PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Commentary on Middle East politics and US foreign policy
IN ENGLISH | بالانكليزية
(with Yasmine Farouk) "America and Saudi Arabia Are Stuck With Each Other," Foreign Affairs, April 1, 2022
"Saudi Arabia: How Yemen War Weighs on South's Economy." in Saudi Arabia’s Peripheries in Times of Reform: The Local Puzzle, ed. Eleonora Ardemagni, Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Sept. 10, 2020
"Hidden Hands or Inspiring Example? Gulf Perspectives on the “American Spring.” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, June 11, 2020
"China and COVID-19 in Saudi Media." War on the Rocks, April 23, 2020
"Differences of Opinion? Saudi Op-eds and Confrontation with Iran." Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, May 23, 2019
"North by southwest: Outlying Saudi regions face economic change, retain culture." AlArabiya, Feb. 17, 2019
(with Christopher Carothers) "Is the Saudi Purge Really About Corruption? [هل الفساد هو حقيقة هدف عملية التطهير السعودية؟]." Foreign Affairs, Nov. 15, 2017
"Hot Dates in the Saudi Desert [سوق التمور الساخنة في الصحراء السعودية]." Roads & Kingdoms, Sept. 24, 2017
"Blockaded Qatar rallies ’round the Emir," Journal of Middle East Politics & Policy, July 6, 2017
"Out of sight, out of mind? Blocking Doha News in Qatar," Journal of Middle East Politics & Policy, January 17, 2017
IN ARABIC | بالعربية
with Eman Al Hussein. "هامش الادخار السعودي في مستقبل ما بعد النفط [The Saudi savings rate in a post-oil future]," Thmanyah, June 10, 2021
"حرب الخليج: التكنولوجيا العسكرية وعقدة الانتصار الأميركي [The Gulf War: Military technology and the American victory Complex]." Thmanyah, Feb. 9. 2021
"بعد انتخابات كارثية، هل سيبقى المجمع الانتخابي في أميركا؟ [After disastrous elections, will the Electoral College remain as it is in America?]." Thmanyah, Nov. 20, 2020
"سنة غريبة، وانتخابات عجيبة [Strange year, surprising elections]," Arbaa podcast, Jan. 19. 2020
"السياسة الخارجية الأميركية: ماذا لو فاز بايدن بالانتخابات؟ [US Foreign Policy: What if Biden Wins?]." Thmanyah, June 23, 2020
"لماذا يجب أن تهتم برئيس أميركا القادم؟ [Why should you care who the next US president is?]," Arbaa podcast, Sept. 1, 2020
"عنف الفوضى أم عنف الدولة؟ [Violence of Chaos or Violence of the State?]." Thmanyah, June 10, 2020
"شغب مع الإجراءات الوقائية [Riots and Preventative Measures]," Arbaa podcast, June 24, 2020
RESOURCES
A blog where I post periodic translations & analysis of Saudi media commentary. (Link)
A haphazard google doc of (mostly English-language) articles & books on the politics & society of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf monarchies. (Link - last updated 12/2019)
Another blog, maintained with a friend, with resources on understanding the US invasion of Iraq. (Link - last updated 3/2019)