Author of The Guardians of the Revolution: Iran's Approach to the World (Oxford University Press, May 2009). Served as senior adviser to the special adviser for the Gulf and Southwest Asia at the U.S. Department of State.
Award-winning author of Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle. Former associate professor and Elihu Root chair of military studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Current work examines U.S. defense policy and strategy.
Award-winning author of Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle. Former associate professor and Elihu Root chair of military studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Current work examines U.S. defense policy and strategy.
Author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square (Oxford University Press, 2011) and Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). Directed the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. policy toward reform in the Arab world.
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