Conference Papers and Articles "Friend and Enemy, East or West: Political Realism in the work of Usama bin Ladin, Carl Schmitt, Niccolo Machiavelli and Kai-Ka’us ibn Iskandar" (Historical Reflections 2004) "Modern Torture as Civic Marker: Solving a Global Anxiety with a New Political Technology" (Journal of Human Rights, June 2003) Review of Olivier Razac, Barbed Wire: A Political History (Journal of Human Rights, 2003) (PDF) Review of Huggins, Haritos-Fatouros, and Zimbardo, Violence Workers (Contemporary Psychology, 2004) Review of James Ron, Frontiers and Ghettos (Journal of Palestine Studies, 2005) Review of Farzin Vahdat, God and Juggernaut: Iran's Intellectual Encounter with Modernity (Iranian Studies, 2005)