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Abdulkader Sinno

Former Fellow

    Term

    September 1, 2014 — May 31, 2015

    Professional affiliation

    Associate Professor of Political Science, Indiana University

    Wilson Center Projects

    "Muslims in Western Parliaments"

    Full Biography

    Abdulkader Sinno is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and a 2014-15 Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He received his PhD from UCLA in 2002, was a CISAC Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and a 2009 Carnegie Scholar. His first book, Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond (Cornell University Press, 2008; 2010 paperback edition) develops an organizational theory to explain the evolution and outcomes of civil wars, ethnic strife and other territorial conflicts.  He is also editor of Muslims in Western Politics (Indiana University Press, 2009) and the author of articles and book chapters on Muslim minority political representation in Western liberal democracies, public attitudes towards Muslim immigration, the Arab Spring, conflict processes, and Islamist parties’ participation in elections.

    Major Publications

    Sinno, Abdulkader H. Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2008.

    Sinno, Abdulkader H., ed. Muslims in Western Politics. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2009.

    Sinno, Abdulkader H., ed. “Researching Western Muslims,” special section of the Review of Middle Eastern Studies 46 (2) Winter 2012.