Daniel NeepDaniel Neep researches politics and society in the Middle East, with a focus on Syria. He is Senior Editor at the Arab Center Washington, DC and Non-Resident Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University. He has taugh Middle East politics at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and the University of Exeter. He was previously Research Director (Syria) at the Council for British Research in the Levant and spent several years living in Syria and Jordan. He is also the author of Occupying Syria under the French Mandate: Insurgency, Space, and State Formation. Read More Read Less