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The Carnegie Endowment announced that Henri J. Barkey, a Turkish politics expert, and Christopher Boucek, a Middle East security expert, have joined its Middle East Program in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, July 30—The Carnegie Endowment announced today that Henri J. Barkey, a Turkish politics expert, and Christopher Boucek, a Middle East security expert, have joined its Middle East Program in Washington, D.C.
Barkey will focus on Turkey’s relationships with its neighbors and the United States, with particular emphasis on Iraq and Kurdish issues, as well as work on Turkey’s domestic politics and economic reform.
Previously, Barkey worked on Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean, and intelligence issues for U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff from 1998 to 2000. He is the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Professor in International Relations and International Relations Department Chair at Lehigh University.
Boucek will focus on transnational security issues, including advances in counterterrorism, rehabilitation of Muslim extremists, and border security in the Middle East.
Boucek was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University and lecturer in Politics at the Woodrow Wilson School. He previously served as a security editor with Jane’s Information Group.
In welcoming the announcement, Marina Ottaway, director of the Carnegie Middle East Program, said:
“These new appointments provide important links that allow Carnegie to expand the work of its Middle East Program in Washington and Beirut. Boucek’s work will add a key dimension of security research on a region that will be critical to U.S. policy in the coming years. As the foremost expert on Turkey in the United States, Barkey offers insights into the shifting realities of the Middle East that are invaluable for policy makers.”
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