Contemporary middle eastern military history, conflict processes (ethno-political conflict and civil wars); the state, society and security in the Middle East.
International political economy, international organizations and the global investment regime, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, and the contestation of the international liberal order
Research interests: Coercion and deterrence; Intelligence; Strategic culture; and the Middle East.
His doctoral thesis deals with the public uses of secrets by states for strategic purposes.
Timing of Civil unrest, Tipping Points, Prediction, Complex Systems, Socio-Physics Modeling, ABM simulations, NLP Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methodology, Big Data
