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Shamiran Mako is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University and a member of the Global Fellows Program in Security (GFPS). Her research focuses on authoritarianism, civil wars, democratization, and post-conflict statebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). She has held visiting positions at Brown University’s Middle East Studies Program, Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Northeastern University. Mako holds a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, an M.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a B.A. from York University.
Her first book project examines the institutional legacies of ethnic conflict in Iraq, analyzing historical constraints on state power and communal mobilization. Her co-authored second book with Valentine Moghadam, under contract with Cambridge University Press, explores divergent outcomes of the Arab Uprisings across seven MENA countries. Her work combines archival research, elite interviews, and statistical analysis to address state fragility and conflict mitigation strategies.
Key research areas include authoritarianism, ethnic conflict, post-conflict statebuilding, and U.S. foreign policy in the MENA region. Recent articles analyze foreign military interventions in the Arab uprisings, de-Ba’athification in Iraq, and the right of return for displaced populations. Mako’s scholarship bridges comparative politics and international relations, emphasizing institutional design and regional dynamics.
Her academic trajectory includes roles as Director of Undergraduate Studies at Brown University’s Middle East Studies Program and as a Carnegie Visiting Scholar. Current projects address Iraq’s post-2003 political evolution and the socio-economic trajectories of MENA states post-Arab Spring.
