Current Research Topics
- The new Arab Gulf: power, wealth and responsibility in the global economy
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)
Working Papers
- With S. 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)
Selected Publications
- Editor with C. Davidson, Hurst/Columbia University Press series on the Contemporary Arab Gulf
- Libya Since 1969: Qadhafi's Revolution Revisited, editor, Palgrave, 2008
- A History of Modern Libya, Cambridge University Press, 2006
- "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