My latest book is Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible (Oxford University Press, 2025). Two decades in the making, this is a sweeping roadmap of Jordan’s politics. It covers the origins of the Hashemite state, the battle for democracy, the paradoxical economy, and the kingdom’s remarkable foreign policy.

My other research grapples with the dynamics of authoritarianism and democratization in the MENA. Beyond Jordan, I work on Morocco, Kuwait, and the broader Arabian Gulf. I am also deeply concerned with the limits of US hegemony, which implicates problems of political economy, geopolitical order, and the survival of American democracy itself.

I sit on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Middle East Studies and the Editorial Committee of the Middle East Report and Information Project, and serve as an Associate Editor of Research & Politics.

Updated Apr. 2026