Current Research Topics

The new Arab Gulf: power, wealth and responsibility in the global economy

Selected Publications

Editor with C. Davidson, Hurst/Columbia University Press series on the Contemporary Arab Gulf; A History of Modern Libya, Cambridge University Press, 2006; Libya Since 1969: Qadhafi's Revolution Revisited, editor, Palgrave, 2008; "From Labor Force Growth to Job Creation," regional economic report on the Middle East and North Africa, The World Bank, 2004; “Social Contracts, Institutional Development and Economic Growth and Reform in Middle East Oil Exporters,” background paper in The Employment Challenge in the 21st Century; Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-Building, Cornell University Press, 1998; North Africa: Development and Reform in a Changing Global Economy, editor, St. Martin's Press, 1996; Qadhafi's Revolution 1969–1994, editor, St. Martin's Press, 1995

Working Papers

With Steffen Hertog, “Tribal Chaos versus Tribal Order: Patrimonial Control Strategies in Libya and Saudi Arabia”; The New Arab Gulf: Power, Wealth and Responsibility in the Global Economy (book)

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2009–present; Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, 2007; Chair, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Dartmouth College, 2002–03; Fulbright Regional Research Associate, Gulf Research Center, Dubai, 2005–06; Fulbright Regional Research Associate, Morocco and Yemen, 1996–97; Visiting Scholar, Harvard Institute for International Development, 1996–97; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1994–95; Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College 1991–97

Editorial positions: Editorial Boards, London Middle East Institute; L'Annee du Maghreb (Aix-en-Provence)