#  Salam Alsaadi 

Raphael Morrison Dorman Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program

PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

 

 

 



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Salam Alsaadi holds a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. He focuses on authoritarianism and contentious politics in divided societies, with a regional emphasis on the Middle East and North Africa. His work has appeared in *American Political Science Review* and *Comparative Politics*. His current book project examines the survival and governance strategies of minority-dominated regimes.

**Research Interests:** Research interests: Authoritarianism; comparative democratization; state repression; uprisings; civil wars; ethnic groups mobilization; and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).



 

 

 





 

 

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     [Academic Year 2025-26](/academic-year/academic-year-2025-26)
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