Research areas
International Relations, Comparative Politics and Political Economy in the Middle East. Also an interest in Third World development. Work has focused on Middle East international relations and foreign policy; rural politics and agrarian development, elites, authoritarian regimes, political parties, and economic liberalisation in the Middle East.
PhD supervision
- Sima Aldardari
Selected publications
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Conclusion: exposing patterns of sectarianization
Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianism and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 367-388 22 p. (Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Identity and state building over time: political institutions and Syria’s sectarianism-nationalism balance
Hinnebusch, R., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianism and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 41-64 24 p. (Routledge/st. andrews syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Mapping and explaining sectarianization in the Syrian Uprising: the dynamics of regime-opposition interaction at the domestic level
Hinnebusch, R., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianism and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 65-100 36 p. (Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Sectarianism and civil war in Syria
Hinnebusch, R. (Editor) & Valbjørn, M. (Editor), 14 Apr 2025, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 414 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Theorizing sectarianism in Syria: toward a framework of analysis
Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianism and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 3-38 35 p. (Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The regime’s adaptation to civil war: institutionalizing sectarianism?
Hinnebusch, R., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianization and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 130-171 42 p. (Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The regional system and sectarianization in Syria
Hinnebusch, R., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianism and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 101-129 29 p. (Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The sectarianization of the Syrian uprising: the jihadization of opposition governance
Hinnebusch, R., 14 Apr 2025, Sectarianism and civil war in Syria. Hinnebusch, R. & Valbjørn, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 172-204 33 p. (Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian studies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Egypt and Syria: the authoritarian republics of the Middle East
Hinnebusch, R., 14 Mar 2024, Research handbook on authoritarianism. Lindstaedt, N. & Van den Bosch, J. J. J. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 370-385 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Understanding state weakness in the Middle East and North Africa
Hinnebusch, R., 15 Jul 2024, Making sense of the Arab state. Heydemann, S. & Lynch, M. (eds.). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, p. 55-84 30 p. (Emerging Democracies series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter