Dr Hanna Samir Kassab is a lecturer at the University of Miami and an analyst for Freedom House.
He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Miami as well as bachelors degrees in political science and history from York University and a master's from McMaster University.
Dr Kassab's areas of interest include national security, politics of the far-right and nationalism, acts of political suicide, and foreign policy.
You can follow Dr Hanna Kassab on Twitter @hskassab.
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