Reinoud Leenders is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. He formerly worked as Middle East analyst for the International Crisis Group based in Beirut (2002-2005). He is coeditor with Steven Heydemann of the volume, forthcoming with Stanford University Press (October 2012): Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran
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