Kevin Mazur was a Future of Conflict Fellow in the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University and International Crisis Group. His research focuses on the role of identities and state-society connections in revolutions and civil wars, primarily in the Arab world. His book, "Revolution in Syria: Identity, Networks, and Repression," will be published by Cambridge University Press. He was previously a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University.