FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2004
Michele Dunne will join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on May 17, announced Jessica Mathews, president of the Endowment. Dunne will be a visiting scholar in the Middle East Political Reform Initiative of the Endowment’s Democracy and Rule of Law Project. Her research will focus on the place of Arab political reform in overall U.S. policy for the region as well as the status of political reform initiatives and debates in the Arab world. She will be at the Carnegie Endowment until the middle of August.
“Dunne’s extensive experience in the policy and diplomatic communities will widen our perspective on the most critical topic presently facing this country—how to engage the Middle East to positively influence political change and increase global security,” said Mathews.
Dunne is a visiting assistant professor of Arabic language and linguistics at Georgetown University. Prior to joining Georgetown University last year, she worked for more than 15 years as a Middle East specialist in the U.S. government, in positions at the National Security Council, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, the Policy Planning staff of State Department, the National Intelligence Council, and the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem. She received her Ph.D., M.A., and B.S. from Georgetown University.
Dunne’s research interests include political and other public discourse in the Arab world, trends regarding political, economic, and social reform in the region, and U.S. policy and public diplomacy toward the Middle East and the Muslim world. She recently wrote, “Ending Support for Terrorism in the Muslim World,” which appears in A Practical Guide to Winning the War on Terrorism from Hoover Press (forthcoming 2004).
The Middle East Political Reform Initiative of the Carnegie Endowment’s Democracy and Rule of Law Project offers analysis and practical experience on whether and how political reform could occur in the Arab world and what the United States and other external actors can do to encourage such change.