Qualifications

PhD, International Relations (London School of Economics)

MSc, Middle East Politics (School of Oriental and African Studies)

BA, Middle East and Islamic Studies (Tel Aviv University)

Publications

Book:

The Kurdish Liberation Movement in Iraq: From Insurgency to Statehood. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2014

Peer-reviewed articles:

"Identity Politics in the Ba'th Government's Counterinsurgency Campaign against the Kurds in Northern Iraq" Middle East Journal (forthcoming)

"The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the South Sudan Question: The Limits of Moderation," International Affairs 92, 3 (2016): 665-682

"From Periphery to the Moderates: Israeli Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East," Political Science Quarterly 130, 3 (2015): 505-535

"Contested Sovereignty as an Opportunity: Understanding Democratic Transitions in Unrecognized States," Democratization 22, 4 (2015): 610-630

"Countering Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan: State Building and Transnational Advocacy," International Journal of Middle East Studies 46, 2 (2014): 351-372

"Kurdish Oil Politics in Iraq: Contested Sovereignty and Unilateralism," Middle East Policy 20, 1 (2013): 68-82

Book reviews:

"Out of Nowhere: The Kurds of Syria in Peace and War, by Michael M. Gunter," Middle East Policy XXII, 1 (2015), 156-157

"What Kind of Liberation: Women and the Occupation of Iraq, by Nadje al-Ali and Nicola Pratt," Millenium Journal of International Studies 40, 1 (2011), 210-211

"Contested States in World Politics, Deon Geldenhuys," International Affairs 86, 3 (2010), 765-766

Media and policy papers:

"After the Arab Spring: Power Shift in the Middle East?: Turmoil and Uncertainty: Israel and the New Middle East." IDEAS reports - special reports, Kitchen, Nicholas (ed.) SR011. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/43468/

"The Odd Couple: Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government," The Majalla, 15 February 2010, http://www.majalla.com/eng/2010/02/article5517480

Current Research Project:

Dialogues with Arabism: Second Generation Liberation Movements in the Arab World. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust under grant ECF-2013-179.