Journal Articles


Published

20. Sharan Grewal. “Military Repression and Restraint in Algeria.” American Political Science Review. 118:2 (2024), 671-686. PDF. Appendix. Replication Data. Thread.

  • 2023 APSA Democracy & Autocracy Best Paper Award

19. Yuree Noh, Sharan Grewal, and M. Tahir Kilavuz. “Regime Support and Gender Quotas in Autocracies." American Political Science Review. 118:2 (2024), 706-723. PDF. Replication Data. Brookings.

18. Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid. “Discrimination, Inclusion, and Anti-System Attitudes among Muslims in Germany.” American Journal of Political Science. 58:2 (2024), 511-528. Appendix. Replication Data. Pre-Analysis Plan.

17. Scott Williamson, A.Kadir Yildirim, Sharan Grewal, and Mirjam Kuenkler. “Preaching Politics: How Politicization Undermines Religious Authority in the Middle East.” British Journal of Political Science 53:2 (2023), 555-574. PDF. Replication Data.

16. M.Tahir Kilavuz, Sharan Grewal, and Robert Kubinec. “Ghosts of the Black Decade: How Legacies of Violence Shaped Algeria’s Hirak Protests.” Journal of Peace Research 60:1 (2023), 9-25. Special Issue. PDF. Appendix. Thread.

15. Sharan Grewal and Matthew Cebul. “Can Religious Reinterpretations Bridge the Secular-Religious Divide? Experimental Evidence from Tunisia.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 67:2-3 (2023), 428-456. PDF. Appendix. Replication Data.

14. Matthew Cebul and Sharan Grewal. “Military Conscription and Nonviolent Resistance.” Comparative Political Studies 55:13 (2022), 2217-2249. PDF. Appendix. Replication Data. Farsi.

  • 2023 APSA Democracy & Autocracy Best Article Award (Honorable Mention)

13. Sharan Grewal and Drew Kinney. “What’s in a Name? Experimental Evidence of the Coup Taboo." Democratization 29:7 (2022), 1332-1345. PDF. Appendix.

12. Kevin Koehler, Sharan Grewal, and Holger Albrecht. “Who Fakes Support for the Military? Experimental Evidence from Tunisia." Democratization 29:6 (2022), 1055-1076. PDF.

11. Sharan Grewal. "Norm Diffusion through U.S. Military Training in Tunisia." Security Studies 31:2 (2022), 291-317. PDF. Appendix. Replication Data. POMED Conversation. Thread.

10. Risa Brooks and Sharan Grewal. “‘Twice the Citizen’: How Military Attitudes of Superiority Undermine Civilian Control in the United States.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 66:4-5 (2022), 623–650. PDF. Appendix. Thread.

9. Dina Bishara and Sharan Grewal. “Political, Not Partisan: The Tunisian General Labor Union under Democracy." Comparative Politics 54:3 (2022), 453-475. PDF.

8. Sharan Grewal, “Why Sudan Succeeded Where Algeria Failed.” Journal of Democracy 32:4 (2021), 102-114. PDF.

7. Sharan Grewal. “From Islamists to Muslim Democrats: The Case of Tunisia’s Ennahda.” American Political Science Review 114:2 (2020), 519-535. PDF. Replication Data.

6. Sharan Grewal. “Tunisia’s Foiled Coup of 1987: The November 8th Group.” The Middle East Journal 74:1 (Spring 2020), 53-71. PDF.

5. Sharan Grewal, Amaney Jamal, Tarek Masoud, and Elizabeth Nugent. “Poverty and Divine Rewards: The Electoral Advantage of Islamist Political Parties.” American Journal of Political Science 63:4 (2019), 859-874. PDF. Replication Data.

4. Sharan Grewal and Steve Monroe. “Down and Out: Founding Elections and Disillusionment with Democracy in Egypt and Tunisia.” Comparative Politics 51:4 (2019), 497-539. PDF. Thread.

3. Sharan Grewal. “Military Defection During Localized Protests: The Case of Tataouine.” International Studies Quarterly 63:2 (2019), 259-269. PDF. Appendix. Thread.

2. Sharan Grewal and Yasser Kureshi. “How to Sell a Coup: Elections as Coup Legitimation.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 63:4 (2019), 1001-1031. PDF. Replication Data.

1. Sharan Grewal and Erik Voeten. “Are New Democracies Better Human Rights Compliers?” International Organization 69:2 (2015), 497-518. PDF. Replication Data.


Sharan Grewal. “The Islamist Advantage: The Religious Infrastructure of Electoral Victory.”

Sharan Grewal and Risa Brooks. “Does Professionalism Politicize or Depoliticize the Military? Survey Evidence from Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria.”

Sharan Grewal and Robert Kubinec. “The Rise of RoboCop: How Kais Saied Won Tunisia’s Presidency.”

Kimberly Ferguson*, Sharan Grewal, and Phil Roessler. “Diaspora Attitudes Towards Sudan's Democratic Transition."

*=William & Mary undergraduate student

Under Review


Sharan Grewal. The Collapse of Tunisian Democracy: Populism, Polarization, and the Perils of Consensus. Book Project.

The People Power Data Project.

Pre-Analysis Plans:

Research in Progress