In 2013 the Arab Reform Initiative published Khalifa's research paper entitled The impossible partition of Syria. Gary C. Gambill has described Khalifa's study as "an excellent discussion of demographic barriers to partition".[10] In the study, Khalifa argues that the partition of Syria along sectarian boundaries would lead to disaster because it would fail to restore peace and will also be a danger for the stability of neighboring countries.[11] Khalifa maps the ethnic and sectarian composition of Syrian society, and also discusses Syria's economy, to try to determine when and how fragmentation might occur.[11][12] He argues that these factors had led to the failure of partition in 1922, which would have given the Alawites control over a smaller state, therefore, the partition of Syria remains an "impossible" prospect.[12]