Dr. Michael Rubin is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Iran, Turkey, and the broader Middle East. 

A former pentagon official, Dr. Rubin has lived in post-revolution Iran, Yemen, and both pre- and postwar Iraq. He also spent time with the Taliban before 9/11. For more than a decade, he taught classes at sea about the Horn of Africa and Middle East conflicts, culture, and terrorism, to deployed U.S. Navy and Marine units.

Dr. Rubin is the author, coauthor, and co editor of several books exploring diplomacy, Iranian history, Arab culture, Kurdish studies, and Shi-ite politics, including “Seven Pillars: What Really Causes Instability in the Middle East?” (AEI Press, 2019); “Kurdistan Rising” (AEI Press, 2016); and “Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes” (Encounter Books, 2014).

His conversation with NUFDI Senior Policy Analyst Andrew Ghalili touches on his experience living in post-revolution Iran and how it shaped his knowledge of Iran, the separation between the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic, and Iran’s territorial integrity. 

Michael Rubin: https://aei.org/profile/michael-rubin/

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