Nicolas Reeves graduated from George Washington University in 2019 with a B.A. in international affairs and economics, and a minor in Arabic. As a member of the 2018-2019 cohort of the Elliott School Dean’s Scholars Program, he researched the impact of state-led tourism development on tribal communities in Petra, Jordan. After completing his degree, Nicolas spent one year in Egypt as a Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Fellow at the American University in Cairo. Nicolas returned to his home in Arlington, Virginia at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, working as a Program Assistant for the National Endowment for Democracy until August 2021. Nicolas returned to the classroom this past Fall to pursue a dual master’s degree in international development and political science at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Freie Universität Berlin. In November 2021, he also began a part-time role as a Political Risk Analyst for the U.S.-Australian publication Foreign Brief. You can follow Nicolas on Twitter at @reeves_nicolas.
Publications:
“Tribal Affiliation or Class-Based Differentiation? Class, Tribal Identity, and Interpretations of State-Led Tourism Development in Petra, Jordan” in Columbia University Journal of Politics and Society.
“Shaykhs and tribal entrepreneurs: Tribal hierarchies, governmental development policies, and the struggle over representation in Petra’s tourism economy” in Oxford Middle East Review.
“The Hawks Win the Day: Allen Dulles, Kermit Roosevelt, and the 1953 Iran Coup” in Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies.
“بين الماضي والحاضر: حكايات أبناء قبيلتي البدول واللياثنة التاريخية وأهميتها المستمرة في العصر الراهن” in Abhath al-Yarmouk: Humanities and Social Sciences.
“Erasing History: Rival tribal narratives, official regime discourse, and the exclusionary debate over indigeneity in Petra, Jordan” in ESIA Dean’s Scholars Journal.