Selected work

Knowledge Transfer

Policy research, PRIF blogs, expert commentary, interviews and public-facing research engagement — separated from peer-reviewed academic publications.

Policy research

PRIF Policy Publications

2026

Major Non-NATO Ally Status: The Politics of Security Norms

PRIF Working Paper 72.

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2023

Outlook on German-Israeli Relations: German Staatsraison and Netanyahu’s Coalition Contentious “Judicial Reform”

PRIF Spotlight 6/2023. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot0623.

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2023

Between Geopolitics and Identity Struggle: Why Israel Took Sides with Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

PRIF Report 1/2023. DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2301.

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2020

How Do We Remember the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust?

PRIF Report 6/2020. A Global View of an Integrated Memory of Perpetrators, Victims and Third-Party Countries.

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Research in public debate

PRIF Blog

2026

Israel’s “New Iran”: What’s Really Behind the Armenian Genocide Recognition Vote Against Turkey

PRIF Blog.

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2025

The Politics of Israel’s 2014 Memory Law: Integrating the Forgotten Histories of Jews from Arab and Muslim Countries

PRIF Blog.

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2025

The Politics of Silence in Turkey: The Armenian Genocide on Its 110th Anniversary and a Memory Under Siege

PRIF Blog.

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2023

Why Israel Backs Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: It’s Not About Armenia

PRIF Blog.

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2021

At the Age of the Pandemic: The Global Memory of the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide at a Crossroads

PRIF Blog.

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2021

The Capitol Rioters and their Supporters Beyond “Us vs. Them”: A View from outside the US

With Hanna Pfeifer. PRIF Blog.

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Public engagement

Media, Interviews & Talks

2026

As the U.S. signals a smaller Middle East footprint, Turkey is ready to step in

Expert commentary for NPR, 29 September 2026.

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2026

Turkey’s Libya Pivot Forces Israel To Recalculate in the Eastern Mediterranean

Expert commentary for The Media Line, 17 August 2026.

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2026

Ankara markets drones, air defense to states looking to reduce reliance on U.S.

Expert commentary for The Washington Times, 5 July 2026.

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2023

Methodology & Foreign Policy Analysis

Long-form interview with The IR Thinker on foreign policy analysis, oral history and elite interviews.

2021

Supporting Denial: Israel’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide

University of Oxford Israel Studies Seminar podcast.

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2020

Author Interview: Eldad Ben Aharon on the Use of Oral History in the Study of International Relations

Interview with the Oral History Association.