Book
Paper/Journal Article
Why Hezbollah Fell
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
No Military Solutions in the Middle East? There Just Might Be
- Georgetown Security Studies Review
Beyond Train and Equip in U.S. Security Cooperation
- Military Review
Saudi Arabia’s Deterrence Options Against Iran
- Middle East Institute
US Security Cooperation Deserves A Fair Evaluation
- War on the Rocks
After Oil-For-Security: A Blueprint For Resetting US-Saudi Security Relations
- Middle East Institute
America’s Defence of Its Partners in the Middle East
- Survival, Vol. 64. No. 2
Beyond Post-Desert Storm: How to Elevate the US-Kuwait Security Partnership
- Middle East Institute
Biden’s Middle East Trip: What It Means And What’s Next
- Middle East Institute, J (with Kevin Donegan, Mike Nagata, Mick Mulroy, and Joseph Votel)
The Other Saudi Transformation
- Middle East Policy (Summer 2022 Issue)
US-Gulf Relations at the Crossroads: Time for a Recalibration
- Middle East Institute
Enabling US Security Cooperation
- Survival, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 89-99
Battered Survivor: Hezbollah At Home and Abroad (Ed), Roundtable Report
- Middle East Institute
Blindsiding the Gulf
- The National Interest, No. 168 (July/August Issue 2020)
Broken Partnerships: Can Washington Get Security Cooperation Right?
- The Washington Quarterly (Fall 2019 Issue)
Beyond the Proxy Powder Keg: The Specter of War Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
- Middle East Institute
The Cost of Military Aid
- The National Interest (March/April 2018 Issue)
Atomic Bonds in an Age of Entropy: The Pursuit of a Nuclear Security Framework in the Middle East
- The Century Foundation, (with Nilsu Goren)
Iran’s Long Game in Bahrain
- Atlantic Council
U.S. Strategy Options for Iran’s Regional Challenge
- Atlantic Council (with Kenneth M. Pollack)
Policy Brief
Lebanon needs help from the U.S. to finish disarming Hezbollah
- World Politics Review
A new regional security order in the Middle East?
- Al Majalla
Lebanon’s Success Depends on Sidelining Hezbollah
- Foreign Policy
The Impact of AI on the economic and geopolitical future of the Middle East: MENA 2025 Outlook
- SRMG Think
The promise and danger of AI in the military
- Al Majalla
Israel is winning the intelligence war with Israel. Will it matter?
- Al Majalla
A US-Saudi Deal Without Israel Is An Illusion
- Foreign Policy
How should a US-Saudi defence pact look?
- Al Majalla
The technology requirements of US Middle East policy
- Al Majalla
Why unconditional US support for Israel must stop
- Al Majalla
A strategy for countering the Houthi threat at sea (with Kevin Donegan, Mick Mulroy, Sam Mundy, and Joseph L. Votel)
- A Memorandum from MEI's Defense and Security Program with Recommendations for President Biden
US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping
- Al Majalla
Dynamic Force Employment is the Future of America’s Middle East Presence
- Asharq Al-Awsat
US deterrence against Iran damaged but not dead
- Al Majalla
Excising the danger of peace in the Middle East (with Kenneth Pollack)
- Al Majalla
Key takeaways from Mohammed bin Salman’s Fox interview
- Al Majalla
The costs and benefits of Saudi-Israeli normalization
- Al Majalla
Peace with Israel means war with Iran (with Nickoo Azimpoor)
- Foreign Policy
Saudi Arabia can alleviate US concerns over its civilian nuclear energy program. Here’s how. (with Chen Zak Kane)
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Should the US be wary of Chinese military power in the Middle East? (with Melissa Horvath)
- Al Majalla
Op-ed
US-Gulf Relations Under Trump 2.0
- Gulf Research Center
Why Saudi Arabia is interested in GCAP – and whether it should be
- Breaking Defense
Trump’s opportunity in Lebanon
- Al Majalla
The ceasefire in Lebanon doesn’t ensure a lasting victory for Israel, but does signal a strategic setback for Iran
- The Guardian
Hezbollah stands at a crossroads – its next steps will determine Lebanon’s fate
- The Guardian
Hassan Nasrallah’s Assassination Is a Devastating Blow to Hezbollah
- Newsweek
Neither Iran nor Israel will win in this fight
- Chatham House
How a relationship with NATO could bolster a US-Saudi defence pact
- Al Majalla
عن حماية المدنيين في غزة
- Annahar Al-Arabi
Is arms control experiencing a renaissance in the Middle East?
- Al Majalla
Israel’s strikes in Iran and Lebanon don’t hurt Hamas and Hezbollah much
- Chatham House
Is Hezbollah about to go to war with Israel? (with Douglas London)
- The Hill
The Road to Israel-Hezbollah Peace Runs Through Gaza
- Foreign Policy
How I knew the late US-Middle East envoy Martin Indyk
- Al Majalla
What I Learned in Beirut about How to Halt an Israel-Hezbollah War
- Haaretz
The forgotten hurdles of a US-Saudi defense pact
- Breaking Defense
A US-Saudi Deal Deserves Its Own Scrutiny, Regardless Of Israeli Normalization
- Chatham House
Washington should condition US aid to Israel – regardless of what happens in Rafah
- Chatham House
Iran’s attack on Israel was not the failure many claim but it has ended Israel’s isolation (with Sanam Vakil)
- Chatham House
Iran’s desire to retaliate after Israel’s Damascus strike is balanced with its need to avoid a wider conflict
- Chatham House