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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Contact Info:
Phone: +1-212-941-2367
E-mail: dsenor@cfr.org
Location:
New York, NY
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One-page bio (PDF, 52K)
Former foreign policy advisor in the administration of George W. Bush and senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; previous foreign policy and communications aide in the U.S. Senate. Currently a founding partner of Rosemont Capital and writing a book about the economy of Israel.
Expertise:Middle East and Persian Gulf geopolitics, security, and economics; Israeli-Palestinian relations; Iraq; nation-building; post-conflict stabilization; role of foreign policy issues in domestic U.S. politics; media coverage of war; U.S. public diplomacy.
Honors:U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.
Selected Publications:Wall Street Journal: "Whatever Happened to Moqtada?" (March 20, 2008); "The Long Arm of Iran" (September 29, 2007); "Iraq's Hezbollah" (July 27, 2006); "Make the President Prime Minister" (March 23, 2006); "Realists on Iraq" (June 5, 2007); "Dynamic Ideas for Iraq" (January 5, 2007); New York Times: "Too Few Good Men" November 17, 2005); The Weekly Standard: "Shooting to Kill" (Book review, August 14, 2006); "Saddam Hussein: On Trial" (September 29, 2005); Washington Post: "The Realities of Trying to Rebuild Iraq"(October 10, 2006).
Current Research Project
September 9, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Daniel Senor focuses on Sen. Joseph Biden's plan for segregation of Iraq along ethnic and sectarian lines.
See more in Iraq, Nation Building, U.S. Election 2008
July 23, 2008
Interview
Daniel Senor, a former foreign policy adviser for the Bush administration, says Sen. Barack Obama's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan produced a mix of risks and benefits.
See more in Middle East, U.S. Election 2008
July 17, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Congressional delegations can be illuminating despite the obvious limitations imposed by time and security concerns, writes Daniel Senor, giving Barack Obama a list of people he ought to meet on his upcoming trip to Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Conflict Assessment
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
Complete list of CFR Books.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
In this report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of military space competition between the United States and China and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in space.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
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Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
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Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
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Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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