Aaron Mannes & David Schenker Join Us As Contributing Experts

By Andrew Cochran

We are very pleased to announce that Aaron Mannes and David Schenker are joining us as Contributing Experts.

Mr. Mannes, author of the TerrorBlog (http://www.profilesinterror.com/) and Profiles in Terror: The Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations (Rowman & Littlefield-JINSA Press 2004), researches terrorism at the University of Maryland’s Semantic Web Agents Group (profilesinterror.mindswap.org). He has written numerous articles on Middle East affairs, terrorism, and other international security issues for publications including Policy Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, National Review Online, The New York Post, Weekly Standard, and The Journal of International Security Affairs (full list on his website). From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Mannes was the Director of Research at the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), where he wrote numerous papers and helped to establish MEMRI as the English speaking world’s leading source of translations and analysis of the Middle East media.

Mr. Schenker is a senior fellow in Arab politics at The Washington Institute. Previously, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Levant country director, the Pentagon's top policy aide on the Arab countries of the Levant. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2005. Prior to joining the government, Mr. Schenker was a research fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Arab governance issues. Fluent in Arabic, he served as the Institute's in-house expert on Arab politics. In addition, he authored two Institute books: Dancing with Saddam: The Strategic Tango of Jordanian-Iraqi Relations (copublished with Lexington Books, 2003) and Palestinian Democracy and Governance: An Appraisal of the Legislative Council (2001). His writings on Arab affairs have also appeared in a number of prominent scholarly journals and newspapers, including Middle East Quarterly, the Los Angeles Times, and the Jerusalem Post (full list from the Institute's website).

We look forward to Aaron's and David's numerous upcoming contributions.

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