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Eric Lob
Florida International University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Florida International University
Department of Politics and International Relations 11200 S.W. 8th Street, SIPA 401
Miami FL 33199
United States
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arab Studies
Comparative
Development
Iranian Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Modernization
Nationalism
Political Economy
State Formation
Transnationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
All Middle East
Iran
Lebanon
Syria
The Levant
Specialties
History And Politics Of Modern Iran And The Levant
Revolutionary Movements And Contentious Politics
Bureaucracy, Civil Society, Development
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Persian (fluent)
French (fluent)
Education
PhD | 2013 | Near Eastern Studies | Princeton University
MA (Dubl.) | 2005 | School of Advanced International Studies | Johns Hopkins University
BA | 1996 | Annenberg School for Communcation | University of Pennsylvania
Abstracts
The Iranian Construction Jihad: Islam and Nationalism in Post-Revolutionary Developmental and Political Discourse The Export of Iran’s Development Model to Lebanon: The Case of Jihād al-Bināʾ The Cultural Production of Jihadi Culture and Management The Contradictions and Consequences of Civil Society and Governance in the Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian Reconstruction, Development, and Aid in Syria: Geopolitical Interests, Conflict Drivers, and Transnational Linkages Electoral Authoritarianism and Regime Underperformance: The Case of Iran From the Corps to Jihad: Iran’s Unsustainable Development and Environmental Degradation