"Following the Money: Muslim versus Muslim in Bosnia's Civil War," Comparative Politics, forthcoming Spring 2008.

"A Quiet Battle for Rights in Iran," Op-Ed, The Washington Post, 27 August 2007.

"Voices of Iranian Reform, Silenced," Op-Ed, The Washington Post, 9 July 2006.

"Hamas at the Helm," Op-Ed, The New York Times, 27 January 2006. Also appeared in the International Herald Tribune, 28 January 2006 (with Sreemati Mitter).

"Strange Bedfellows in Afghanistan," Op-Ed, The Boston Globe, 18 September 2005.

"Uzbekistan's Tiananmen," Op-Ed, The Boston Globe, 21 May 2005.

"Reforming the Iraqi Army," End Note, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Iraq Report, Vol.7, No.6, 20 February 2004.

"Walls of Martyrdom: Tehran's Propaganda Murals," Centerpiece, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Vol.21, No.1 Winter 2007.

Book Review of: John Hagan's Justice in the Balkans: Prosecuting War Crimes in the Hague Tribunal, Nationalities Papers, Vol.32, No.3, September 2004, p.694-696.

"Assessing the Needs of the Roma Community in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia," 26 September 2001, Humanitarian Risk Analysis No 17, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. (with Afia-Ali Blasco)