Jason Klocek is an Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. He is also a senior researcher at the United States Institute of Peace and a Faculty Affiliate of the University of Notre Dame's Center for the Study of Religion and Society. In this conversation, we discuss Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings, published in the Journal of Peace Research. The article looks at how times of political turmoil and regime change impact experiences of religious persecution. The article tests its findings across Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen, four countries that experienced regime change following 2011. The article highlights not only that societal religious discrimination increases, but explores some of the reasons for why this is the case. The Middle East File is a publication of the Religious Freedom Institute.