Michael Rubin is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the director of policy analysis at the Middle East Forum. His extensive experience includes his work as a staff advisor on Iran and Iraq at the office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon and his work as chief editor of the Middle East Quarterly from 2004-2009, and as a senior lecturer in National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School for over a decade. His expertise particularly at the AEI includes Iran, Turkey, and the broader Middle East.