Biography

My research seeks to rethink state formation in the non-European world by moving away from the dominant inside/outside analytic divide. State formation is forged out of the mutually constitutive relationships between national and global processes. Using Yemen as a case study, I look at the reconfiguration of the Yemeni state in the context of the US-led 'Global War on Terror'. This research has involved considerable fieldwork in Yemen since 2001.