- Forthcoming: “Urbanism, Climate Change and the Public Utility of Greening Cairo”, Middle East Journal, 2023.
- “Germany – GCC Relations: Continuities, Priorities and Atlanticism, ORIENT, II, 2022.
- “Strategic Depth Through Enclaves: Iran, Syria and Hezbollah”, Middle East Policy, Fall 2021.
- Guest editor for special issue “Greater Mediterranean as a Regional Security Complex”, Vestnik RUDN, International Relations (Russian scientific journal in IR) of RUDN University (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia), Vol. 3, 2021.
- “Russia in Syria: An Unequivocal Return to the Middle East?“, Middle East Policy, Winter 2018/19.
- “The Syria Conflict and the Euro-Med Refugee Crisis: An Opportunity to Enhance the Common Foreign and Security Policy”, European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 23, Issue 1, February 2018.
- “Breaking the Mould of Small State Classification? The Broadening Spheres of UAE Foreign Policy through Effective Military and Bandwagoning Strategies”, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, Vol. 24, 2018.
- “Enhancing South Sudan’s Prospects Through Advancing an Ambitious National Security – Development Agenda”, Africa Policy Journal, Vol. XIII, Harvard Kennedy School.
- “A Reassessment of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Extending the Limits of Regional Conceptualisation and Approach”, Orient, Vol. 1, 2018, pp. 31-39.
- “Caution Gives Way to Increasingly Assertive Policies in Saudi Arabia but to What End?”, Harvard Journal of Middle East Politics and Policy, (November 2016)
- “Egypt’s Future: Status Quo, Incremenal Growth or Regional Leadership?”, Middle East Policy, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, (June 2016)
- “China’s Impact on the International Relations of Sub-Sahara Africa: What Lessons for Other Non-Traditional Actors?”, Third World Quarterly, (February 2016): 84-96
- “US, EU and Russian Middle East Policy: Failures, Interests and Reconciliation”, German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture of the Middle East (Orient), Vol. IV, (2015)
- “Patterns and Consequences of Economic Engagement Across Sub-Sahara Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese, British and Turkish Policies”, LSE Working Paper (2015)
- “Back to Realism for the Promise of an Enduring US – Saudi Relationship”, Middle East Policy, Vol. XXI, No. 4, (Winter 2014)
- “Security and Development in Afghanistan: Rivalry, Reconciliation and Reconstruction”, Journal of Central Asian & Caucasian Studies, Vol. 9 (17), Summer 2014, (English and Turkish)
- “The Omani Pursuit of a Large Peninsula Shield Force: A Case Study of a Small State’s Search for Security”, British Journal of Middle East Studies, (October 2014): 355-367
- “The Price of Peace: A Re-evaluation of the Economic Dimension in the Middle East Peace Process”, Middle East Journal, Vol. 67, No. 3, (summer 2013): 405-425
- “Russian Middle East Policy: A Function of “Reset” with the US or a New Cold War?” The Maghreb Review, Vol. 37, No. 3-4, (2012)