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'''Michael Rubin''' is a specialist on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan at the [[American Enterprise Institute]] (AEI). Rubin is also a member of the [[Middle East Forum]].[http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html]
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'''Michael Rubin''', a specialist on [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], and [[Afghanistan]], has served as editor of the ''[[Middle East Quarterly]]'' since 2004. Rubin was political adviser for the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] (Baghdad), 2003-2004, following two years (2002-2004) as staff assistant on Iran and Iraq in the [[Office of Special Plans]] in the [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]]. Previously, in 2002, after leaving the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], Rubin assisted [[Richard N. Perle]] and [[David Wurmser]] at the [[American Enterprise Institute]] AEI. Rubin is also a member of the [[Middle East Forum]]. [http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.83,filter.all/scholar.asp] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html]
  
A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Rubin earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1999. His dissertation, The Making of Modern Iran, 1858-1909: Communications, Telegraph and Society won Yale's top John Addison Porter Prize. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the Council on Foreign Relations, Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, and The Washington Institute, where he was a Soref fellow in 1999-2000.
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==Profiles==
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A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Rubin earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1999. His dissertation, "The Making of Modern Iran, 1858-1909: Communications, Telegraph and Society" won Yale's top John Addison Porter Prize. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], [[Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs]], and The [[Washington Institute]], where he was a Soref fellow in 1999-2000.
  
 
He has lectured in history at Yale University, Hebrew University, and at three different universities in northern Iraq.
 
He has lectured in history at Yale University, Hebrew University, and at three different universities in northern Iraq.
  
Dr. Rubin is author with Patrick Clawson of "Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos" (Palgrave, 2005) and of the Washington Institute Policy Paper Into the Shadows: Radical Vigilantes in Khatami's Iran (2001), in addition to numerous scholarly and policy articles. He has published his opinion articles and analyses widely in such forums as the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, National Review, and Commentary. He has appeared on CNN, Fox, BBC, MSNBC, C-Span's Washington Journal, and ABC's Nightline. He serves on the editorial board of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin and has lectured in the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East to both military and civilian audiences.
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Dr. Rubin is author with Patrick Clawson of "Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos" (Palgrave, 2005) and of the "Washington Institute Policy Paper Into the Shadows: Radical Vigilantes in Khatami's Iran" (2001), in addition to numerous scholarly and policy articles. He has published his opinion articles and analyses widely in such forums as the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, National Review, and Commentary. He has appeared on [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], [[BBC]], MSNBC, C-Span's Washington Journal, and ABC's Nightline. He serves on the editorial board of the [[Middle East Intelligence Bulletin]] and has lectured in the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East to both military and civilian audiences.
  
Mr. Rubin has traveled widely in Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Aghanistan, Central Asia, the Arab world, and Israel.  
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Mr. Rubin has traveled widely in Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Aghanistan, Central Asia, the Arab world, and [[Israel]].  
  
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==Events==
== Headlines ==
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*Report prepared by the [[Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies]]’ "Study Group on a New Israeli Strategy Toward 2000": [http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm."]
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:*Participants in the "Study Group" were: [[Richard N. Perle]], American Enterprise Institute, Study Group Leader; [[James Colbert]], [[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]]; [[Charles Fairbanks, Jr.]], [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University/SAIS]]; [[Douglas Feith]], Feith and Zell Associates; [[Robert Loewenberg]], President, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies; [[Jonathan Torop]], The [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]]; [[David Wurmser]], Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies; and [[Meyrav Wurmser]], Johns Hopkins University. [http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm]  See [[Israeli proxy forces]].
  
*[http://www.iran.org/ 1 Oct. 2002]: "Michael Rubin, advocate of Iranian freedom, becomes Iran-Iraq director at the Pentagon. Visiting scholar at the American Enterprise institute and regular commentator in the ''Wall Street Journal'' and elsewhere, Rubin will now be in charge of the Pentagon's programs to help the Iranian and Iraqi people in their march toward freedom. In a speech earlier this month in Los angeles, where Rubin excoriated the cleric regime in Tehran, he also condemned American reporters such as the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>' Robin Wright who 'misrepresent human rights in Iran.'"
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== External Links ==
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===Profiles===
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*[http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.83,filter.all/scholar.asp Michael Rubin] profile, American Enterprise Institute.
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*[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/rubin/rubin.php Michael Rubin] profile at ''RightWeb'', accessed July 26, 2005. Matches on [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/cgi-binn/htsearch ''RightWeb''] for Michael Rubin.
  
*[http://www.tompaine.com/articles/neocon_lets_cat_out_of_bag.php May 19, 2004]: "Michael Rubin--a young staffer at the American Enterprise Institute who's just left the Pentagon, where he played a small role as a neocon cog in the Office of Special Plans war machine--let a herd of cats out of the bag about his favorite Iraqi phony, Ahmad Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress."
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===Articles & Commentary===
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*Brian Whitaker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html "US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy. Report on the network of research institutes whose views and TV appearances are supplanting all other experts on Middle Eastern issues,"] ''Guardian/UK'', August 19, 2002.
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*[http://www.iran.org/ "Michael Rubin, advocate of Iranian freedom, becomes Iran-Iraq director at the Pentagon,"] [[Foundation for Democracy in Iran]], October 1, 2002. "Visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and regular commentator in the ''Wall Street Journal'' and elsewhere, Rubin will now be in charge of the [[Pentagon]]'s programs to help the Iranian and Iraqi people in their march toward freedom. In a speech earlier this month in Los Angeles, where Rubin excoriated the cleric regime in Tehran, he also condemned American reporters such as the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>' Robin Wright who 'misrepresent human rights in Iran.'"
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*Jim Lobe, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED17Ak04.html "Familiar hawks take aim,"] ''Asia Times'', April 17, 2003.
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*Robert Dreyfuss, [http://www.tompaine.com/articles/neocon_lets_cat_out_of_bag.php "Neocon Lets Cat Out of Bag,"] ''Tom Paine.Common Sense'', May 19, 2004: "Michael Rubin--a young staffer at the American Enterprise Institute who's just left the Pentagon, where he played a small role as a neocon cog in the Office of Special Plans war machine--let a herd of cats out of the bag about his favorite Iraqi phony, [[Ahmad Chalabi]] of the [[Iraqi National Congress]]."

Revision as of 13:04, 26 July 2005

Michael Rubin, a specialist on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, has served as editor of the Middle East Quarterly since 2004. Rubin was political adviser for the Coalition Provisional Authority (Baghdad), 2003-2004, following two years (2002-2004) as staff assistant on Iran and Iraq in the Office of Special Plans in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Previously, in 2002, after leaving the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Rubin assisted Richard N. Perle and David Wurmser at the American Enterprise Institute AEI. Rubin is also a member of the Middle East Forum. [1] [2]

Profiles

A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Rubin earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1999. His dissertation, "The Making of Modern Iran, 1858-1909: Communications, Telegraph and Society" won Yale's top John Addison Porter Prize. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the Council on Foreign Relations, Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, and The Washington Institute, where he was a Soref fellow in 1999-2000.

He has lectured in history at Yale University, Hebrew University, and at three different universities in northern Iraq.

Dr. Rubin is author with Patrick Clawson of "Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos" (Palgrave, 2005) and of the "Washington Institute Policy Paper Into the Shadows: Radical Vigilantes in Khatami's Iran" (2001), in addition to numerous scholarly and policy articles. He has published his opinion articles and analyses widely in such forums as the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, National Review, and Commentary. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, BBC, MSNBC, C-Span's Washington Journal, and ABC's Nightline. He serves on the editorial board of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin and has lectured in the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East to both military and civilian audiences.

Mr. Rubin has traveled widely in Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Aghanistan, Central Asia, the Arab world, and Israel.

Events

External Links

Profiles

Articles & Commentary