He completed his PhD in Political science at McGill University. He has published three book chapters related to North African politics and an article in the International Studies Review Journal. He has also published a number of articles in the Washington Post and Foreign Policy; he is regularly invited by Canadian television and radio outlets to analyze current events in world politics in relation to the Arab world. He is currently finishing his book, tentatively titled Protest and Authoritarian Collapse in North Africa, to be published with Ashgate in February 2016.