I am a scholar of political extremism working at the intersection of comparative politics and area studies. I am currently a Bloom Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Haifa’s School of Political Science and an Affiliated Faculty member at UC Berkeley’s Center for Right-Wing Studies. At Haifa, I am also affiliated with the Comper Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism.

My research asks how actors on the far right and radical left use historical narratives, myths, and ideas of nation and civilization to define belonging, explain crises, and justify political action. My approach combines historical analysis with comparative political research, grounded in the languages and political traditions of Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.

I have written on Golden Dawn’s use of classical antiquity, Meir Kahane’s interpretation of Jewish history, and the political uses of collective memory in Israel and Greece. My latest book, Kahanism and the Algorithmic Interpretation of History (2026), examines the historical and theological logic of Kahane’s political thought.

My current research analyses competing understandings of “the West” among European radical parties and movements. I study how civilizational and anti-imperialist worldviews shape their positions on democracy, national identity, and international conflict. This work explores divisions within the far right and radical left, alongside points of convergence between them. A central strand focuses on responses to Israel and the conflicts following October 7, 2023, asking how these positions are translated into domestic arguments about immigration, Islam, and antisemitism. 

Beyond academia, I write and speak for wider audiences on political extremism, nationalism, and contemporary antisemitism.