His fields of interest include international relations, Middle Eastern politics, and U.S. foreign policy, and his research interests are U.S. and Middle East relations and the U.S. and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Laffey's presentations include "Christian Communities in the Middle East" at the Paulist Center in 2003 and "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Historical Perspective" at Providence College in 2002. He is currently working on a paper entitled, "The U.S. Senate and Its Support for Israel."