In general I
work within the field of International Relations. But I have four broad research agendas:
(1) Identity
politics and foreign policy. How group identity it
is formed, sustained, and manifested, and how groups contest with each other to shape national identity and foreign
policy.
(2) The
interplay between emotions, memory, language, and images. How groups
construct and represent memory (this is about identity, too); how events and actors generate emotional reactions in in-groups; how these memories and reactions are described to others; and how all of these translate into specific
outcomes.
(3) Middle
East politics. Regional politics, but also the epistemology of
the region (how we think about and study the Middle East). My two primary countries
of study are Israel and Turkey.
(4) Pedagogy. Contributing to IR
scholars' and teachers' ability to teach the Middle East and IR more
effectively, but also how they come to adopt particular methodologies and
theoretical frameworks.
