Welcome! My name is Peyman Asadzade. I am a joint Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Managing the Atom and Middle East Initiative. I was also a USIP Peace and Security Scholar during 2021-2022.
My research interests include security studies, political violence, domestic politics and international relations, and political behavior & attitude. While my primary regional focus is the Middle East/ West Asia, my research addresses broad questions and involves a variety of contexts around the world. My dissertation examines the causes, effectiveness, and consequences of third-party diplomatic support for protest movements.
My articles have been published or are forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Research & Politics, International Interactions, Journal of Global Security Studies, and Nations & Nationalism. I have also written articles for the Monkey Cage of the Washington Post and the Online Exclusives of the Journal of Democracy. I served as replication analyst at the Journal of Politics during 2021-2022. I am also the recipient of the 2022 Palmer Prize from the Peace Science Society.