Distinguished Visiting Professor

Akademischer Werdegang

1990
PhD, University of Chicago, Department of Political Science, Titel der Dissertation: “Successful Authoritarianism: The Social and Structural Origins of Populist Authoritarian Rule in Syria, 1946-1963.”

1986

M.A., University of Chicago, Department of Political Science.

Beruflicher Werdegang

seit 2007
United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.: Vizepräsident Angewandte Konfliktforschung.

2003-2007
Georgetown University: Gründungsdirektor des Center for Democracy and Civil Society.

2001-2003
Social Science Research Council, New York: Direktor des Programms Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector.

2001
European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florenz, Italien: Gastprofessor.

1997-2000
Columbia University, Department of Political Science: Associate Professor.

1997
Yale University, Center for International and Area Studies: World Fund Senior Fellow.

1990-1997
Social Science Research Council, New York: Direktor der Programme Internationaler Frieden und Sicherheit sowie Naher- und Mittlerer Osten.

1981-1984

Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C: Redaktionsassistent Middle East Journal und Programm- und Forschungsdirektor.

Forschungsinteressen

Autoritäre Regimewirtschaftliche Entwicklung

Sozialpolitik

politische und wirtschaftliche Reformen

Zivilgesellschaft

Regionaler Schwerpunkt

Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft und Politische Ökonomie in der MENA-Region (besonders Syrien)

Lehrveranstaltungen

• International Relations and Regional Order of the MENA (SoSe 2015)
• International Relations and Regional Order of the Middle East (SoSe 2014)

Publikationen

• Middle East Authoritarianism: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran, herausgegeben mit Reinoud Leenders, Stanford University Press, 2013.
• Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society: Projecting Institutional Logics Abroad, herausgegeben mit David C. Hammack, Indiana University Press, 2009.
• The Legitimacy of Philanthropic Foundations: United States And European Perspectives, Herausgeber, Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2006.
• Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited, Herausgeber, Palgrave Press, 2004.
• War, Institutions and Social Change in the Middle East, Herausgeber, University of California Press, 2000.
• Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946-1970, Cornell University Press, 1999.

• "Embracing the Change, Accepting the Challenge? Western Response to the Arab Spring" in: Re-thinking Western Policies in Light of the Arab Uprisings, eds.Riccardo Alcaro and Miguel Haubrich-Seco (IAI Research Paper, April 2012).
• "Lebanon After Elections: The End of the Beginning." al-Majalla, Juli 2009 (cover essay in arabischer und englischer Ausgabe).
• "The Return of Local Politics in Lebanon?" al-Majalla, Juni 2009 (cover essay in arabischer und englischer Ausgabe).
• "Institutions and Economic Performance: The Use and Abuse of Culture in New Institutional Economics," Studies in Comparative International Development, (März 2008).
• "Social Pacts and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in the Middle East," in: Debating Arab Authoritarianism: Dynamics and Durability in Non-Democratic Regimes, ed. Oliver Schlumberger (Stanford University Press, 2007).
• "Upgrading Authoritarianism in the Arab World," Saban Center, Brookings Institution, Oktober 2007.
• "In the Shadow of Democracy." Middle East Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Winter 2006).
• Unlocking the Employment Potential in the Middle East and North Africa: Toward a New Social Contract, (contributing author, World Bank, 2003).
• "La question de la democratie dans les travaux sur le monde arabe." Critique Internationale, (Oktober 2002).
• "Middle East Studies After 9/11: Defending the Discipline." Journal of Democracy, (Juli 2002).

Mitgliedschaften

American Political Science Association (APSA)
Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
International Studies Association (ISA)
Association for Research on the Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations (ARNOVA)
International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)