Rachel bronson, Ph. D
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RACHEL BRONSON, Ph.D. Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Programs Council on Foreign Relations 58 East 68 th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 434-9577 rbronson@cfr.org EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Political Science, Columbia University (May 1997), doctoral courses in security studies, international relations, Middle East politics; M.A. in Political Science, Columbia University (May 1992); B.A. in History, University of Pennsylvania (May 1990), course work in Diplomatic History and Chemistry.
PRIMARY FIELD OF EXPERTISE:
Dr. Bronson’s areas of expertise include U.S. national security and foreign policy; she has worked extensively with issues of regional security and politics, particularly in the Middle East. She has written on issues related to U.S.-Arab state relations and U.S. policy towards the Arab/Israeli conflict. In addition to Middle Eastern topics, she has written on issues of nation building, the security implications of NATO expansion and participated in an Interagency project on non-lethal weapons.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Council on Foreign Relations. Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Studies (4/99-Present): Dr. Bronson has recently completed her book Thicker than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia, forthcoming Oxford University Press (2006). The work was funded in part by a Carnegie Corporation Scholars Award. She co-directed the joint CFR and Baker Institute report “Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq.” It was the first major report issued on post-war planning, published in January 2003. She directs the Council’s round table on “Islam and the Middle East.”
Columbia University, Adjunct Professor, (Fall 2005): Dr. Bronson leads a senior seminar on the International Relations of the Middle East and is a senior honors thesis advisor. She taught Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East: Contemporary Arab Israeli Relations at Columbia in 1995.
Center for Strategic and International Studies. Senior Fellow for International Security Affairs (9/97- 3/99): Dr. Bronson managed the Center’s Atlantic Partnership Program, which identified opportunities for U.S.-European cooperation in the research, development and production of next- generation defense systems. She examined what the revolution in military and business affairs meant
for U.S.-European relations. In addition, she managed the CSIS component of a Defense Special Weapons Agency contract assessing regional arms control and verification technology in the Pacific Rim and co-led the Strategy and Policy working group for a CSIS study on non-lethal weapons.
Harvard University. Center for Science and International Affairs. Fellow (9/94-8/96): She joined a team of scholars analyzing how domestic turmoil affects foreign policy. Her area of responsibility included the Middle East and North Africa.
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Thicker than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia, (forthcoming: Oxford University Press, April 2006).
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Co-Director, Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq, Council on Foreign Relations, January 2003. Report chaired by Ambassadors Edward P. Djerejian and Frank G. Wisner.
ESTIMONY
• “Are the Saudis Stopping the Money?” before the Congressional Anti-Terrorist Financing Task Force, October 17, 2005. •
“Challenges within the Muslim World,” before the President’s National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (The 9-11 Commission), July 9, 2003. •
“Transforming Iraq’s Economy,” before Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, June 11, 2003. S ELECTED A RTICLES : •
“Rethinking Religion: The Legacy of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship,” The Washington Quarterly (forthcoming, Fall 2005). •
“US Foreign Policy towards Saudi Arabia,” in Paul Aarts and Gerd Nonneman, Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Relations (forthcoming, New York University Press, September 2005). •
Summer 2005. •
Reconstructing the Middle East?” The Brown Journal of World Affairs Summer/Fall 2003. •
“More than Targets and Markets: Recasting America’s Relationship with its Arab Partners,” Middle East Policy, December 2002. •
“When Soldiers Become Cops,” Foreign Affairs, vo.81, no.6, November/December 2002, pp.122-132. •
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“United States Policy towards the Persian Gulf: A New Focus for a New Administration,” ORBIS, March 2001. •
“Syria: Hanging Together or Hanging Separately,” Washington Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, Autumn 2000, pp.91-105. •
“NATO’s Mixed Signals in the Caucasus and Central Asia,” Survival, vol. 42, Autumn 2000, pp.129-146, with Robin Bhatty. •
Science Review, vol. 91, no. 1, March 1997, with Edward Mansfield. O P -E DS •
“Saudi System is the Problem,” The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, May 7, 2005, with Isobel Coleman. •
ran as “Recall, Reagan had Riyadh to Thank,” The Daily Star, Saturday, June 19, 2004. •
“Terror in Saudi Arabia: Does the Government have a Grip?” New York Newsday, Sunday June 6, 2004, with Rachel Abramson. •
June 6. •
“Talk is Cheap, a Marshall Plan Isn’t,” The Los Angeles Times, Monday, August 4, 2003. •
“Swing from Fighting to Policing,” The International Herald Tribune, Tuesday, April 15, 2003. •
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2002. •
“Questions of War and Timing,” The New York Times, Sunday, November 10, 2002. •
“Don’t Back Saudi Arabia into a Corner,” The International Herald Tribune,” Friday, August 16, 2002. •
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“Law and Order in Afghanistan Give Peace a Chance,” New York Newsday, December 18, 2001, with Arthur Helton. •
“What Game Are We Playing in Yemen?” Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2000. •
“Think It Over: Indicting Today's Dictators Is Not a Good Idea,” International Herald Tribune, December 3, 1999. •
“Strategic Planning: When Saddam Blinks the U.S. had Better be Ready,” Chicago Tribune, February 6, 1998. O N -L INE D EBATES AND D ISCUSSIONS •
“How Does the Saudi Relationship with the Bush Family affect U.S. Foreign Policy?” Slate.com, July 6-8, with Craig Unger. •
“Reaction to President Bush's speech on Iraq” Salon.com, May 24, 2004. •
Have participated in a number of “Question & Answer” sessions on Washingtonpost.com and NewYorkTimes.com.
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“A Call for Public Diplomacy,” Letter to the Editor, Washington Post, Dec. 11, 2002. •
“Bargainer Beware,” Letter to the Editor, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002. AWARDS AND HONORS: •
Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Scholar recipient (6/2003-2/2005). •
“New Directions in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Regime Change to Nation Building” address chosen to appear in Representative American Speeches (Atlanta: H.W. Wilson, 2004), an annual publication highlighting the most important speeches given during the year. •
One of Glamour Magazine’s April 2002 “Wow Women” •
Smith Richardson Foundation. Pre-doctoral Fellowship (9/96-5/97). •
Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs. Pre-doctoral Fellow (9/94- 5/96). •
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Women’s Caucus of Political Science. Alice Paul Dissertation Award (9/95). •
Columbia University. Fellowship for Language and Area Studies in Arabic (5/94-8/94). •
Middlebury College. Arabic Language Fellowship (5/94-8/94). CONSULTING WORK:
NBC News. (2003-2005): Provided background and live reports to all NBC outlets on American politics towards the Middle East, especially around Operation Iraqi Freedom.
CENTRA. (2002-2003): Dr. Bronson provides background to CIA analysts working on issues related to the Middle East.
Center for Naval Analyses. Consultant (1/99- 1/01): She consulted on Middle Eastern security topics that concern the U.S. Navy. She co-wrote the report Mine Counter Measures in the Arabian Gulf: The Political Impact of a Higher Level of U.S. Presence (The Center for Naval Analyses, 1999) and has briefed senior Admirals on route to the Persian Gulf.
Troy Systems. Consultant (1/98- 1/00): She served as senior advisor for China Change and Challenge: A View About Ballistic Missile Defense (Troy Systems, 1998).
MEDIA
Dr. Bronson has appeared on hundreds of television and radio programs including: CNN, NBC, BBC, The Jim Lehrer News Hour, The Charlie Rose Show, al-Jazeera and The Daily Show with John Stewart. She has also conducted interviews with newspapers including the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, al-Hayat and Rolling Stone Magazine.
OTHER Dr. Bronson has traveled and presented papers throughout the Middle East, as an independent scholar, as part of the U.S. State Department’s “Speakers and Specialists Program,” and as a member of a high level bi-partisan delegation. She is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. SECURITY CLEARANCE: Secret; issued by DoD (lapsed).
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