Research Interests
- External relations policies of Hezbollah and the Sadrist movement; the provision of infra-structure, welfare, healthcare, schooling, etc. (by Hezbollah) in the absence of the state and via diaspora community funding
- Lebanese diaspora communities and remission of funds back to Lebanon/capital flows
- Diaspora communities' negotiation of political legitimacy within the context US Patriot Act
- Funding of terrorism, organised crime and the broader context of market civilisation
- Neoliberal discipline mechanisms; surveillance and governmentality