RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests include, but are not limited to

• Conflict resolution,
• Ethno-nationalist conflicts,
• Peace and conflict studies,
• Peacemaking and peacebuilding,
• International security,
• Non-state armed groups,
• Security in the Middle East,
• The Syrian civil war,
• Counter-terrorism,
• State-building and post-conflict reconstruction,
• Negotiation and mediation efforts,
• Backchannel communications,
• The Israeli-Palestinian conflict.