Expertise
Arab-Israeli conflict; ethnic conflict; international negotiations; media and political identity; Palestinian and Israeli politics; Persian Gulf politics; U.S. policy in the Middle East
Background
Current Positions
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Board Member, Human Rights Watch, Education for Employment Foundation
Past Positions
Associate Professor, Cornell University; Assistant Professor, Ohio State University; Lecturer, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, University of Southern California, University of California at Berkeley; Advisor, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Advisor, Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.)
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986; M.A., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1978; B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York, 1974
"In the end, it was an important forward step but it only raised higher expectations in Muslim-majority countries especially in the Middle East. The pressure will mount for moving beyond words on the core issues and emerging American credibility will be tested early."