Michele Dunne Joins Carnegie Middle East Program

WASHINGTON—The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace announced today the appointment of Michele Dunne as a senior associate in its Middle East Program.

Dunne will focus her research on Arab countries in transition and the future of Islamist and secular movements, with particular emphasis on the situation in Egypt, as well as evolving U.S. strategy toward the region.

“This is a time of momentous change, and I look forward to contributing to the thoughtful and vital policy research taking place within the Carnegie Middle East Program both in Washington and in Beirut,” Dunne said.

Dunne returns to Carnegie, where she was a senior associate from December 2005 to June 2011, after serving as vice president at the Atlantic Council and founding director of its Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. A former specialist on Middle East affairs at the U.S. Department of State and the White House, she served in assignments including the National Security Council staff, the secretary of state’s Policy Planning staff, the U.S. embassy in Cairo, the U.S. consulate general in Jerusalem, and the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

Dunne received a doctorate in Arabic language and literature from Georgetown University.

Making the announcement, Vice President for Studies Marwan Muasher said:

“We are thrilled to welcome Michele back to Carnegie. Her enormous amount of experience in and knowledge of the region will be a tremendous asset to our Middle East Program as we think through policy approaches to the many Arab countries in transition.”