Board of Editors
Jonathan Spyer
Editor
Jonathan Spyer is director of research at the Middle East Forum. A journalist, he co-founded the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis, reports for Janes Intelligence Review, writes a column for the Jerusalem Post, and is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal and The Australian. He frequently reports from Syria and Iraq. He has a B.A. from the London School of Economics, an M.A. from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He is the author of two books: The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict (2010) and Days of the Fall: A Reporter’s Journey in the Syria and Iraq Wars (2017).
Michael Rubin
Senior Editor
Michael Rubin is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Middle Eastern countries, particularly Iran and Turkey. His career includes time as a Pentagon official, with field experiences in Iran, Yemen, and Iraq, as well as engagements with the Taliban prior to 9/11. Mr. Rubin has also contributed to military education, teaching U.S. Navy and Marine units about regional conflicts and terrorism. His scholarly work includes several key publications, such as “Dancing with the Devil” and “Eternal Iran.” Rubin earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in history and a B.S. in biology from Yale University.
Frieda Fuchs
Managing Editor
Frieda Fuchs has conducted extensive research on radical movements in Africa and Asia, exploring the political, social, and ideological factors that contribute to violent politics. Her scholarly work has been published in prominent academic journals, including Theory and Society and Politics & Society. Fuchs has taught at The College of Wooster and Oberlin College, where she offered courses in comparative politics, democratic development, dictatorship, and social movements. She holds a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University, where she specialized in European politics with a focus on the comparative history of protective labor standards in Britain and France, and an M.A. in African Politics from UCLA.
Board of Editors
- Ali Alfoneh Arab Gulf States Institute
- A.J. Caschetta Rochester Institute of Technology
- Patrick Clawson The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- David Cook Rice University
- Saeid Golkar University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Martin Kramer Tel Aviv University
- Timur Kuran Duke University
- Habib C. Malik Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights in Lebanon
- Michael Mandelbaum Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
- Hussein Aboubakr Mansour Middle East Forum
- James Phillips The Heritage Foundation
- Dennis Ross Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- James R. Russell Harvard University
- Franck Salameh Boston College
- Philip Carl Salzman McGill University
- Saliba Sarsar Monmouth University
- Robert B. Satloff The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Jonathan Schanzer Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Kemal Silay Indiana University
- Lee Smith Tablet Magazine
- Kenneth W. Stein Emory University
