My research focuses on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, while a great deal of my work focuses on running two major organizations dedicated to the academic study of the Middle East (the Project on Middle East Political Science and the ASPA MENA Politics Section). I am currently completing a number of books, including two edited volumes already under review, another edited volumes in preparation, and two solo-authored books in advanced stages. I also am the Middle East editor for the Monkey Cage blog on the Washington Post, the series editor for Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics (Columbia University Press), and the editor of the APSA's MENA Politics Newsletter.