elections: Analysis of the 2008 General Elections”; in Issues in Ghana’s Electoral Politics, K. A. Ninsin(ed), CODESRIA, 2016. 
• “When Protectors become Spectators: A Review of Security Response to the March 2002 Communal Violence in Yendi, Northern Ghana” Ghana Social Science Journal, vol. 12, June 2015.
• “Regional Balance of Presidential Tickets in Ghanaian Elections Since 1992”, (forthcoming book chapter, CODESRA,  2015).
• “Security Sector Reforms and Conflict Management in Ghana: A Comparative Study of Yendi and Hohoe Crisis”; in Conflict and Security Governance in West Africa, Altus Global Alliance, Abuja Nigeria, 2013.