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The Middle East Institute
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Experience
- Deputy Director of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research's Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia (INR/NESA) and senior regional analyst (2002-2005)
- Principal Iraq analyst and head of INR/NESA's Iraq team (2003-2005)
- Chief of INR's Maghreb, Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq division and State Department representative to NATO Middle East working groups (1990-2002)
- Served as the State Department's intelligence briefer on Iran and Iraq for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and Jordanian cabinet-level officials (1981-1986), and on Iraq, Iran, and Syria for senior Israeli defense and military officials (1987-1990)
- Political Officer at the US Interests Section in Baghdad (1983), US Sinai Field Mission peacekeeper (1978-1979), and in various capacities as an Embassy Officer in Niger during the Sahel Drought Emergency (1974-1976).
- Currently a Policy Expert with Washington's Middle East Policy Council
Education
- MA, Penn State University, 1973
- BA, Penn State University, 1971
Country Expertise
Issue Expertise
- US-Arab Relations
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- US Foreign Policy
- Regional Security
- Peace Process
- Military & Defense
- Democratization
- Conflict Resolution
- Arab-Israeli Relations
Experience
- Deputy Director of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research's Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia (INR/NESA) and senior regional analyst (2002-2005)
- Principal Iraq analyst and head of INR/NESA's Iraq team (2003-2005)
- Chief of INR's Maghreb, Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq division and State Department representative to NATO Middle East working groups (1990-2002)
- Served as the State Department's intelligence briefer on Iran and Iraq for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and Jordanian cabinet-level officials (1981-1986), and on Iraq, Iran, and Syria for senior Israeli defense and military officials (1987-1990)
- Political Officer at the US Interests Section in Baghdad (1983), US Sinai Field Mission peacekeeper (1978-1979), and in various capacities as an Embassy Officer in Niger during the Sahel Drought Emergency (1974-1976).
- Currently a Policy Expert with Washington's Middle East Policy Council
Education
- MA, Penn State University, 1973
- BA, Penn State University, 1971
Country Expertise
Issue Expertise
- US-Arab Relations
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- US Foreign Policy
- Regional Security
- Peace Process
- Military & Defense
- Democratization
- Conflict Resolution
- Arab-Israeli Relations
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Outside Publications
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Policy Insights
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In the News
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Outreach
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Event Summaries
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