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Ariel Ahram
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Primary Phone: (703) 944-8960
Virginia Tech
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria VA 22314
United States
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Security Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Democratization
Israel Studies
Modernization
Middle East/Near East Studies
State Formation
Energy Studies
Kurdish Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Fertile Crescent
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Libya
Syria
Yemen
Specialties
Shi'ism; Iraq; Iran; Israel; Indonesia; Bahrain
Libya; Yemen
Education
PhD | 2008 | Government | Georgetown
MA | 2006 | Arab studies | Georgetown
BA | 2001 | Islamic Stds | Brandeis U
Abstracts
Revisiting the Rebel Social Contract: Evidence from Iraq and Syria Rebel Oil, International Finance, and Civil War in the Middle East