He is the author of Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind (Lanham: University Press of America, 1992). He has contributed numerous articles on Arab affairs to journals such as the Journal of Conflict Resolution, World Affairs, Orbis, International Sociology, Armenian Review, Journal of Arab Affairs, Arab Studies Quarterly, Middle East Quarterly, Research in Higher Education, Bulletin of Peace Proposals, and Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies. In 1991 he received the 'Abd al-Hamid Shuman Prize in social sciences for young Arab scholars. He spent the 1991-92 academic year as a visiting scholar at the Annenberg Research Institute in Philadelphia, USA.