PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Commentary on Middle East politics and US foreign policy
IN ENGLISH | بالانكليزية
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"Making sense of a proposed US-Saudi deal," interview with Kevin Huggar, Brookings Institution, July 10, 2024
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"Night Vision," The Baffler, April 18, 2024
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(with Galen Jackson) "However Difficult, The United States Should Still Pursue Israeli-Palestinian Peace," War on the Rocks, November 27, 2023
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(with Yasmine Farouk) "America and Saudi Arabia Are Stuck With Each Other," Foreign Affairs, April 1, 2022
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"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
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"Hidden Hands or Inspiring Example? Gulf Perspectives on the “American Spring.” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, June 11, 2020
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"China and COVID-19 in Saudi Media." War on the Rocks, April 23, 2020
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"Differences of Opinion? Saudi Op-eds and Confrontation with Iran." Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, May 23, 2019
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"North by southwest: Outlying Saudi regions face economic change, retain culture." AlArabiya, Feb. 17, 2019
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(with Christopher Carothers) "Is the Saudi Purge Really About Corruption? [هل الفساد هو حقيقة هدف عملية التطهير السعودية؟]." Foreign Affairs, Nov. 15, 2017
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"Hot Dates in the Saudi Desert [سوق التمور الساخنة في الصحراء السعودية]." Roads & Kingdoms, Sept. 24, 2017
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"Blockaded Qatar rallies ’round the Emir," Journal of Middle East Politics & Policy, July 6, 2017
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"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)