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[email protected] Research Specializations: Comparative Politics, Law and Policy, especially in the Middle East; Globalization; International Law; Human Rights; Islamic Law; International Relations; US Foreign Policy, especially in Muslim World; Modern Middle Eastern History; Israeli and Palestinian Development; Democracy Theory; Persian Gulf Studies; Religion, Politics and Law. Higher Education: Ph.D., Political Science, Harvard University, Dept. of Government, 2007. Fields: Comparative Politics (Middle East focus); International Relations Dissertation: “The King‟s Dilemma Resolved? The Politics of Symbols and Pluralism in Contemporary Arab Monarchy,” principal advisor, Prof. Jorge I. Dominguez J.D., Harvard University Law School (Honors), 1989. Senior Articles Editor, Harvard International Law Journal A.M., Political Science, Harvard University, 1988. A.B., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1982. (High Honors, Junior Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Work, Senior Near Eastern Studies Thesis Prize, Certificates of Proficiency in European and Near Eastern Studies) Diplôme, University of Paris IV – Sorbonne (French language and civilization), 1978. Academic