2020. “Hashemites, Egyptians and Saudis: The Tripartite Struggle for the Pilgrimage in the Shadow of Ottoman Defeat,” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 56, pp. 36-47.

2018. “Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Longue Durée Struggle for Islam’s Holiest Places,” The Historical Journal, Vol. 61, pp. 1017-1039.

2017. Co-author. “Can China–Taiwan ‘Cross-Straits’ Relations serve as a Model for Israeli–Palestinian Cooperation? A Proposal,” Israel Affairs, Vol. 23, pp. 1-21.

2011. “Saudi Arabia Faces a Changing Middle East,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 15.

2011. “The Kingdom of Caution,” Hoover Digest, No. 3.

2011.“The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, 1945-1958: Founding, Social Origins, and Ideology,” Middle East Journal, Vol. 65, pp. 11-30.

2010. “The Shiites of Saudi Arabia,” Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Vol. 10, pp. 72-86.

2009. “A Threat in Any Language,” Hoover Digest, No. 1, pp. 71-81.

2007. “Saudi Arabia,” in Encyclopedia Britannica. 

2006. First Author, with Meir Litvak,  “Students, Teachers, and Edward Said: Taking Stock of Orientalism,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 10, pp. 1-21

2005. “Terrorist Challenges to Saudi Arabian Internal Security,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 9, pp. 1-11.

2004. “The Muslim Brotherhood and the ‘Struggle For Syria’, 1947-1958: Between Accommodation and Ideology,” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 40, pp. 134-158.

Spring 2002. “Dueling for Da`wa: State vs. Society on the Saudi Internet,” Middle East Journal, Vol. 56, pp. 222-239.

November 2000. ” ’Taking Back’ the Caliphate: Sharif Husayn ibn `Ali, Mustafa Kemal, and the Ottoman Caliphate,” Die Welt Des Islams, Vol. 40, pp. 412-424.

September 1998. “The Gulf States and the End of Dual Containment,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 21-26.

January 1998. “From Chieftaincy to Suzerainty: The Hashimite Vision of the Post-Ottoman Order,” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 34, pp. 103-122.