09.03.2023 Newspaper Articles: Project Syndicate Whither Sunni-Shia Relations? Sunni-Shia antagonism, a root cause of violence across the Middle East in recent decades, has diminished lately. But provocation by either side could undo this progress. read more
01.01.2023 Publication of The Caliph and the Imam The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism is out with Oxford University Press in the US … read more
02.03.2022 Academic Articles: Nations and Nationalism Special Issue of Nations and Nationalism Together with my colleague Kathrin Bachleitner I coedited a special issue for Nations and Nationalism on “Belonging to Syria. National … read more
Academic Articles: American Political Science Association The Arab Counter-Revolution Why did the Arab Spring fail? A large part of the answer lies in what I call the Arab Counter Revolution (ACR) read more