In demand as a public speaker and media commentator, Dr. Rizowy has addressed forty to seventy event audiences per year. Groups addressed and media interviews include the Council on Foreign Relations, Rotary International, American Association of CPAs, Hand Tool Manufacturing Association, Illinois Judges Association, National Strategy Forum, Latin American Chamber of Commerce, many major universities, including the Stanford University Law Forum, and a large number of organizations including The Executive Committee Vistage (‘TEC,” a national organization of chief executives of significant, privately-held companies), NPR, BBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC. Topics include foreign policy, security, terrorism, Latin America, the Middle East and foreign trade.

 

Dr. Rizowy’s unique insights concerning the Middle East, and in particular the Palestinian-Israeli conflict originated during his studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem with Professor Yehoshafat Harkabi, former chief of Israeli military intelligence. Dr. Rizowy holds a B.A. in Political Sciences and International Relations from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a law degree (J.D.) from IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law and a Ph.D from the University of Chicago. As chairman of the political science department at Roosevelt University, he inspired a generation of students and faculty.

 

Dr. Rizowy is co-author of the book, Latin American Business Cultures, on overcoming cultural barriers in international business, published by Prentice Hall in 2005. He has authored articles in professional and popular journals, on topics in law, business, international relations, and especially the Middle East conflict.