Michael Rubin

Michael Rubin is a former Pentagon official whose major research area is the Middle East, with a special focus on Iran, Turkey, Arab politics, Afghanistan and diplomacy. Rubin regularly instructs senior military officers deploying to the Middle East on regional politics, and teaches classes regarding Iran, terrorism, and Arab politics on U.S. aircraft carriers. Rubin has lived in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Yemen, both pre- and post-war Iraq, and spent time with the Taliban before 9/11. Encounter Books will publish his newest book, Dancing with the Devil, a history of U.S. diplomacy with rogue regimes and terrorist groups in early 2014. Follow Michael Rubin on Twitter. Experience Senior Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-present Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 2010 Editor, Middle East Quarterly, 2004-2009 International Election Observer, Bangladesh, 2008 Political Adviser, Coalition Provisional Authority (Baghdad), 2003-2004 Staff Adviser, Iran and Iraq, Office of the Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), 2002-2004 Editorial Board, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, 2001-2002, 2004 International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002-2003 Fellow, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University (Jerusalem), 2001-2002 Fellow, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 2000-2001 Visiting Lecturer, Universities of Sulaymani, Salahuddin, and Duhok (Iraqi Kurdistan), 2000-2001 Lecturer, Department of History, Yale University, 1999-2000 Assistant Editor, Iranian Studies, 1994-1997 Education Ph.D., history, Yale University M.A., history, Yale University B.S., biology, Yale University