Affiliation: | 1. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State;2. Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Riyadh;3. Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;4. Former Policy Planning Staff, Secretary of State John Kerry;5. Former Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee;6. Founder and Executive Director, Arabia Foundation;7. Author, Arabian War Games and the Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil;8. Associate Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies, National Defense University;9. Former Director, Arabian Peninsula, Department of Defense. |