I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Affiliate with the MIT Security Studies Program. My book Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win and co-edited volume Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics were recently published with Cornell University Press and Oxford University Press. My research and teaching focus on Middle East politics, terrorism and political violence, national movements, and international relations. I regularly give talks to universities, think tanks, and business and community groups, and I conduct media interviews. I have a Ph.D. in political science from MIT and a B.A. in political science and history from Williams College.
HOW HUMAN BOUNDARIES BECOME STATE BORDERS: RADICAL FLANKS AND TERRITORIAL CONTROL IN THE MODERN ERA
My new co-authored article, published in Comparative Politics, analyzes how non-state actors drive changes in international borders today by quietly altering the demographic status quo, shifting situations from compellence to deterrence, and creating "insecurity dilemmas" for states wishing to protect co-ethnics. We test our argument using a new dataset of Israeli settlements and political violence in the West Bank. We summarize our findings in a post at Political Violence @ A Glance.
"A STATE, AN INSURGENCY, AND A REVOLUTION: UNDERSTANDING AND DEFEATING THE THREE FACES OF ISIS"
My new book chapter in The Future of ISIS (Brookings Press) analyzes how although ISIS the state may have suffered a major blow, ISIS the insurgency and ISIS the revolution continue to pose a challenge. Only a comprehensive strategy that targets all three faces of ISIS will succeed.
TALKS ON NEW PROJECTS THIS FALL
I will be giving talks on new projects concerning Middle East politics, regime change, and political violence at LUISS University (October), The University of Genoa (October 11), ETH-Zurich (October 15), The Graduate Institute Geneva (October 16), The University of Amsterdam (October 30), Charles University Prague (November 8), MIT (November 13), and the University of Tennessee (November 27). Please contact me for further details.
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