Event Title: Dr. Michael Rubin - What Next in the Arab Spring?

Who:  Dr. Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute

When:  Tuesday, December 6, 2011 (Dinner Meeting)
Where:  The Arizona Biltmore - Gold Room

               Main Hotel - Valet Parking Recommended

               2400 E. Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85016

Time:  Cocktails 6:00 p.m. - Dinner 7:00 p.m. - Program 8:00 p.m.

By PCFR Member Cap Dean.

To view Dr. Rubin's biography, click here.

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PCFR is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Rubin. Dr. Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a senior lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Civil-Military Relations, and a senior editor of the Middle East Quarterly. Between 2002 and 2004, Dr. Rubin worked as a staff advisor for Iran and Iraq in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) at the Pentagon, in which capacity he was seconded to Iraq.

          A native of Philadelphia, Michael Rubin received a B.S. degree in biology from Yale University in 1994, and a Ph.D. in history, also from Yale, in 1999. He has previously worked as a lecturer in history at Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and at three different universities in northern Iraq. Dr. Rubin currently provides academic instruction on regional issues for senior U.S. Army, Marine, and Navy officers deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf.

          Dr. Rubin’s major research area is the Middle East, with special focus on Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Kurdish society. He writes frequently on transformative diplomacy and government issues. He is a fellow of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, a fellow of The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University (Jerusalem), and an International Affairs Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations.

          Dr. Rubin is author of Into the Shadows: Radical Vigilantes in Khatami's Iran (Washington Institute, 2001), co-author of Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos (Palgrave, 2005), and co-editor of Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats (American Enterprise Institute Press, 2008). Dr. Rubin was primary drafter of the Bipartisan Policy Center's 2008 task-force report, Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy toward Iranian Nuclear Development, and is currently completing Dancing with the Devil, an examination of 40 years of American diplomacy with rogue regimes.

          Join Dr. Rubin and the PCFR for an engaging, insightful, and provocative presentation as he shares his thoughts on the future in the Middle East.

          PCFR is grateful to Dr. Rubin taking the time to present on this relevant topic.